Guide to the
Oral History Interviews with Artists, Filmmakers, Curators, Collectors, and Critics, 2008-2012
Finding aid prepared by Cyndi Shein
Descriptive Summary
Title: Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. oral history interviews with artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and critics
Date (inclusive): 2008-2012
Number: IA40011
Creator/Collector:
Pacific Standard Time (Project)
Physical Description:
8.3 linear feet
(18 boxes and 3 enclosures)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Institutional Records and Archives
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
archives@getty.edu
Abstract: The collection principally comprises oral history interviews conducted from 2008 through 2012 as part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. research project. Project participants conducted an extensive series of oral histories
with many of Los Angeles' key artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and critics, focusing on postwar art (1945-1980).
Many of the participating cultural institutions received funding from the Getty Foundation, which collected the resulting
interviews. Material also includes transcripts of interviews; recordings of lectures, symposia, and panel discussions; short
documentary films; and printed brochures and announcements related to the project.
Request Materials: To access physical materials at the Getty, go to the
library catalog record for this collection and click "Request an Item." Click here for
general library access policy . See the Administrative Information section of this finding aid for access restrictions specific to the records described
below. Please note, some of the records may be stored off site; advanced notice is required for access to these materials.
Language: Collection material is in
English
Background Note
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980 was a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California coming together to tell the story
of the birth of the Los Angeles scene and how it became a major new force in the art world.
Exploring and celebrating the significance of the crucial post-World War II years through the 1960s and 1970s,
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. encompassed developments from L.A. Pop to post-minimalism; from modernist architecture and design to multi-media installations;
from the films of the African American "L.A. Rebellion" to the feminist activities of the Woman's Building; from ceramics
to Chicano performance art; and from Japanese American design to the pioneering work of artists' collectives.
The partner institutions in
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. communicated the findings of their research through a multitude of simultaneous exhibitions and programs. As part of this
initiative, project organizers conducted an extensive series of oral histories with many of Los Angeles' key artists, filmmakers,
curators, collectors, and critics.
The
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. research project is rooted in the Getty Research Institute's
Modern Art in Los Angeles initiative, which began in 2002.
Pacific Standard Time is a broad collaborative initiative of the Getty supported by grants from the Getty Foundation.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
With the exception of materials that are marked restricted or confidential, the records described in accessions 2011.IA.26;
2011.IA.27; 2011.IA.48; 2011.IA.69; 2012.IA.002; 2012.IA.004; 2012.IA.023; 2012.IA.034; 2012.IA.038; 2012.IA.039; 2012.IA.046;
2012.IA.047; 2012.IA.048; 2012.IA.049; 2012.IA.050; 2012.IA.051; 2012.IA.052; and 2012.IA.136 are available for use by qualified
researchers.
The materials in 2012.IA.003 (18th Street Arts Center) are closed until such time as the J. Paul Getty Trust receives signed
permission from the participants.
Due to an absence of agreements from some participants, some materials are closed or only available on site at the Getty Research
Institute or through
Interlibrary Loan. See the inventory below for additional detail; restrictions are noted at the item level. Access to printed material (not
in digital format) that is open to the public is only available on site at the Getty Research Institute. Most of the material
that is open to researchers is available online at
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/ia40011 .
Most of the recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format (electronic documents and recordings that were transferred
to the Archives on optical discs, hard disc drives, or via email). The discs/drives act as archival or duplication masters
and are therefore restricted. When materials are not available online, use copies of discs containing unrestricted content
will be made upon request; this requires advance notice and may delay access.
The following types of records are permanently closed: records containing personal information, records that compromise security
or operations, legal communications, legal work product, and records related to donors. The J. Paul Getty Trust reserves the
right to restrict access to any records held by the Institutional Archives.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
[Cite the item and series (as appropriate)], Pacific Standard Time Oral History Interviews with Artists, Filmmakers, Curators,
Collectors, and Critics, 2008-2012. Getty Foundation. The Getty Research Institute, Finding aid no. IA40011
Acquisition Information
Materials were collected by the Getty Foundation as part of the grant process and transferred periodically to the Institutional
Archives. The collection includes accessions 2011.IA.26; 2011.IA.27; 2011.IA.48; 2011.IA.69; 2012.IA.002; 2012.IA.003; 2012.IA.004;
2012.IA.023; 2012.IA.034; 2012.IA.038; 2012.IA.039; 2012.IA.046; 2012.IA.047; 2012.IA.048; 2012.IA.049; 2012.IA.050; 2012.IA.051;
2012.IA.052; 2012.IA.136.
Processing History
Digital files were ingested and managed by Cyndi Shein and renamed to conform to local repository protocol when necessary.
Cyndi Shein described, arranged, and converted the digital files and created the associated MARC and EAD metadata. Mary K.
Woods and Cyndi Shein created the digital objects and the associated DC, MODS, and METS metadata. Zoe MacLeod labeled and
re-housed the physical objects that were received in 2011.
Accruals
Additions to this collection are expected.
Related Materials
The following materials are offered as possible sources of further information on the people, programs, and subjects covered
by the records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Pacific Standard Time: Los Angeles Art, 1945-1980. Edited by Rebecca Peabody, Andrew Perchuk, Glenn Phillips, and Rani Singh. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute and the
J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection principally comprises oral history interviews conducted from 2008 through 2012 as part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles. The project was initiated by the Getty
in collaboration with arts institutions across Southern California. Project organizers conducted an extensive series of oral
histories with many of Los Angeles' key artists, filmmakers, curators, collectors, and critics.
