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Medium:

pen and ink, brush and washes, gold on parchment. Bound in red cover of Morocco leather

Type:

miniatures

illuminated manuscript

Object Name:

illuminated manuscript

Made in:

Flanders

Tourraine, France

Date:

1470–80

Accession Number:

1962-12-1

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1962-12-1

Interviewee:

Myers, Fred A.  Search this

Interviewer:

Barrie, Dennis  Search this

Extent:

62 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1976 May 27-Aug. 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Fred A. Myers conducted 1976 May 27-Aug. 10, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Fred A. Myers (1937-) is a museum director for the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art in Tulsa, Okla.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 56 min.

Provenance:

This interview is 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

Museum directors -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Art museums -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa

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.myers76

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-myers76

Interviewee:

Hammarstrom, Olav, 1906-2002  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Architects Collaborative, Inc.  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Faculty  Search this

Yale University -- Faculty  Search this

Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976  Search this

Roche, Kevin  Search this

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961  Search this

Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950  Search this

Extent:

146 Pages (Transcript)

9 Items (Sound recording: 9 sound files (6 hr., 14 min.), digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1982 October 21-1983 March 10

Scope and Contents:

Interview of Olav Hammarstrom, conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, on October 21, 1982, December 16, 1982, and March 10, 1983.

Hammarstrom speaks of his architectural education in Helsinki; his wartime and post-war experience with pre-fabricated building and town planning; his work as assistant to Alvar Aalto on the construction of a dormitory at M.I.T.; his work as a member of Eero Saarinen's firm; his experiences as a teacher at Yale and M.I.T.; his work as a draftsman and project manager for the Architect's Collaborative in Cambridge; and private, ecclesiastical and residential design in architecture. Hammarstrom also recalls Alvar Aalto, the Saarinens, Kevin Roche, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Olav Hammarstrom (1906-2002) was an architect and designer.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 audio cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 14 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are 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.

Topic:

Architects -- Massachusetts -- Interviews  Search this

Architecture -- Massachusetts  Search this

Architecture -- Study and teaching  Search this

City planning -- Massachusetts  Search this

Designers -- Massachusetts -- 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.hammar82

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hammar82

Interviewee:

Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording: (4 hours), 7 in.)

72 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1968 Mar. 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Gwathmey conducted 1968 Mar. 5, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Gwathmey (1903-1988) was a painter from Amagansett, N.Y.

Provenance:

This interview is 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 -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gwathm68

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gwathm68

Interviewee:

Grosman, Tatyana, 1904-1982  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Extent:

1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording (1 hour), 7 in.)

48 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1970 Mar. 31

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Tatyana Grosman conducted 1970 Mar. 31, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Tatyana Grosman (1904-1982) was an art patron from New York, N.Y.

Provenance:

This interview is 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Art patronage  Search this

Art patrons -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.grosma70

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-grosma70

Interviewee:

Mason, Alden, 1919-  Search this

Interviewer:

Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005  Search this

Names:

Anderson, Fred  Search this

Tobey, Mark  Search this

Extent:

4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)

94 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1984 Jan. 13-Feb. 21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Alden Mason conducted 1984 Jan. 13-1984 Feb. 21, by LaMar Harrington, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, at the artist's home in Seattle, Wash.

Mason speaks of his family background; early interests; his educational background at the University of Washington; his friendship with Fred Anderson; the development of his interest in art; teaching at the University of Washington; his students; his participation in the Artists' Gallery (Seattle, Wash.); the Northwest arts community and some of the artists, dealers and galleries involved in it; his exhibitions; his methods and style; his mural in the Washington State Senate chambers; and his philosophy.

Biographical / Historical:

Alden Mason (1919-2013) was a painter in Seattle, Wash.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 54 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.

Topic:

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this

Art, American -- Northwestern States  Search this

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- 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.mason84

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mason84

Interviewee:

Crane, Diana, 1946-  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Adams, Mark, 1925-2006  Search this

Brown, William Theo, 1919-2012  Search this

Cook, Gordon  Search this

Farr, Charles Griffin, 1908-  Search this

Thiebaud, Wayne  Search this

Van Hoesen, Beth, 1926-2010  Search this

Extent:

33 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1983 April 12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Diana Crane conducted 1983 April 12, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Crane speaks of her background and education; the beginning of her career as an artist's model; her interests in filmmaking and serigraphy; her first teaching job; posing for Mark Adams, Beth Van Hoesen, Wayne Thiebaud, William Theoophilus Brown, Gordon Cook, and Charles Griffin Farr; erotic aspects of nude modeling; the effect of her work upon her personal life; her self-portraiture; her photographic work.

