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Interviewee:

Callahan, Kenneth L., 1905-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

Prince, Sue Ann  Search this

Subject:

Anderson, Guy  Search this

Graves, Morris  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Seattle Art Museum  Search this

Group of Twelve (Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Kenneth Callahan, 1982 October 27-December 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this

Art, American -- Northwestern States  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12975

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212430

AAA_collcode_callah82

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212430

Interviewee:

Laigo, Val M., 1930-1992  Search this

Interviewer:

Lau, Alan Chong  Search this

Subject:

Nakane, Kazuko  Search this

Bennett, Doug  Search this

Callahan, Kenneth  Search this

Chong, Fay  Search this

Dusanne, Zoe  Search this

Horiuchi, Paul  Search this

Jones, Quincy  Search this

Katayama, Mits  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Okada, Frank S. (Frank Sumio)  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Ritchie, Bill  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino  Search this

Voorhees, Clark G. (Clark Greenwood)  Search this

Washington, James W.  Search this

Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum  Search this

Foster/White Gallery  Search this

Mexico City College  Search this

Seattle University  Search this

University of Washington  Search this

Northwest Asian American Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Val Laigo, 1989 July 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Computer Art  Search this

Filipino American art  Search this

Filipino American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American muralists  Search this

Muralists -- Mexico  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12747

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)224926

AAA_collcode_laigo89

Theme:

Asian American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_224926

Interviewee:

Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

Prince, Sue Ann  Search this

Names:

Group of Twelve (Seattle, Wash.)  Search this

Seattle Art Museum  Search this

Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998  Search this

Graves, Morris, 1910-  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1982 October 27-December 19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Kenneth Callahan conducted 1982 October 27-1982 December 19, by Sue Ann Kendall, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.

Callahan speaks of his childhood in Montana; his education; working as an illustrator; early shows of his work; mural commissions; the Northwest arts community, particularly Morris Graves, Guy Anderson and Mark Tobey; changes in his subject matter and interests; the increasing abstraction in his painting; the fire in his studio; his relationship with the Seattle Art Museum, where he worked as a curator for 20 years; collectors he has known; experimenting with other media; and contemporary art and its future.

Biographical / Historical:

Kenneth Callahan (1905-1986) was a painter, muralist, writer, and curator from Long Beach, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 7 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 27 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this

Art, American -- Northwestern States  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.callah82

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f4fd83e5-f7a4-412d-add2-aa314479d613

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-callah82

Interviewee:

Laigo, Val M., 1930-1992  Search this

Interviewer:

Lau, Alan Chong  Search this

Nakane, Kazuko  Search this

Names:

Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum  Search this

Foster/White Gallery  Search this

Mexico City College -- Students  Search this

Northwest Asian American Project  Search this

Seattle University -- Students  Search this

University of Washington -- Students  Search this

Bennett, Doug  Search this

Callahan, Kenneth, 1905-1986  Search this

Chong, Fay  Search this

Dusanne, Zoe, 1884-1977  Search this

Horiuchi, Paul, 1906-  Search this

Jones, Quincy, 1933-  Search this

Katayama, Mits  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Okada, Frank S. (Frank Sumio), 1931-2000  Search this

Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Ritchie, Bill  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Siqueiros, David Alfaro  Search this

Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-  Search this

Voorhees, Clark G. (Clark Greenwood), 1871-1933  Search this

Washington, James W., 1911-2000  Search this

Extent:

42 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1989 July 12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Val Laigo conducted 1989 July 12, by Alan Lau and Kazuko Nakane, for the Archives of American Art Northwest Asian American Project, in Laigo's home, Seattle, Wash.

Laigo speaks of learning how to paint at age eleven with watercolors; growing up with a heart condition known as Eisenmenger's Complex; teaching at Highline High School and creating a wolverine as the school's mascot; the inclusion of his life story in a Filipino oral history project; singing for an orchestra called the Gentlemen of Rhythm, at the Filipino Catholic Youth Activities events and other venues; Doug Bennett as an influence in composition and design; being a student at Seattle University and joining Art Equity in approximately 1951; remembering his painting, "Madonna" being shown at the Seattle Art Museum; his first show at the People's Furniture Store and later with Fay Chong at the Hathaway House; Zoe Dusanne became his agent; his introduction to the MacPaint software program and his first piece of computer art; his desire to study Mexican muralists, Diego Rivera, Jose Orozco, David Siqueiros, and Rufino Tamayo and becoming at student at Mexico City College; his life in Mexico with the woman who would become his wife; the strong influence of Nick Damascus on his painting; how his palette changed to brighter colors after living in Mexico; his health crisis there that lead him to abandon his work towards a master's degree and return to Seattle in 1959; having to start over from the beginning at the University of Washington; Tommy Kwazume hiring him at Boing as an artist in 1960; Lee Nordness and the RCA Victor album cover; his negative experience with Margaret Reed while showing at the Panaca Gallery; his exhibit at the Frye Art Museum in 1969 and criticism by Clark Voorhees; his Mexican experience having influenced his vigor and scale; the Lost Generation series; his comment about Picasso not being able to paint; encouragement from his family to pursue art training; the murder of his father in 1936; his mother's success as a new painter; and his work, "Dilemma of the Atom" featured on the cover of an RCA Victor record album. Laigo also recalls Perry Acker, Foster White Gallery, David Mendoza, Fred Mendoza, Tom Tooley, Ray Sadirius, Quincy Jones, Oscar Holden's Orchestra, Fred Cordova, Mits Katayama, Rudy Bundis, Kal Chin, Paul Horiuchi, James Washington, Dick Kirsten, Frank Okada, John Matsudaira, Walter Froelich, Bill Ritchie, John Counts, Don Fenton, Kenneth Callahan, Fred Run, Barry Ferrell, Ken Harms, Andrew Chin, Ben Dar, Ruth Mora, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Val Laigo (1930-1992) was a Filipino American painter based in Seattle, Washington. Val Laigo was born in Naguilian, La Union, in the Phillipines. His family moved to the United States in 1931 and to Seattle in 1941. Laigo's full name Valeriano Emerenciano Montante Laigo.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 48 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:

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Computer Art  Search this

Filipino American art  Search this

Filipino American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American muralists  Search this

Muralists -- Mexico  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Funding for the transcription of this interview provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.laigo89

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90a8fb211-d3b2-4e6d-9727-b2bc260466e6

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-laigo89

Interviewee:

FitzGerald, James Herbert, 1910-  Search this

Interviewer:

Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this

Subject:

Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-  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 James Herbert Fitzgerald and Margaret Tomkins, 1965 Oct. 27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12432

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213585

AAA_collcode_fitzge65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213585

Interviewee:

Spafford, Michael, 1935-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Sandvig, Elizabeth, 1937-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig, 1992 September 2-4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American -- Washington (State)  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12402

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216423

AAA_collcode_spaffo92

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216423

Interviewee:

FitzGerald, James, 1910-  Search this

Tomkins, Margaret, 1916-  Search this

Interviewer:

Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

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

12 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Oct. 27

Scope and Contents:

An interview of James Fitzgerald conducted 1965 Oct. 27, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art.

Speaks of his work with Thomas Hart Benton; his work for the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP); his work on the murals at the Department of Justice with Boardman Robinson; and work on other Work Progress Administration art programs in Washington state. Fitzgerald's wife, artist Margaret Tomkins, is present during the interview and comments periodically.

Biographical / Historical:

James Fitzgerald (1910- ) is a painter and mural painter from Washington state.

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:

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Washington (D.C.)  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.fitzge65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94c77e4c0-d4ec-4195-9216-32f02065fa1e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fitzge65

Interviewee:

Spafford, Michael, 1935-  Search this

Sandvig, Elizabeth, 1937-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Extent:

99 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1992 September 2-4

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig conducted 1992 September 2-4, by Paul Karlstrom, at their home in Seattle, Washington, for the Archives of American Art. Spafford and Sandvig discuss their marriage and their separate careers, and the controversy and trial resulting from Spafford's "Labors of Hercules" murals at the Washington State Capital Assembly Chamber in Olympia.

Biographical / Historical:

Michael Spafford (1935- ) is a painter and sculptor from Seattle, Washington. Spafford married painter and sculptor Elizabeth Sandvig in 1959.

General:

Originally recorded 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 17 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.

Topic:

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American -- Washington (State)  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.spaffo92

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw913033f6e-0782-48b9-991b-7b64ba8c1b97

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-spaffo92

Interviewee:

Elshin, Jacob Alexander, 1891-1976  Search this

Interviewer:

Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this

Subject:

Inverarity, Robert Bruce  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this

Public Works of Art Project  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 Jacob Alexander Elshin, 1965 April 21-22. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12775

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213441

AAA_collcode_elshin65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213441

Interviewee:

Elshin, Jacob Alexander, 1891-1976  Search this

Interviewer:

Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Wash.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Public Works of Art Project  Search this

Inverarity, Robert Bruce, 1909-1999  Search this

Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Extent:

44 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 April 21-22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jacob Elshin conducted by Dorothy Bestor on 1965 April 21-22 for the Archives of American Art.

Elshin speaks of his background in Russia and China; moving to Seattle in 1923; his work as a free-lance commercial artist and working as a greeting card artist; painting for the Public Works of Art Project; working on murals for the WPA Federal Art Project; political problems with the WPA; the destruction of some of the work that was produced by the project; some of the injustices he suffered during his years with the WPA. He recalls Robert Bruce Inverarity, Edward Rowan and Mark Tobey.

Biographical / Historical:

Jacob Alexander Elshin (1892-1976) was a painter in Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 10 min.

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:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.elshin65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98cb22d7c-834b-4099-adde-799215ba2793

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-elshin65

Interviewee:

Warren, Marijane  Search this

Interviewer:

Bestor, Dorothy K., 1913-  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

19 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 November 12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Marijane Warren conducted 1965 November 12, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Marijane Warren was a mural painter from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Transcript is missing 5 pages.

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 40 min.

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:

Use requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.warren65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e8d2d762-4bed-446f-82d4-796f8fcc92b8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-warren65