Many of the participating organizations were awarded funds by the Getty Foundation, which received the resulting interviews
as part of the grant requirement. Most of the recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format and are available
online when rights permit. Material also includes recordings of lectures, symposia, and panel discussions; short documentary
films; and printed ephemera (brochures, press kits, press releases, and other types of announcements) collected by the Getty
Institutional Archives to document the exhibitions and events. With a few exceptions (noted below), digital materials that
are open to researchers are available online at
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/ia40011 . Printed materials are available on site at the Getty Research Institute.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of the institution that conducted the interviews and/or hosted the symposia:
18th Street Arts Center, circa 2011;
American Museum of Ceramic Art: "Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945-1975," 2009-2010;
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center: "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980," 2008-2010;
Armory Center for the Arts: "Speaking in Tongues: The Art of Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976," 2009-2010;
California Institute of the Arts: "The Experimental Impulse," 2011-2012;
City of Los Angeles: "Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center,"
2010;
Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens: "The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley,
1945-1985," 2011;
Japanese American National Museum: "Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles," 2011-2012;
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions: "Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California 1970-1983," 2009-2011;
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "California Design, 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way,'" 2011;
Los Angeles Filmforum: "Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles 1945-1980," 2009-2010;
Orange County Museum of Art: "State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970," 2011-2012;
Otis College of Art and Design: "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building," 2009-2012;
Pomona College Museum of Art: "It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles, 1969-1973," 2008-2010;
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery: "Clay's Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, Peter Voulkos: 1956-1968," 2009-2011;
USC Fisher Museum of Art: "Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community," 2011;
UCLA Film & Archives: "L.A. Rebellion" initiative, 2010-2011;
Vincent Price Museum of Art: " 'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles," 2010.
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Woman's Building (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History
Subjects - Topics
African American art--United States--20th century
African American artists--United States--20th century
Art and social action--United States--20th century
Art museums--Exhibitions--United States
Art, American--20th century--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art, Modern--20th century--United States--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Art--Political aspects--United States--20th century
Artists and community--California--20th century
Artists--California--Los Angeles--20th century
Artists--Political activity--Los Angeles--California--20th century
Artists--United States--Interviews
Asian American art--United States--20th century
Ceramics--20th century--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--California
Ceramics--California--20th century--History
Chinese American artists--United States--20th century
Community art projects--Los Angeles (Calif.)--20th century
Conceptual art--United States--20th century
Experimental films--United States
Feminism and art--United States--20th century
Feminism in art--United States--20th century
Japanese American artists--United States--20th century
Performance Art--United States--20th century
Social movements in art--United States--20th century
Video art--California--Los Angeles
Video art--United States--20th century
Women artists--United States--20th century
Subjects - Places
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century
Genres and Forms of Material
Documentaries (motion picture genre)
Electronic documents
Oral histories (document genres)
Sound recordings
Transcripts
Video recordings
Contributors
18th Street Arts Complex
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
Armory Center for the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
Films by Alexa Oona Schulz (Firm)
Getty Foundation
Getty Research Institute
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
J. Paul Getty Museum
Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Cultural Affairs Dept.
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (Gallery)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles Filmforum
Orange County Museum of Art (Calif.)
Otis College of Art and Design
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.). Museum of Art
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
UCLA Film and Television Archive
USC Fisher Museum of Art
Vincent Price Art Museum
Container List
18th Street Arts Center,
2011-2012
Physical Description:
0.3 linear feet
(1 box: 14 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Materials include audio and video recordings of interviews with persons involved with the 18th Street Arts Center in its "early
days." The interviews were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los
Angeles. No transcripts were received. 18th Street Arts Center hosted an exhibition titled "Collaboration Labs: Southern California
Artists and the Artist Space Movement" as part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project.
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee.
Access Information
RESTRICTED: All the interviews conducted by the 18th Street Arts Center are closed until such time as the J. Paul Getty Trust
receives signed permissions from the participants.
Box 2012.IA.003-01
Michael Barnard,
circa 2011
Box 2012.IA.003-01
Linda Burnham and Steve Durham,
circa 2011
Box 2012.IA.003-01
Clayton Campbell,
circa 2011
Box 2012.IA.003-01
Sue Dakin and Barbara Smith,
circa 2011
Box 2012.IA.003-01
Marcus Kuiland-Nazario,
circa 2011
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Press release,
July 5, 2011
American Museum of Ceramic Art: "Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945-1975,"
2009-2010
Common Ground audio online
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 box: 11 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise audio recordings of oral history interviews conducted in 2009 and 2010 by the American Museum of Ceramic
Art in conjunction with their 2011-2012 exhibition, "Common Ground: Ceramics in Southern California 1945-1975." The exhibition
examined both the cohesiveness and the diversification found within the Los Angeles-area, post-World War II clay community.
The exhibition and related interviews were part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project; the project website describes the exhibition as follows: "The decades following
World War II saw tremendous growth and experimentation in studio and industrial ceramics. Artist Millard Sheets (1907-1989),
a leading educator and designer, exerted considerable influence on a multitude of Los Angeles-area art institutions. Sheets'
strongly-held concept of 'good design' acted as a catalyst in forming ceramic practices and opinions about art, interiors,
and architecture."
Please note that although a video interview was conducted with Betty Davenport Ford, the disc received by the Getty Institutional
Archives was not readable and the interview is therefore not listed here with the AMOCA materials. Audio excerpts and an unedited
transcript from the Ford interview can be found below in the Huntington Library materials related to the exhibition, "The
House that Sam Built."