Biographical / Historical:

Diana Crane (1946-) is a photographer and artist's model from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav file. Duration is 1 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 others.

Occupation:

Artists' models -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Nude in art  Search this

Artists' models -- San Francisco, California -- Interviews  Search this

Photographers -- 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.crane83

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-crane83

Interviewee:

Wilson, Martha, 1947-  Search this

Interviewer:

Zapol, Liza, 1978-  Search this

Extent:

8 Items (sound files (5 hr.,4 min.), digital, wav)

88 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2017 May 17-18

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Martha Wilson conducted 2017 May 17-18, by Liza Zapol, for the Archives of American Art at Wilson's home, in Brooklyn, New York.

Wilson speaks of growing up in Philadelphia area on a houseboat; moving to Newtown, Pennsylvania to live with her grandparents; her Pennsylvania Quaker upbringing, philosophy and family lineage; her experiences rejecting Quakerism as a teenager; her school and camp experiences; her mother's background as an artist; the history of Native Americans in Newtown; her father's family, character, and sexual abuse; her studies in Nova Scotia and her transition from studying English Literature to her inclusion at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD); her early works, such as Breast Forms Permutated, and her drag pieces; the treatment of women at NSCAD and her identification as a feminist performance artist, inclusion in c. 7500 and relationship to Lucy Lippard; using her body in Conceptual Art; the influence of Erving Goffman in her understanding of performance; moving to New York; her interest and work in performance art and Artists' Books; decision to move to New York; working in publishing and learning organizational systems; the founding of Franklin Furnace; her home and real estate conflicts in Brooklyn and protesting the Atlantic Yards Barclay Center development in Brooklyn; the development of Tribeca in 1976 and collaboration with other art spaces. Spreading of the arts spaces to East Village and Chelsea in the early 1980s; the management of Franklin Furnace as an extension of her artistic career; the creation of Disband and their collaborative; the creation of her political characters: Alexander Plague, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Tipper Gore, Donald Trump; the way she approaches characters; audience reactions; the decision to go virtual with Franklin Furnace, and conflict with the board; being a member of the Guerrilla Girls; the use of humor; the process of working by concensus; the conflicts within the Guerrilla Girls about hierarchy, race, debates about mission of the Guerrilla Girls; her performance as Michelle Obama; institutional and NEA responses to Franklin Furnace in the 1970s and 1980s; the professionalization of the arts spaces; the "NEA Four" and fighting for freedom of expression; the lineage of Performance Art and the lineage of the avant-garde; her son's birth and meeting her partner; current work of Franklin Furnace at Pratt.Wilson also recalls: Simone Forti, David Askevold, Vito Acconci, Margaret Kaplan, Printed Matter, Exit Art, Diane Torr, Barbara Kruger, Jacki Apple, among others.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Martha Wilson (1947- ) is a performance artist and administrator of the Franklin Furnace archive based in Brooklyn, New York. Interviewer Liza Zapol (1978- ) is an oral historian at the Archives of American Art.

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:

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Lichtenberg Family Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.wilson17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wilson17

Interviewee:

Wilson, Anne, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Extent:

98 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2012 July 6-7

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Anne Wilson conducted 2012 July 6 and 7, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Wilson's home, in Evanston, Illinois.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Anne Wilson (1949- ) is a fiber artist and installation artist in Chicago, Illinois. Interviewer Mija Riedel (1958- ) is an independent scholar in San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded as 7 sound files. Duration is 5 hr., 15 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:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Topic:

Fiber artists -- Illinois -- Interviews.  Search this

Women artists -- Illinois -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Transcription of this oral history interview was made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.wilson12

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wilson12

Interviewee:

Wilmerding, John  Search this

Interviewer:

Lyon, Christopher  Search this

Extent:

7 Items (sound files (6 hr., 12 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

82 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2018 March 19-20

Scope and Contents:

An interview with John Wilmerding conducted 2018 March 19-20, by Christopher Lyon, for the Archives of American Art, at Wilmerding's home in New York, New York.

