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Creator:

Johnson, Mitchell, 1964-  Search this

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Selz, Peter Howard  Search this

Citation:

Mitchell Johnson interviews, 2008-2009. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15755

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)287113

AAA_collcode_johnmitc

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_287113

Interviewee:

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Bruce Conner, 1974 August 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Filmmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12989

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212116

AAA_collcode_conner74

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212116

Interviewee:

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Guilbaut, Serge  Search this

Berman, Wallace  Search this

DeFeo, Jay  Search this

Ginsberg, Allen  Search this

Hedrick, Wally  Search this

Kienholz, Edward  Search this

McClure, Michael  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Bruce Conner, 1974 March 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Beat generation  Search this

Bohemianism -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Experimental films  Search this

Filmmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13116

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212117

AAA_collcode_conner74mar

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212117

Interviewee:

Benton, Fletcher Chapman, 1931-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

McLaughlin, John  Search this

Brown, Joan  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Fletcher Benton, 1989 May 2-4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Kinetic sculpture, American. -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12535

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212473

AAA_collcode_benton89

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212473

Interviewee:

Hedrick, Wally, 1928-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Wally Hedrick, 1974 June 10-24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12869

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212719

AAA_collcode_hedric74

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212719

Interviewee:

Gerrity, John Emmett, 1895-1980  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Emmett Gerrity, 1965 Jan. 20. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13245

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213483

AAA_collcode_gerrit65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213483

Interviewee:

Hesthal, William, 1908-  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Hesthal, 1964 Dec. 22. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Printmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12752

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213565

AAA_collcode_hestha64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213565

Interviewee:

Post, George Booth, 1906-1997  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Subject:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with George Booth Post, 1964 Apr. 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12857

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213730

AAA_collcode_post64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213730

Interviewee:

Garcia, Rupert, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this

Almaraz, Carlos  Search this

Montoya, Malaquias  Search this

Four (Art group)  Search this

San Francisco State University  Search this

Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Asco (Group of artists)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Rupert Garcia, 1995 Sept. 7-1996 June 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Chicano artists  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Theme:

Latino and Latin American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13572

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215906

AAA_collcode_garcia95

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215906

Interviewee:

Rodriguez, Peter, 1926-  Search this

Interviewer:

Wagner, Nora  Search this

Subject:

Garcia, Rupert  Search this

Hernandez, Ester  Search this

Williams, Adriana  Search this

Reyes Ferreira, Jesus  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino  Search this

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás  Search this

Dickey, Terry P.  Search this

Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Mexican Museum  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Peter Rodriguez, 2004 October 23-24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13148

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)249267

AAA_collcode_rodrig04

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_249267

Interviewee:

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Otis Oldfield, 1965 May 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13601

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)270803

AAA_collcode_oldfie65

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_270803

Interviewee:

Bechtle, Robert Alan, 1932-2020  Search this

Interviewer:

Richards, Judith Olch, 1947-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle, 2010 February 8-9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Photo-realism  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15764

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)287544

AAA_collcode_bechtl10

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_287544

Interviewee:

Brown, William Theo, 1919-2012  Search this

Interviewer:

Weinberg, Jonathan, 1957-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William T. Brown, 2010 August 23-24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Artists (LGBTQ)  Search this

Gay artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15900

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)296255

AAA_collcode_brown10

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_296255

Interviewee:

Bechtle, Robert, 1932-2020  Search this

Richards, Judith Olch  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2010 February 8-9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Bechtle conducted 2010 February 8 and 9, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at Bechtle's home and studio, in San Francisco, California.