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee.
Access Information
The recordings exist solely in digital format (discs that were transferred to the Archives on optical discs). The discs act
as archival masters and are therefore restricted. The recordings are open to researchers are available online.
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Francis Chun,
July 13, 2009
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Raul Angulo Coronel,
May 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Doris De Larios,
August 17, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Robert Deakins,
Around 2009 or 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Robert Glover,
May 27, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Joe Koons,
May 2, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Rosemary Ivins: Interview regarding husband Anthony Ivins,
August 18, 2009
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Harrison McIntosh,
June 7, 2009
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Marguerite McIntosh,
June 7, 2009
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Marian Moule,
October 10, 2009 and December 15, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2012.IA.034-01
Ed Traynor,
January 7, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Screenshot of exhibition announcement,
2011
Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center: "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980,"
2008-2010
Now Dig This audio and transcripts online
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 box: 15 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Material comprises recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center
in relation to its 2011 exhibition, "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980." The research and exhibition were
part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project. According to promotional documentation released at the time of the exhibition,
the material "examines a pioneering group of African American artists whose work, connections, and friendships with other
artists of varied ethnic backgrounds influenced the creative community and artistic practices that developed in Los Angeles
during this historic period."
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee.
Access Information
The recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format (electronic documents and recordings that were transferred to
the Archives on optical discs). The discs act as archival or duplication masters and are therefore restricted. Some of the
interviews are restricted; restrictions are noted below. Digital materials that are open to researchers are available online.
Box 2011.IA.26-01
Camille Billops
[see James Hatch],
May 18, 2010
Box 2011.IA.26-01
Dan Concholar,
December 13, 2009
Physical Description:
(2 CDs)
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
Box 2011.IA.26-01
Fred Eversley,
November 18, 2008
Physical Description:
(2 CDs)
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
Box 2011.IA.26-01
Charles Gaines,
February 26, 2010
Physical Description:
(2 CDs)
Box 2011.IA.26-01
James Hatch and Camille Billops,
May 18, 2010
Physical Description:
(4 CDs)
General note
Note: The audio is scratchy in places and the content of the CDs is largely overlapping.
Box 2011.IA.26-01
E.J. Montgomery,
April 27, 2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
Box 2011.IA.26-01
Judson Powell and Sue Welsh,
June 25, 2010
Physical Description:
(4 CDs)
Box 2011.IA.26-01
Sue Welsh
[see Judson Powell]
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Press release and screenshot of exhibition webpage,
2012012
Armory Center for the Arts: "Speaking in Tongues: The Art of Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken, 1961-1976,"
2009-2010
Speaking in Tongues audio and transcripts online
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 box: 18 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Material comprises recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted by the Armory Center for the Arts in relation to its
2011 exhibition, "Speaking in Tongues: The Art of Wallace Berman and Robert Heinecken." The interviews and exhibition were
part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project. According to a press release from the Armory Center, "this exhibition examines
how these two artists bridged modernist and emerging post-modernist trends by ushering in the use of photography as a key
element of contemporary avant-garde art. Focusing on language and the creation of new visual codes, as well as on the little-known
friendship between Berman and Heinecken, their works are explored within the unique cultural milieu of 1960s and 1970s Southern
California, as it fueled and amplified each artist's highly original creative approach to making images."
Arrangement note
Individual recordings and transcripts are spread across 18 discs. Interviews are listed here alphabetically by the surname
of the interviewee.
Access Information
The recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format (electronic documents and recordings that were transferred to
the Archives on optical discs). The discs act as archival or duplication masters and are therefore restricted. Some of the
interviews are restricted; restrictions are noted below. All materials that are open to researchers are available online.
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Tosh Berman,
March, 21, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Carl Chiarenza,
February 17, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Eileen Cowin,
around 2009 or 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Darryl Curran,
June 6, 2009
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Robert Fichter,
January 5, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Bruria Finkle,
May 12, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Jeff Gates,
around 2009 or 2010
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Hal Glicksman,
February 9, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Karol Heinecken Mora,
April 17, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Geoff Heinecken,
around 2009 or 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Graham Howe,
June 28, 2009
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Harold Jones,
April 29, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Stephen Lemher,
November 9, 2009
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Nathan Lyons,
February 17, 2010
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
Box 2011.IA.27-01
David Meltzer,
January 24 and February 7, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Joyce Neimanas,
May 1 of 2009 or 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Robert Dean Stockwell,
December 9, 2010
Box 2011.IA.27-01
Russ Tamblyn,
October 12, 2010
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Press release,
July 7, 2011
California Institute of the Arts: "The Experimental Impulse,"
2011-2012
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
(1 shared box: 6 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise clips and excerpts of audio and video recordings of oral history interviews with over 30 persons conducted
by the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in conjunction with their 2011-2012 exhibition "The Experimental Impulse"
shown at REDCAT. According to promotional material released by CalArts, the exhibition explored "the pivotal role of experimentation
in Los Angeles in the years immediately following the city's emergence as a vital artistic center . . . [and offered] new
insights into the understanding of developments in critical art practice after 1965 . . ." The exhibition and related interviews
were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. a research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles.