Wilmerding speaks of the indirect influence of his grandmother Electra Webb; his initial exposure to art history as a freshman at Harvard; the stigma against specializing in American art history that he encountered at Harvard; his undergraduate thesis work on the marine paintings of Fitz Henry Lane; starting his art collection in the early 1960s; the generation of American art historians with whom he attended graduate school at Harvard; early teaching experiences at Dartmouth; composing the "Pelican History of American Art;" his decision to become a senior curator at the National Gallery; the beginning of his interdisciplinary scholarship in an American Studies context; early curatorial experiences; his work as deputy director of the National Gallery; his decision to take a professorship at Princeton; organizing the Andrew Wyeth "Helga" exhibition and catalogue for the National Gallery; developing relationships with collectors and lenders while at the National Gallery; composing "Compass and Clock" and "Signs of the Artist: Signatures and Self-Expression in American Painting" after affiliating with Princeton's American Studies program; organizing an exhibition and promised gift of his personal 19th-century collection for the National Gallery; beginning to collect Pop art; the beginnings of his writings on 20th-century American artists; organizing "The Pop Object: The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art" with Acquavella Gallery and Rizzoli; working with Alice Walton to create the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; and the personal meaning he has derived from teaching. Wilmerding also recalls Vincent Scully, John Coolidge, Seymour Slive, Benjamin Rowland, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Maxim Karolik, Alfred Mansfield Brooks, Theodore Stebbins, Barbara Novak, Charlie Childs, Stuart Feld, David Huntington, Jules Prown, Carter Brown, James Cox, Robert Rosenblum, Wanda Corn, Paul Gottlieb, Leonard Andrews, Paul and Bunny Mellon, Richard Estes, Allan Stone, Robert Indiana, Tom Wesselmann, Ralph Lerner, Moshe Safdie, Neil Rudenstine, Philippe de Montebello, Leon Black, Max Anderson, Kathy Foster, Rebecca Zurier, Franklin Kelly, Carter Cleveland

Biographical / Historical:

John Wilmerding (1938- ) is an art historian and curator in New York, New York. Christopher Lyon (1949- ) is a writer in Brooklyn, New York.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds Wilmerding's thesis (B.A.) "Fitz Hugh Lane: American marine painter, 1804-1865," Harvard University, 1960.

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:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.wilmer18

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wilmer18

Interviewee:

Williams, Neil Norman, 1959-  Search this

Creator:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Viola Frey Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Viola Frey Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (sound files (4 hr., 9 min.), digital, wav)

101 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2014 June 5-6

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Neil N. Williams conducted 2014 June 5-6, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Viola Frey Oral History Project, at William's home and studio in Auburn, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Neil Williams (1959- ) is an artist from Auburn, California. Interviewer Mija Riedel (1958- ) is an independent scholar and writer in San Francisco, California. Williams was Viola Frey's studio assistant.

General:

Originally recorded as 5 sound files. Duration is 4 hr., 9 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:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Artists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Artists' Legacy Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.willia14

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-willia14

Interviewee:

Whitman, Robert  Search this

Interviewer:

Lyon, Christopher  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (sound files (4 hrs., 33 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2019 Oct. 21-Nov.4

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Robert Whitman conducted 2019 October 21-Nov. 4, by Christopher Lyon, for the Archives of American Art, at Whitman's home in Warwick, N.Y.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Robert Whitman (1935- ) is an artist in New York N.Y. He is well-known for creating Happenings. Interviewer Christopher Lyon (1949- ) is a writer in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of First name Last name.

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:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Lichtenberg Family Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.whitma19

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-whitma19

Interviewee:

Wheeler, Doug, 1939-  Search this

Interviewer:

Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Sound recording: (5 hrs., 40 min.) digital, wav)

146 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2017 April 4

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Doug Wheeler conducted 2017 April 4, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art, at Drohojowska-Philp's home, in Los Angeles, California.