Interview of Robert Bechtle, conducted by Judith Richards for the Archives of American Art, in Bechtle's home in San Francisco, California on February 8 and 9, 2010. This is a second interview conducted for the archives, continuing from an interview with Bechtle in 1980. The interview mainly focuses on how is work has changed or remained the same since 1980; in particular his lighting study from midday to morning and evening; the grouping of photos to create a painting; new technology; the continuing challenges of his work; dispelling popular notions about his work such as the idea of neutral light and the Americana symbolism of his cars; his teaching endeavors at San Francisco State University and California College of Arts and Crafts; and the transition from his gallery residency at OK Harris to Barbara Gladstone; Bechtle also recalls Ivan Karp, Chuck Close, Ralph Goings, Edward Hopper, Jerome Witkin, Rackstraw Jones, Kathan Brown, Wayne Theibaud, Mitzi Pederson, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Robert Bechtle (1932-2020) was a Photorealist painter in San Francisco, California. Interviewer Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former Executive director of iCI in New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 56 min.

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.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Photo-realism  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.bechtl10

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90cd722b8-7d1c-4213-a1b3-f1af492c883a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bechtl10

Creator:

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Extent:

42 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 May 21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Otis Oldfield conducted 1965 May 21, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art, in Oldfield's home in San Francisco, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Otis Oldfield (1890-1969) was a painter in San Francisco, California.

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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.oldfie65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e80ec6c4-dc72-4d5e-8ad8-8e9b3b11d241

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-oldfie65

Interviewee:

Garcia, Rupert, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Asco (Group of artists)  Search this

Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Los Four (Art group)  Search this

San Francisco State University -- Students  Search this

Almaraz, Carlos  Search this

Lippard, Lucy R.  Search this

Montoya, Malaquias, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

9 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (8 1/2 hrs.), analog)

166 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1995 Sept. 7-1996 June 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Rupert Garcia conducted 1995 Sept. 7-1996 June 24, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at Rupert Garcia's home and studio, in Oakland, Calif.

SEPT. 7, 1995 SESSION: Session opens with a discussion of Garcia's exhibition, Aspects of Persistence (1993); the deaths in 1968 of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Marcel Duchamp; Garcia's self-conception and his two roles as political activist and artist; the influence on him of Sartre's "Being and Nothingness"; racism, power, control; his background and being a Mexican-American; need to establish ethnic identity; his realization in high school of wanting to become an artist; his lost opportunity for a scholarship at the San Francisco Art Institute; moving to San Francisco; enlisting in the Air Force and serving in Vietnam; ambivalence about war; experiences at San Francisco State University and his switch from painting to silkscreen; Artes Seis and Galerie de la Raza; artists in the Mission District.

NOV. 10, 1995 SESSION: Painting vs. graphic art; posters; Lucy Lippard; Chicano art; Los Four, Asco, and other artists groups and conferences; conflicts between San Francisco and Oakland groups; emergence of identity groups; Malaquias Montoya, Carlos Almaraz; making art from experience.

JUNE 24, 1996: Politics of culture; social progress; being optimistic but realistic; the Latino movement in the 1990s; Mexican attitudes toward Chicanos; the CARA exhibition at UCLA; Garcia's students at San José State; current work, interests and projects; interest in art history and other intellectual pursuits; and the art market, dealers, and galleries.

Biographical / Historical:

Rupert Garcia (1941-) is a painter and teacher from the San Francisco Bay area, Calif.

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, administrators.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Chicano artists  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.garcia95

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bd12475b-f019-4c09-a5bc-c5494b8eea44

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-garcia95

Interviewee:

Gerrity, John Emmett, 1895-1980  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings, 5 in.)

24 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Jan. 20

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Emmett Gerrity conducted 1965 Jan. 20, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art. Gerrity speaks of his background and education; working as a watercolorist and a mural painter for the WPA Federal Art Project; his work methods; the effect of the FAP on him and on other artists of the San Francisco Bay area; and the influence of the Mexican muralists.

Biographical / Historical:

John Emmett Gerrity (1895-1980) was a painter and mural painter from Berkeley, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gerrit65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b4770013-519a-472f-8ed5-231231f57ec5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gerrit65

Interviewee:

Rodriguez, Peter, 1926-  Search this

Interviewer:

Wagner, Nora  Search this

Names:

Galería de la Raza (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Mexican Museum  Search this

Dickey, Terry P.  Search this

Garcia, Rupert, 1941-  Search this

Hernandez, Ester, 1944-  Search this

Reyes Ferreira, Jesus  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-  Search this

Williams, Adriana, 1933-  Search this

Ybarra-Frausto, Tomás, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

32 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 October 23-24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Peter Rodriguez conducted 2004 October 23-24, by Nora Wagner, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, Calif.