The interviews focus on "a selection of key figures who shaped the city's cultural landscape through various forms of patronage
and artist-motivated initiatives. The exhibition includes original interviews with such individuals as Robert Smith, founding
director of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art (1974-85); Dorit Cypis, co-director of Foundation for Art Resources
(1979-82); Marc Pally, first director of LACE (1979-83); Gemini G.E.L. co-founder and patron Stanley Grinstein; collectors
Judy and Stuart Spence; and many others."
Access Information
This resource is unprocessed and closed until processing is complete. The recordings will be made available after they have
been clearly identified and reformatted.
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Press release and screenshot of exhibition webpage,
2011
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department: "Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the
Watts Towers Arts Center,"
2010
Civic Virtue transcripts and audio samples online
Physical Description:
0.7 linear feet
(2 boxes: 49 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise video recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted in 2010 by the City of Los Angeles
Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in conjunction with their exhibition "Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal
Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center," which examined the institutional histories of two of the oldest and most diverse
artistic centers operated by the DCA. The exhibition was open from December 2011 to February 2012 and highlighted the work
of some of the artists, curators, and community activists whose contributions enhanced the culture and community of Los Angeles
and helped establish it as an international artistic center. The exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery was "a
chronological survey examining the role of civic government in relationship to the development of arts in Los Angeles traced
through painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and film," while the exhibition at the Watts Towers was "a chronological
survey examining the development of this important grass-roots arts space into an established, nationally-recognized, community
arts center."
The interviews were primarily conducted by Pilar Tompkins Rivas and focus on the development, restoration, administration,
and activities of the Watts Towers Arts Center and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery from the perspective of individuals
actively involved with the institutions. The interviews, exhibition, and related events were part of the city-wide
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project that focused on postwar art in Los Angeles from 1945-1980.
[City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Press release accessed October 23, 2012,
"http://www.culturela.org/press/releases/2011_Press_Releases/2011_PST_CivicVirtue.pdf"]
Arrangement note
Discs are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee, followed by the disc containing transcripts of the interviews.
Access Information
The recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format (electronic documents and recordings that were transferred to
the Archives on optical discs). The discs act as archival or duplication masters and are therefore restricted. Some of the
interviews are restricted; restrictions are noted below. These materials are open to researchers and available online.
Box 2012.IA.052-01
Artist and curator Cecil Fergerson discusses his history with LACMA and the community in Watts,
May 20, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication masters: 5 DVDs)
Box 2012.IA.052-01
Curator and museum director Josine Ianco-Starrels provides an overview of her professional career up to 1980,
April 16-18, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication maters: 13 DVDs)
Box 2012.IA.052-01
Historic site curator Virgina Kazor discusses her work with the L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs and the restoration of
the Watts Towers and Frank Lloyd Wright's Hollyhock House,
September 29, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication masters: 2 DVDs)
Box 2012.IA.052-01
Painter and lithographer June Wayne provides a brief history of her work in Los Angeles up to 1980,
July 29 and September 2, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication masters: 4 DVDs)
Box 2012.IA.052-01
Transcriptions of interviews,
2010
Physical Description:
(Use copy: 1 CD)
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Screenshot of exhibition description from webpage,
2011
Huntington Library, Museum, and Botanic Gardens: "The House that Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona Valley, 1945-1985,"
mid 1990s, 2011
The House that Sam Built transcripts and audio clips online
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
(1 shared box: 1 disc)
Scope and Content Note
Resource comprises full transcripts and clips of audio recordings of interviews conducted by the Huntington Library, Museum,
and Botanical Gardens in relation to its 2011-2012 exhibition, "The House That Sam Built: Sam Maloof and Art in the Pomona
Valley, 1945-1985." The exhibition held the California home that craftsman Sam Maloof and his wife Alfreda created in the
mid-1950s as its central metaphor. The research and exhibition were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. a city-wide research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles.
The exhibition showcased important Maloof pieces (primarily furniture) and works in various media by his friends and colleagues.
Interviews were conducted with Maloof (mid-1990s) and artists from his circle (2011).
According to promotional material released at the time of the exhibition, the exhibition intended to "shed new light on the
rich network of influences and exchanges that developed among artists and artisans living near the college town of Claremont
in the Pomona Valley . . . Covering a dynamic period in American art, the exhibition spanned the development of Maloof's work
from his earliest explorations of handcrafted furniture in the 1950s to 1985, the year he received the 'Genius Grant' from
the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation."
Arrangement note
Individual interviews are listed alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee followed by thematic compilations of interview
audio clips as used in the exhibition.
Access Information
Resource is open to qualified researchers and available online. The recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format
(electronic documents and recordings that were transferred to the Archives on an optical disc). The disc acts as a duplication
master and is therefore restricted.
Individual interviews with artists:
Scope and Content Note
Material includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Sam Maloof and artists that were featured in the exhibition.
Full transcripts of the interviews and excerpts of the interview audio recordings that were featured in the exhibition are
available online. Use copies of the full audio recordings are available upon request. Advanced notice is required for the
production of use copies. The production of use copies may delay research requests.
Please note that a full transcript and audio excerpts of the Betty Davenport Ford interview are provided courtesy of the American
Museum of Ceramic Art.
