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Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Other
Physical Description:
2 Items, (3 hours, 17 min.), digital, m4a
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview with D.Y. Begay conducted 2021 October 7, by Cecile R. Ganteaume for the Archives of American Art, at Begay's studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with D.Y. Begay, 2021 October 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by the Leon Polk Smith Foundation.
Use Note:
The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Biography Note:
D.Y. Begay (1953- ) is a fourth generation Navajo weaver in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Begay's work builds on traditional methods with hand-spun fleece and handmade dyes and draws inspiration from the local landscape.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
