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9. Interview of Robert Irwin (1977)

Topic:
Art
Length:
20.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Light-and-space artist and creator of site-specific works.

10. Interview of George Heard Hamilton

Topic:
Art
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Yale University professor of art history and Williams College professor of art. Curator of modern art at Yale University Art Gallery and director of Clark Art Institute at Williams College.

11. Interview of Kurt A. Weitzmann

Topic:
Art
Length:
7.7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Princeton University professor of art and archaeology with a focus on Byzantine and medieval art.

12. Interview of Agnes Mongan

Topic:
Art
Length:
6.70 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Director of Fogg Art Museum.

13. Interview of Manfredo Tafuri

Topic:
Art
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Historian, architect, and critic with a focus on Italian Renaissance architecture.

14. Interview of Julius S. Held

Topic:
Art
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Columbia University's Barnard College professor of art history with a focus on works by Dutch painters.

15. Interview of Sherman E. Lee

Topic:
Art
Length:
20.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Director of Cleveland Museum of Art with expertise in Asian art.

16. Interview of George A. Kubler

Topic:
Art
Length:
21.2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Yale University art historian and professor with a focus on Pre-Columbian American and Ibero-American art.

17. Interview of Jean Brown

Topic:
Art
Length:
8hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Collector of contemporary art and archival materials relating to the Dada and Surrealist movements. Organizer of the Jean Brown Archives at Shaker Seed House in Tyringham, Massachusetts.

18. Interview of Connor Everts

Topic:
Art
Length:
13 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with prominent Los Angeles-based visual artists and other members of the art establishment whose careers span the period from the 1920s through the 1970s. It documents the art community of the pre-World War II period and the rise of Los Angeles as a nationally rec...
Biographical Note:
Artist, educator, and chair of the graphics department at Chouinard Art Institute.

19. Interview of Felix Landau

Topic:
Art
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with prominent Los Angeles-based visual artists and other members of the art establishment whose careers span the period from the 1920s through the 1970s. It documents the art community of the pre-World War II period and the rise of Los Angeles as a nationally rec...
Biographical Note:
Art dealer of modern and contemporary art. Owner of the Felix Landau Gallery.

20. Interview of Craig Hugh Smyth

Topic:
Art
Length:
10.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Director of Villa i Tatti under the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy. Leader of first U.S. university-based conservation program at New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

21. Interview of John Coolidge

Topic:
Art
Length:
13.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Director of Fogg Art Museum. Professor of fine arts at Harvard University with a focus on modern art and architecture.

22. Interview of James S. Ackerman

Topic:
Art
Length:
14.35 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Art historian and professor at Harvard University with a focus in Italian Renaissance architecture history.

23. Interview of Otto Von Simson

Topic:
Art
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
University of Chicago and Kunsthistorisches Institut, Free University of Berlin professor of art history with a focus in medieval and Renaissance architecture.

24. Interview of Giulio Carlo Argan

Topic:
Art
Length:
2.7 hrs.
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Director of the Pinacoteca Estense di Modena, inspector of museums and art galleries for the Ministry of Fine Arts, and founder and editor of Storia dell'Arte.

25. Interview of Elizabeth B. Kubler

Topic:
Art
Length:
1.35 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
President of City Spirit Artists, Inc. and vice president of Long Wharf Theatre.

26. Interview of Phyllis Williams Lehmann

Topic:
Art
Length:
7.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Smith College professor of art. Archaeologist and art historian who conducted excavations at Samothrace.

27. Interview of Joseph Rykwert

Topic:
Art
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
University of Pennsylvania professor of architecture with a focus on history and theory.

28. Interview of Lane Faison

Topic:
Art
Length:
9.10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Art History - Oral Documentation Project are part of a cooperative venture between the Oral History Program and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, documents a generation of scholars who developed and elaborated paradigms of art history establi...
Biographical Note:
Director of Williams College Museum of Art. Williams College professor of art.

29. Interview of Claire Falkenstein

Topic:
Art
Length:
13.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series includes interviews with prominent Los Angeles-based visual artists and other members of the art establishment whose careers span the period from the 1920s through the 1970s. It documents the art community of the pre-World War II period and the rise of Los Angeles as a nationally rec...
Biographical Note:
Sculptor, painter, printmaker, jewelry designer, and teacher.

30. Interview of Herbert Wells

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Literature
Art
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and actor with the Poetic Justice Project. Former member of the Arts-in-Corrections program while incarcerated.