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
Aldo Casanova (sculpture),
June 15, 2011
Betty Davenport Ford (ceramics),
February 21, 2011
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
James Hueter (painting),
June 14, 2011
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
Sam Maloof (woodworking),
mid-1990s
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
Harrison McIntosh (ceramics),
June 15, 201
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
James Strombotne (painting),
June 21, 2011
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
John Svenson (sculpture),
June 14, 2011
Thematic compilations of audio excerpts featured in exhibition:
Scope and Content Note
These audio recordings are compilations of excerpts from various interviews, including commentary from James Hueter, Harrison
McIntosh, Aldo Casanova, John Svenson, and Betty Davenport Ford. The Ford audio (from February 2011) was provided courtesy
of the American Museum of Ceramic Art.
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
Memories of Sam Maloof: Meeting Sam; The House that Sam Built; Generosity; Sam's Dedication,
2011
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
A Community of Artists: Millard Sheets; Showing our work; Why Claremont,
2011
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
The Colleges: A Humanities Haven; There was a Diversity; The Scene was Exciting,
2011
Box 2012.IA.048-shared
Script of audio featured in the exhibition,
2011
Box 2011.IA.48-01
Printed ephemera: Press release,
2011
Japanese American National Museum: "Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design & Activism in Post-War Los Angeles,"
2011-2012
Drawing the Line video interviews online
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 enclosure: printed transcripts; 1 shared box: 9 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise video recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by the Japanese American National
Museum (JANM) in conjunction with their 2011-2012 exhibition, "Drawing the Line: Japanese American Art, Design and Activism
in Post-War Los Angeles." The exhibition explored "the changing notions of identity and community in Post-War Japanese American
Los Angeles, from the 1950s to the early 1980s. Art and activism combine and are redefined through landmark works by a diverse
group of exceptional artists and designers."
The interviews were conducted with a broad group of artists, whose specialities include visual art, performing art, filmmaking,
graphic design, and automotive design. Interviews were also conducted with founders of
Gidra, a creative UCLA student newspaper (1969-1974), sometimes called "The Voice of the Asian American Movement," that focused
on political advocacy and Asian American identity. The exhibition and related interviews were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los
Angeles.
The material also includes one video recording of "What Can a Song Do?" (January 24, 2012) featuring Nobuko Miyamoto (aka
Joanne Miya), Japanese American actress, dancer, performance artist, and activist. The performance was presented at LACE (Los
Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) in collaboration with JANM as part of the Pacific Standard Time Performance and Public Art
Festival. The performance was presented in conjunction with "Drawing the Line." Along with William "Charlie" Chin and the
late Chris Ijima, Miyamoto created the group Yellow Pearl, which recorded the musical album "A Grain of Sand: Music for the
Struggle of Asians in America" in 1973. The 2012 "What Can a Song Do?" performance was referred to as the "Yellow Pearl Remix"
concert, and along with Nobuko Miyamoto, featured Benny Yee, Danny Yamamoto, Atomic Nancy, Chucky Kim, Traci Kato-Kiriyama,
Ruben Guevara, Tatsuo Hirano, Kathy Masaoka, Sean Miura and Kamau Ayubbi. It was directed by Dan Kwong with visuals by Tran
Bui.
Arrangement note
Materials are listed in the following order: video interview about Gidra; individual video interviews alphabetically by surname;
musical/dance performance video; printed transcripts; and printed ephemera.
Access Information
The recordings exist solely in digital format (electronic files that were transferred to the Archives on optical discs). The
discs act as duplication masters and are therefore restricted. The transcripts were received in print and are are only available
on site at the Getty Research Institute.
Due to a lack of agreements from some participants, the musical/dance performance is only available on site at the Getty Research
Institute or through
Interlibrary Loan.
Video recordings of the interviews are open to researchers and are publically available online.
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Gidra interviews with Doug Aihara, Mike Murase, and Evelyn Yoshimura,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Mike (Matsumi) Kanemitsu: Interview with his daughter, Nancy Uyemura,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Robert Nakamura,
August 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Linda Nishio,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Ben Sakoguchi,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Larry Shinoda: Interview with his sister, Grace Aiko Shinoda Nakamura,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Bruce Yonemoto,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Norman Yonemoto,
September 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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"What Can a Song Do?" Yellow Pearl: Remix. Nobuko Miyamoto (Joanne Miya) Performance at LACE,
January 24, 2012
"What Can a Song Do?" video online (on-site access only)
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
Access Information
Due to rights limitations, the video recording of the performance is only available on site at the Getty Research Institute
or through
Interlibrary Loan.
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Printed transcripts of all interviews,
2011
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Printed ephemera: Screenshot of exhibition webpage,
2011
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions: "Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California 1970-1983,"
2009-2011
Los Angeles Goes Live audio online,
Physical Description:
0.1
(1 shared box; 3 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Resource comprises audio recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions
(LACE) in relation to its 2011-2012 exhibition, "Los Angeles Goes Live: Performance Art in Southern California, 1970-1983."
The exhibition featured performance art documentation such as costumes, props, photographs, artist books, video, scripts,
scores, and posters representing a variety of performance artists and approaches. The project also included a performance
series and publication that explored the histories and legacies of performance art. The exhibition and related interviews
were part of
Pacific Standard Time, a city-wide project that documented the post-war art scene in Los Angeles.
The concurrent performance series featured "re-inventions of historical performances and new performative actions staged throughout"
Los Angeles. The exhibition and performances examined "a central issue at the core of performance art practice and scholarship:
How can one revisit performance art after the fact? Through documentation? Through restaging the work by the original artist?
Through a contemporary reinvention by another?"
The exhibition and performances/interviews? were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles.
Arrangement
Materials are listed alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee.
Access Information
Resource is open to qualified researchers.
