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Oral history interview with Suellen Rocca, 2015 November 5-6

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Interviewee:
Rocca, Suellen, 1943-2020  Search this
Interviewer:
Silverman, Lanny  Search this
Subject:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this
Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Illinois
Physical Description:
121 Pages, Transcript; 4 sound files (3 hrs., 22 min.), digital, wav
Summary:
An interview with Suellen Rocca conducted 2015 November 5-6, by Lanny Silverman, for the Archives of American Art's Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project, at Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Suellen Rocca, 2015 November 5-6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Biography Note:
Suellen Rocca (1943-2020) was an artist, curator, and educator in Romeoville, Illinois. Interviewee Lanny Silverman (1947- ) is a curator at the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois.
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
Topic:
Art, American -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Women museum curators  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Hairy Who (Group of artists)  Search this
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)17342
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)380472
AAA_collcode_rocca15
Theme:
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_380472