Rodriguez speaks of his family background, early childhood and elementary art education; travels to Mexico, Alaska, Colorado, and Washington, D.C.; exhibitions he participated in as well as curated; joining Galería de la Raza; the founding of the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, grants received and support from the San Francisco community; artists Jesse Aguirre, Manuel Villamor, and Ester Hernandez; Ann Rockefeller Roberts and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection of Mexican Folkart, acquired by the Mexican Museum in 1985. Rodriquez also discusses the various art forms he works in, including, sculpture, tapestry, oil painting, acrylic painting, portraits of artists, and pen and ink drawings; a collection of chairs he made; his 1992 Retrospective at the Haggin Museum, in Stockton, Calif.; his creativity and color scheme for exhibitions; appointment as an Art Commissioner for the city of San Francisco, 1977-1986; the Rosa Covarrubias collection; the different locations of the Mexico Museum; current funding for a new building on Mission Street; the exhibition "Lo del Corazon"; and his own hopes for the future of the Mexican Museum. Rodriguez also recalls Rufino Tamayo, Adriana Williams, Lauro Lopez, Chucho Reyes Ferreira, Rupert Garcia, Alfredo Arreguin, Candelario Medrano, Terrey Dickey, Bea Carrillo, and Tomás Ybarra-Frausto.

Biographical / Historical:

Peter Rodriguez (1926- ) is the founder and former director of the Mexican Museum, in San Francisco, Calif. Nora Wagner (1938- ) is a program director at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 14 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 34 min.

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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by the Goldsmith Foundation.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.rodrig04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95ed24d12-816f-44f5-b321-1c6335ad4919

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rodrig04

Interviewee:

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Guilbaut, Serge  Search this

Names:

Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976  Search this

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989  Search this

Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997  Search this

Hedrick, Wally, 1928-2003  Search this

Kienholz, Edward, 1927-  Search this

McClure, Michael  Search this

Extent:

37 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1974 March 29

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Bruce Conner conducted 1974 March 29, by Paul Karlstrom and Serge Guilbaut, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, California.

Interview of Bruce Conner, conducted by Paul Karlstrom and Serge Guilbaut for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, on March 29, 1974. Conner speaks of his education and move to San Francisco; the art scene in California in the 1960s; the development and theory behind much of his work; his early paintings and collages; his assemblages; the sculpture A Child [1959] and its showing at the de Young Museum in 1959-60; his interaction with Beat writers; about the coining of the words "beatnik" and "hippie" and subsequent commercial exploitation of the Beat generation; and his attitude towards political protest. He also recalls Michael McClure, Wallace Berman, Ed Kienholz, Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick, Allen Ginsberg and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Bruce Conner (1933-2008) was a painter and filmmaker from San Francisco, California.

General:

Poor sound quality due to loud background noise.

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 26 min.

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 others.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Art -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Beat generation  Search this

Bohemianism -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Experimental films  Search this

Filmmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.conner74mar

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cdcbd7d2-fcbf-4bf1-8e19-0e4dea26ee2a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-conner74mar

Interviewee:

Hedrick, Wally, 1928-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files, digital, wav file)

82 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1974 June 10-24

Scope and Contents:

Interviews of Wally Bill Hedrick conducted 1974 June 10-24, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Wally Hedrick (1928-2003) was a sculptor and painter from San Geronimo, Calif. Grew up in Pasadena, Calif. Active in the Funk movement and the Beat Era in San Francisco. Developed the concept of "junk art".

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives' 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 others.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.hedric74

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f00bd935-a67c-41cf-876a-20a75737420d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hedric74