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Jerri Allyn,
February 25 and April 26, 2010
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Larry Bell,
July 26, 2010
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Nancy Buchanan,
February-March, 2010 and June 15, 2010
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Chris Burden,
January 20, 2010
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Judy Chicago,
around 2010
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Dorit Cypis,
September 29, 2010
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Dark Bob and Light Bob,
June 29, 2010
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Lowell Darling,
April 15, 2010
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Norma Jean Deák,
around 2010
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Simone Forti,
July 14, 2010
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Llyn Foulkes,
June 26, 2010
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Cheri Gaulke,
February-March 2010 and June 25, 2010
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Maren Hassinger,
August 13, 2010
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Hirokazu Kosaka,
April 20, 2010
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Suzanne Lacy,
March 26, 2010 and January 21, 2011
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James Luna,
April 10, 2010
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John Malpede,
July 2, 2010
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Barry Markowitz,
June 26, 2010
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Nobuko Miyamoto,
July 17, 2010
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Susan Mogul,
June 10, 2009
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Senga Nengudi,
October 2009
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Pauline Oliveros,
June 16, 2010
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Rudy Perez,
June 25, 2010
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Rachel Rosenthal,
April 22, 2010
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Josie Roth,
June 25, 2010
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Brian Routh,
May 15, 2010
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Nina Sobell,
July 13, 2010
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Patssi Valdez,
November 2, 2009
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John White,
April 16, 2010
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Faith Wilding,
June 7, 2010
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Robert Wilhite,
April 22, 2010
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Terry Wolverton,
May 12, 2010
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Z'EV (Stef Weisser),
July 13, 2010
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Printed ephemera: Press release and screenshots of exhibition webpage,
2011
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: "California Design, 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way,'"
2011
California Design video interviews online
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
(1 enclosure)
Scope and Content Note
"California Design 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way, Designer Interviews" was a video recording created by the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art (LACMA) in relation to its 2011-2012 exhibition, "California Design, 1930-1965: 'Living in a Modern Way.'"
The exhibition and related interviews were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide research project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los
Angeles. According to a press release from LACMA, "The exhibition, the first major study of modern California design, examines
the state's key role in shaping the material culture of the country at mid-century. California Design features . . . furniture,
textiles, fashion, graphic and industrial design, ceramics, jewelry, metalwork, architectural drawings, and film . . ." The
credits list "Films by Alexa Oona Schulz, 2011." The interviews were likely conducted in 2010 or 2011.
The following artists/designers are interviewed on this video: Lou Danziger, John Kapel, Gere Kavanaugh, Bernard Kester, Harrison
McIntosh, merry renk, June Schwarcz, Kay Sekimachi, Jack Stauffacher, Deborah Sussman, and Gene Tepper.
Arrangement note
The digital files containing the individual interviews have been arranged alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee.
Access Information
The DVD compilation is only available on site at the Getty Research Institute. The interviews that comprise the compilation
are open and available online.
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Video compilation of interviews
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Printed ephemera: Press release,
2011
Los Angeles Filmforum: "Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles 1945-1980,"
2009-2010
Physical Description:
1.6 linear feet
(4 boxes: 92 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Los Angeles Filmforum's project, "Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles 1945-1980," focused on the community
of filmmakers, artists, curators and programmers who contributed to the creation and presentation of experimental film and
video in Southern California in the postwar era. Filmforum's 2011 exhibition was a series of film screenings at the Egyptian
Theater in Hollywood, as well as several collaborative screenings with other cultural organizations. L.A. Filmforum's project
included film screenings, oral history interviews, and symposia, and was part of the Los Angeles-based
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. initiative. A few of the oral history interview video recordings (DVDs) were not playable
when the Getty received them from Filmforum. Although these few video recordings are unavailable thorough the Getty, the transcripts
for all Filmforum recordings are available in their entirety.
Materials date from 2009 to 2010 and include video recordings of public panel discussions/symposia as well as video recordings
and transcripts of interviews with individuals from the Los Angeles postwar filmmaking community.
Arrangement note
Interviews are arranged in alphabetical order by the surname of the interviewee. Symposia (panel discussions) follow the interviews.
Access Information
The content of all the interviews is open and unrestricted. The recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format
(electronic documents and recordings that were transferred to the Archives on optical discs). The discs act as archival masters
and are therefore restricted.
Due to lack of agreements from some public panel discussion participants, panel discussions (transcripts and recordings) are
only available on site at the Getty Research Institute or through
Interlibrary Loan.
Interviews
Alternative Projections video interviews online
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Andersen, Thom,
January 10, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 05-07: video recording; Disc 08: transcript)
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Block, Beth,
February 14, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 09-11: video recording; Disc 12: transcript)
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Cannon, Terry,
November 15, 2009
Physical Description:
(Disc 13-14: video recording; Disc 15: transcript)
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Casady, Chris,
November 22, 2009
Physical Description:
(Disc 16-17: video recording; Disc 18: transcript)
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David, Sky,
April 17, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 19-20: video recording; Disc 21: transcript)
General note
Please note that this interview contains mature content. Sky David discusses some particularly graphic details of his Vietnam
War experience during his video interview.
