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Creator:

Matsumoto, Masashi  Search this

Subject:

Wettersten, Ansel  Search this

Labaudt, Marcelle  Search this

Dickey, Terry P.  Search this

Loeffler, Carl E.  Search this

Maclay, David  Search this

Williams, Helen  Search this

Linhares, Philip E.  Search this

Marioni, Tom  Search this

Citation:

Masashi Matsumoto papers, 1976. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8054

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210225

AAA_collcode_matsmasa

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210225

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:

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

Creator:

Matsumoto, Masashi  Search this

Names:

Dickey, Terry P. -- Interviews  Search this

Labaudt, Marcelle, 1892-1987 -- Interviews  Search this

Linhares, Philip E. -- Interviews  Search this

Loeffler, Carl E., 1946- -- Interviews  Search this

Maclay, David, 1946- -- Interviews  Search this

Marioni, Tom, 1937- -- Interviews  Search this

Wettersten, Ansel -- Interviews  Search this

Williams, Helen -- Interviews  Search this

Extent:

0.01 Linear feet (1 folder containing 8 items)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Date:

1976

Scope and Contents:

A 15-page speech, l976, in which Matsumoto discusses 7 alternatives to the "traditional museum setting" for exhibiting in the San Francisco area; and transcripts of interviews with the directors of the 7 alternative galleries, including Ansel Wettersten of the Capricorn Asunder Gallery, Madame Labaudt of the Lucien Labaudt Gallery, Terry Dickey of the Galerie de la Raza, Carl Loeffler of the La Mamelle Art Center, David Maclay and Helen Williams of the Open Studios, Phil Linhares of the Emanuel Walter Gallery in the San Francisco Art Institute, and Tom Marioni of the Museum of Conceptual Art.

Provenance:

Donated 1976 by Elsa Cameron.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Microfilmed materials must be consulted on microfilm. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Installation artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- California

Identifier:

AAA.matsmasa

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f84217a2-e7de-4be4-85e9-0dc67238d1b5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-matsmasa

Author:

Lee, Molly  Search this

Dickey, Terry P  Search this

University of Alaska Museum  Search this

Subject:

University of Alaska Museum Exhibitions  Search this

Physical description:

x, 75 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Alaska

Date:

1999

C1999

Topic:

Eskimo dolls  Search this

Inuit dolls  Search this

Indian dolls  Search this

Figurines--Exhibitions  Search this

Small sculpture--Exhibitions  Search this

Dollmaking--Exhibitions  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_604364