Doug Wheeler discusses his 2017 exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, PSAD Synthetic Desert III; his relationship with the art dealer Doug Chrismas and the art collector Giuseppe Panza di Biumo; his residency in Boissano, Italy, and time there with his wife, Bridget Johnson; the impact of his experiences while flying in small airplanes and spending time in isolated desert environments on his sense of aesthetics and his art; his time at the Chouinard Art Institute as a student of Emerson Woelffer; his original interest in studying commercial art; his interactions with Robert Irwin and James Turrell. Wheeler also describes growing up in Globe, Arizona, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, and the early divorce of his parents; his father's career as a doctor in Arizona who flew airplanes to his patients, and his early exposure to flying; his time as a youngster working on ranches and spending time with other families; his experiences as a troublemaker in a social club at University High School in Los Angeles in the 1950s; working as a mechanical draftsman at Douglas Aircraft; his show with Larry Bell and Robert Irwin at the Tate Gallery, London, in 1970; his 2012-2016 installations at the David Zwirner gallery; his time away from the art world and work as a Hollywood screenwriter; his relocation to northern New Mexico, and the critical response to the Guggenheim PSAD Synthetic Desert III show. Wheeler also recalls Bill Moore, Larry Bell, Nancy Harrington, Billy Al Bengston, John Altoon, Ed Ruscha, Ed Reep, Edwin Shneidman, Edy de Wilde as well as Coosje van Bruggen, Robert Graham, Leo Castelli, Irving Blum, Riko Mizuno, Christophe de Menil, Julia Brown, Hugh Davies, Dan Flavin among others.

Biographical / Historical:

Doug Wheeler (1939- ) is an artist working with light, space, and sound in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Interviewer Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is an art critic and writer in Beverly Hills, 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:

Online access to this interview transcript is restricted. Access to the audio is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Artists -- New Mexico -- Santa Fe -- Interviews  Search this

Installations (Art)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.wheele17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wheele17

Interviewee:

Weston, Frederick, 1946-  Search this

Interviewer:

Kerr, Theodore  Search this

Names:

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 28 min.), digital, wav)

130 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2016 August 31-September 5

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Frederick Weston, conducted 2016 August 31 and September 5, by Theodore Kerr, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Weston's home in New York, N.Y.

Weston speaks of his childhood in Detroit; early understandings of his gender; attending Ferris State University in Michigan; moving to New York in 1973; New York nightclub culture before the AIDS crisis; studying at FIT and working in the fashion industry; beginning to consider himself an artist in the late 1990s after years of collage work in street settings; being diagnosed with HIV in the mid-1990s; imbuing his art with his personal experience; his body of work in photography, installations, and poetry; his health care and regiment since being diagnosed with HIV; evolutions in his personal outlook since being diagnosed; the trajectory of his sex life from adolescence; moving into his current apartment in Chelsea; and reflections on America's racial situation. Weston also recalls Claude Payne, Apollonia, Billy Blair, Stephanie Crawford, Franz Renard Smith, Dr. Joseph Sonnabend, Bruce Benderson, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewer Frederick Weston (1946- ) is a multimedia artist in New York, N.Y. Interviewee Theodore Kerr (1979- ) is a writer and organizer in New York, N.Y.

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:

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Multimedia (Art)  Search this

African American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.weston16

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-weston16

Interviewee:

von Eckardt, Nina, 1940-  Search this

Creator:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Names:

Leo Castelli Gallery  Search this

Extent:

109 Pages (Trasncript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2012 July 31-August 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nina von Eckardt conducted 2012 July 31 and August 13, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art, at von Eckardt's home, in West New York, N.J.

Biographical / Historical:

Nina von Eckardt (1940- ) worked as Leo Castelli's secretary at Leo Castelli Gallery and lives in West New York, N.J. Avis Berman (1949- ) is an art historian and author in New York, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded as 4 sound files. Duration is 5 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:

Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Dedalus Foundation, Inc.

Identifier:

AAA.voneck12

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-voneck12

Interviewee:

Roosen, Mia Westerlund, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

Berman, Avis  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (Sound recording, master: 4 sound files (5 hr., 30 min.), digital, WMA)

136 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2012 June 18-July 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Mia Westerlund Roosen conducted 2012 June 18 and July 3, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art, at Westerlund Roosen's home, in Buskirk, N.Y.

Biographical / Historical:

Mia Westerlund Roosen (1942- ) is a sculptor in Buskirk, N.Y. Avis Berman (1949- ) is an art historian and author in New York, N.Y.

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.

Rights:

Permission to reproduce for purposes of publication must be obtained from Mia Westerlund Roosen.

Topic:

Women artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Dedalus Foundation, Inc.

Identifier:

AAA.wester12

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wester12

Interviewee:

Weiner, Lawrence, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

Zapol, Liza, 1978-  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (sound files (4 hrs.,16 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

86 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2019 Mar. 25-28

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Lawrence Weiner conducted 2019 March 25 and 28, by Liza Zapol, for the Archives of American Art at Weiner's home and studio, in Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Lawrence Weiner (1942- ) is a conceptual artist based in New York. Interviewer Liza Zapol (1978- ) is the Robert and Arlene Kogod Secretarial Scholar in Oral History at the Archives of American Art.