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Erenberg, Sam,
March 28, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 22-23: video recording; Disc 24: transcript)
Fles, Michael (formerly known as John Fles)
June 27, 2009
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Fles, Michael
Physical Description:
(Disc 25: video recording)
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Fles, Michael
Physical Description:
(Disc 26-27: video recording; Disc 28: transcript)
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Friedman, Roberta,
February 19-20, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 29-32: video recording; Disc 33: transcript)
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Gamboa, Harry Jr.,
May 8, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 34-35: video recording; Disc 36: transcript)
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Getz, Mike,
June 23, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 37-38: video recording; Disc 39: transcript)
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Hock, Louis,
April 18, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 40-41: video recording; Disc 42: transcript)
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Lebrun, David,
October 30, 2009 and January 23, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 43-49: video recording; Disc 50: transcript)
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Mays, Peter,
November 7, 2009 and April 3, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 51-54: video recording; Disc 55: transcript)
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Nakamura, Robert,
May 23, 2010 and August 22, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 56-59: video recording; Disc 60: transcript)
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Perkins, Jeffrey,
June 5, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 61-62: video recording; Disc 63: transcript)
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Pike, Angeline,
January 9, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 64-65: video recording; Disc 66: transcript)
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Scaff, William,
May 2, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 67-68: video recording; Disc 69: transcript)
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Scroggins, Michael,
March 27, 2010 and May 9, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 70-73: video recording; Disc 74: transcript)
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Thomas, Kevin,
October 21, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 75-76: video recording; Disc 77: transcript)
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Rice, Craig and Keith Ullrich,
January 16, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 78-80: video recording; Disc 81: transcript)
Ullrich, Keith [See interview under Craig Rice]
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Whitney, John Jr.,
April 24, 2010 and July 24, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 82-84: video recording; Disc 85: transcript)
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Wilson, David,
January 30, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 86-88: video recording; Disc 89: transcript)
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Wilson, Diana,
May 1, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 90-91: video recording; Disc 92: transcript)
Symposia/Panel discussions
Alternative Projections symposia online (on-site access only)
Access Information
Due to the lack of agreements from some public panel discussion participants, panel discussions (transcripts and recordings)
are only available on site at the Getty Research Institute or through
Interlibrary Loan.
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Sing Wing Turquoise Bird Panel Discussion,
November 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 01: video recording; Disc 02: transcript)
Scope and Content Note
Alternative Projections Symposium. Moderator: Adam Hyman. Panel Participants: Amy Halpern, Shayne Hood, Larry Janss, David
Lebrun, Peter Mays, and Michael Scroggins.
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Los Angeles Independent Film Oasis Panel Discussion,
November 14, 2010
Physical Description:
(Disc 03: videorecording; disc 04: transcript)
Scope and Content Note
Alternative Projections Symposium. Moderator: Terry Cannon. Panel participants: Morgan Fisher, Roberta Friedman, Amy Halpern,
Tom Leeser, Beverly O'Neill, Pat O'Neill, Grahame Weinbren, and David Wilson.
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Printed ephemera: Press release,
January 27, 2010
Orange County Museum of Art: "State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970,"
2009-2011
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
(1 shared box: 3 discs)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise video recordings of public conversations sponsored by the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in relation
to its exhibition "State of Mind: California Art circa 1970," which was part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project. According to an OCMA press release dated July, 2011, the exhibition was co-sponsored
by the University of California, Berkley Art Museum and Pacific Archive and featured "installations, photographs, videos,
artists' books, and extensive performance documentation . . . that demonstrate[d] the crucial role of California artists on
the development of Conceptual art and other new genres." Materials also include exhibition planning documents that comprise
notes taken during studio visits reflecting conversations with artists who were contributing pieces to the show. No traditional
oral histories or transcripts were received by the Getty. Exhibition documentation includes brief notes on conversations with
each of the following artists and one or more digital images of their work(s) of art: Paul Cotton, Eleanor Antin, Lowell Darling,
Howard Fried,Charles Gaines, Lynn Hershman, Doug Huebler, Suzanne lacy, Fred Lonidier, Chip Lord, Tom Marioni, Paul McCarthy,
James Melchert, Darryl Ruscha, Darryl Sapien, Allan Sekula, and Barbara Smith.
Arrangement note
Materials are arranged with the video recordings first followed by the exhibition planning notes.
Access Information
Due to rights restrictions, the exhibition planning notes are only available in the Reading Room at the Getty Research Institute
and the public discussions are only available from computers on-site at the Getty.
Public discussions
State of Mind videos online (on-site access only)
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"Opening Day Artists' Talks,"
October 9, 2011
Physical Description:
(Videorecording: 1 DVD)
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"Student Night: Barbara Smith in Conversation with Juli Careon,"
October 20, 2011
Physical Description:
(Videorecording: 1 DVD)
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Exhibition planning notes,
2009-2010
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
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Printed ephemera: Press release,
July 2011
Otis College of Art and Design: "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's Building (1973-1991),"
2009-2012
Physical Description:
2.2 linear feet
(4 boxes: 46 discs; 26 tapes)
Scope and Content Note
Materials primarily comprise video recordings of oral history interviews and video compilations collected or conducted by
the Otis College of Art and Design in conjunction with its exhibition, "Doin' It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman's
Building (1973-1991)." A press release introducing the exhibition explains that from "1973 to 1991 the Woman's Building housed
and supported the creation of highly original works in performance, graphics, literature, video and visual arts, and presented
some of the leading women artists of the time, including muralist Judy Baca, artist Betye Saar, performance artist Suzanne
Lacy, comedian and actor Lily Tomlin, and authors Kate Millett and Alice Walker, among others." According to the press release,
the intention of the exhibition and related public events was to "document, contextualize and pay tribute to the groundbreaking
work of feminist artists and art cooperatives that were centered in and around the Los Angeles Woman's Building in the 1970s
and 1980s." The exhibition and related videos were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide project that focused on Postwar (1945-1980) art in Los Angeles.