31. Interview of Nancy Angelo

Topic:
Social Movements
Women's Issues
Art
Length:
5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Women’s Activist Lives in Los Angeles is a series of interviews done by graduate research assistants under the auspices of UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women. The series addresses the diverse ways in which women’s social movement activities affected public policy and transformed civic institut...
Biographical Note:
Performance and video artist. Involved in the Women’s Building, a center for feminist art in Los Angeles.

32. Interview of Guillermo Bermudez

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Theater
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Painter and actor, member of the Advisory Board of the Poetic Justice Project and part of the Arts-in-Corrections program during incarceration.

33. Interview of Deborah Tobola

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Theater
Art
Music
Literature
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Length:
1 hr. 20 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer, poet, educator, and founding Artistic Director of the Poetic Justice Project.

34. Interview of Laurie Brooks

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
Art
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Theater
Literature
Music
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Executive director of the William James Association. Advocate for legislative support to reinstate arts programming in correctional institutions.

35. Interview of Ellen Davidson

Topic:
Community History
UCLA and University of California History
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Music
Art
Literature
Theater
Length:
1 hr. 14 min.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Project manager of the Prison Arts Project and director of William James Association.

36. Interview of Judith Tannenbaum

Topic:
UCLA and University of California History
Community History
Music
Theater
UCLA History: Events and Projects
Literature
Art
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series Arts in Corrections: Interviews with Participants in California Department of Corrections' Institutional Arts Program document the stories of formerly incarcerated artists, professional artists, and administrators who participated in the Arts-in-Corrections program. A...
Biographical Note:
Writer and teacher for the Arts-in-Corrections program, developer of Manual For Artists Working in Prison, and editor of Memo Arts.

38. Interview of Richard Koshalek

Topic:
Art
Length:
10.6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles and president of the Art Center College of Design.

39. Interview of Judy Chicago

Topic:
Art
Length:
1.8 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Artist and co-founder of the Feminist Art Program at the California Institute of the Arts.

41. Interview of Paul Soldner

Topic:
Art
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Ceramics artist known for a Japanese-influenced American raku style.

42. Interview of Peter Plagens

Topic:
Art
Length:
12 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Painter. Art critic for Newsweek and contributor to Artforum, Art in America, and other publications.

43. Interview of Jean Milant

Topic:
Art
Length:
10.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Art dealer and publisher. Founder of Cirrus Gallery & Cirrus Editions Ltd.

44. Interview of Tobey Moss

Topic:
Art
Length:
4.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Owner of the Tobey C. Moss Gallery.

45. Interview of Tomi Kuwayama

Topic:
Art
Length:
5.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
Biographical Note:
Craft and Folk Art Museum Board Member, 1976 – 1981, 1991 – 1997, 2003 – 1010. Founding Member, Folk Art Council, 1979 – 1997; Chair, Folk Art Market, 1983 – 1997; Associates Member, 1986 – 1996.

46. Interview of John Browse

Topic:
Art
Length:
3.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
Biographical Note:
Assistant Director, Egg and The Eye Gallery, 1971 – 1976. Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop Manager, 1982 – 1989.

47. Interview of Frank S. Wyle

Topic:
Art
Length:
3.50 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
Biographical Note:
Craft and Folk Art Museum Co-Founder with Founding Director Edith R. Wyle. Co-Founder, The Egg and The Eye gallery, with Edith Wyle and Bette Chase. CAFAM Board Chair, 1975 – 1976; 1987 – 1995; 1996 – 1999; 2002 – 2008.

48. Interview of Michelle Arens

Topic:
Art
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
Biographical Note:
Craft and Folk Art Museum Research Library Administrative Assistant and Registrar’s Assistant in eighties and early nineties. Craft and Folk Art Museum Shop Assistant and Co-Manager 1989-90.

49. Interview of Ruth Bowman

Topic:
Art
Length:
1.75 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
Biographical Note:
Founding member of Craft and Folk Art Museum Board of Trustees, 1975 – 1983.

50. Interview of Patrick Ela

Topic:
Art
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM), founded in Los Angeles by Edith and Frank Wyle, grew out of The Egg and The Eye, a commercial art gallery/restaurant devoted to international contemporary craft and folk art—and (in the restaurant) omelettes. The gallery opened November 1, 1965 at 5814 Wilsh...
Biographical Note:
Craft and Folk Art Museum Administrative Director, 1975 – 1984; Executive Director, 1984 – 1996; Board Chairman, 1999 – 2002; Acting Director, 2002; Board Member, 1999 - 2004.