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:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Lichtenberg Family Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.weiner19

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-weiner19

Interviewee:

Welling, James  Search this

Creator:

Gillespie, Benjamin, 1988-  Search this

Names:

Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (23 min., digital, mp3)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2020 June 22

Scope and Contents:

An interview with James C. Welling conducted 2020 June 22, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Welling's home in New York, New York.

Biographical / Historical:

James C. Welling (1951 - ) is a photographer in New York, New York. Welling is known for his abstract, conceptual, and experimental processes.

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:

This interview is open for research.

Rights:

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 audio 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 audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Pandemics  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.wellin20

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wellin20

Interviewee:

Wentzy, James  Search this

Interviewer:

Carr, C.  Search this

Names:

ACT UP (Organization)  Search this

ACT UP New York (Organization)  Search this

Southern Illinois University (System) -- Students  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Arena, Tony  Search this

Brown, Arch  Search this

Buckingham, David  Search this

Carlomusto, Jean  Search this

Dee, James, 1950-  Search this

Ellis, Darrel  Search this

Farber, Robert, 1948-1995  Search this

Heiss, Alanna  Search this

Maletta, Lou  Search this

Moore, Patrick, 1962-  Search this

Santinire, Vincent  Search this

Schnabel, John  Search this

Tam, Ho, 1962-  Search this

Extent:

15 Items (Sound recording: 15 sound files (5 hr., 13 min.), digital, wav)

164 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2017 January 23-March 31

Scope and Contents:

An interview with James Wentzy, conducted 2017 January 23-March 31, by Cynthia Carr, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Wentzy's home and studio in New York, New York.

Wentzy speaks of his childhood in South Dakota; studying filmmaking at Southern Illinois University; moving to New York and shooting commercial films in the late 1970s; working and homesteading in the photography studio of James Dee; the beginning of the AIDS crisis; being diagnosed with HIV in 1990; his participation in and extensive documentation of ACT UP meetings, actions, and demonstrations; his place in the genealogy of AIDS activism; and his body of film and television work. Wentzy also recalls Darrel Ellis, Alanna Heiss, Arch Brown, James Dee, Robert Farber, Ho Tam, John Schnabel, Patrick Moore, Lou Maletta, Tony Arena, Vincent Satinire, David Buckingham, Jean Carlomusto, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

James Wentzy (1952- ) is a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, and artist in New York, New York. Cynthia Carr (1950- ) is a writer in New York, New York.

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.

Occupation:

Cinematographers  Search this

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.wentzy17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wentzy17

Interviewee:

Waters, Jack  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Names:

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Waters, Jack  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (sound files (5 hr., 59 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

72 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Date:

2018 February 21-22

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Jack Waters, conducted 2018 February 21 and 22, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at the Visual AIDS office in New York, New York.

Waters speaks of his early exposure to the arts through his family and their frequent visitors and boarders; the beginnings of his political consciousness, race consciousness, sex consciousness, and self-identity during the 1960s; his dance education at the Miquon School in Philadelphia; teaching at Miquon after briefly dancing in California; his dance and choreography education at the Julliard School and the Ailey School; his experience of the Lower East Side in the 1980s; the genesis and development of the Performing On One Leg collective; the start of the AIDS epidemic; collaborations with Gordon Kurtti and Brian Taylor, and their AIDS-related deaths; the importance of art-making and documentary practice during the AIDS epidemic; the beginning and development of his film and video work; collaborating with Peter Cramer on Black and White Study as both film and performance; receiving his HIV-positive diagnosis; the beginning and development of his work as a writer and journalist; his involvement in AIDS activist and queer activist organizations; a formative period in Ibiza during the fall 1983; his films The Male GaYze and Short Memory/No History; changes in queer activism he has observed since the 1980s, and the lack of historical memory about them; his experience of intergenerational queer dialogue; his involvement with Visual AIDS; and his thoughts on the idea of artistic legacy, both generally and in his particular case.

Biographical / Historical:

Jack Waters (1954- ) is a visual artist in New York, New York. Alex Fialho (1989- ) is a curator and arts writer and works as Programs Director for Visual AIDS in New York, New York.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of First name Last name.

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:

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.waters18

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-waters18