Arrangement note
Videos are listed according to the spreadsheet sent by the creator. They are grouped together thematically and then arranged
by the last name of the interviewee or the title/subtitle of the work.
Access Information
The recordings held by the Getty Institutional Archives exist solely in digital format (transferred to the Archives on DVDs
and original tapes). The tapes act as archival originals.
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The Woman's Building History: Jerri Allyn,
August 21, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Betty Brown,
January, 18, 2012
Physical Description:
(Duplicating master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Nancy Buchanan,
April 17, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Sheila de Bretteville,
January 4, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Carol Chen,
Fall 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Feminist Art Workers,
November 14, 2009
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Anne Gauldin,
2010
Physical Description:
(Duplicating master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Cheri Gaulke,
2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Betty Gordon,
October 18, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Great Lady Rising,
2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Vanalynn Green,
February 25, 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Kirsten Grimstad and Susan Rennie,
March 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Susan King,
March 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Eloise Klein Healy,
January 31, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Michele Kort,
February 20, 2012
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Leslie Labowitz,
March 10, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Suzanne Lacy,
February 25, 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Los Angeles Women's Video Center,
November 14, 2009
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Bia Lowe,
December 10, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Paula Lumbard,
March 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Helene Ly,
December 10, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Sue Mayberry,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Cynthia Marsh,
2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Deena Metzger,
February 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Susan Mogul's Woman's Building,
2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Mother Art,
March 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Linda Nishio,
April 10, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Gloria Orenstein,
Aigust 21, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Phranc,
February 20, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Sisters of Survival,
February 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Cheryl Swannack,
February 20, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Linda Vallejo,
April 10, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Waitresses,
September 14, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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The Woman's Building History: Terry Wolverton,
February 13, 2010
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Judy Chicago and Suzanne Lacy in Conversation,
March 5, 2007
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Bruria Finkel,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Gilah Yelin Hirsch,
August 16, 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Joyce Kosloff,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Rachel Rosenthal,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Barbara T. Smith,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Tribute to June Wayne,
2011-2012
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Pioneers of the Feminist Art Movement: Ruth Weisberg,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Memories of the Woman's Building,
October 15, 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
Scope and Content Note
Featuring Katya Biesantz, Kathleen Forrest, Chutney Gunderson, Ann Isolde, Maria Karras and Marguerite Elliot, Jenay Meraz,
Julia Paoli, Rha Nickerson, and Laura Silagi.
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Still Doin' It: Fanning the Flames of the Woman's Building, symposium,
October 15 and 16, 2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication masters: 2 DVDs)
General note
Video features Sheila de Brettville, Susan E. King, Suzanne Lacy, Onya Hogan-Finlay, Elena Mann, and Audrey Chan. Please note
that Disc 1 is scratched, rendering the last five minutes of the Hogan-Finlay lecture unreadable.
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Printed ephemera: Screenshots of exhibition webpages,
2011
Pomona College Museum of Art: "It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles, 1969-1973,"
2008-2010
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
(1 box: printed material)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise interviews that were conducted on behalf of the Pomona College Museum of Art in relation to its 2011 exhibition,
"It Happened at Pomona: Art at the Edge of Los Angeles 1969-1973." The interviews and exhibition were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles.
These brief interviews focus on the activities of artists, scholars, students, and faculty associated with Pomona College
from 1969 to 1973, touching on topics such as postminimalism, Light and Space art, performance art, photography, and Conceptual
art.
Arrangement note
Transcripts were received in print. They are arranged in alphabetical order by the interviewee's surname.
Access Information
Release forms were not received from Brewster, Ruppersberg, or Turrell; those transcripts are closed until such time as the
Getty receives permissions to provide access to them. All other transcripts received from Pomona College are available on
site at the Getty Research Institute.
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Mowry Baden,
August 12, 2008 and December 21, 2009
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Michael Brewster,
June 2, 2010
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
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Chris Burden,
May 18, 2010
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Ron Cooper,
December 17, 2009
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Tom Eatherton,
June 4, 2010
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Ger van Elk,
October 6, 2009
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Judy Fiskin,
April 28, 2010
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Llyod Hamrol,
June 15, 2010
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Robert Irwin,
May 22, 2010
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Hirokazu Kosaka,
June 2, 2010
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William Leavitt,
January 21, 2010
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Allen Ruppersberg,
February 16, 2010
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RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
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Peter Shelton,
May 13, 2010
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James Turrell,
February 17, 2009
Access Information
RESTRICTED. This material is restricted due to lack of permission from the interviewee.
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William Wegman,
June 9, 2010
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Printed ephemera: Press releases,
March and June 2011
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery: "Clay's Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price, Peter Voulkos: 1956-1968,"
2009-2011
Clay's Tectonic Shift transcripts online
Physical Description:
(electronic resource)
Scope and Content Note
Resource comprises transcripts of interviews with artists and art historians conducted by the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
(Scripps College, Claremont, California) in relation to their 2012 exhibition "Clay's Tectonic Shift: John Mason, Ken Price,
Peter Voulkos: 1956-1968." The interviews and exhibition were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles.
Dr. Mary Davis MacNaughton, director of the Williamson Gallery, described the concept behind the exhibition and catalog: "Mason,
Price, and Voulkos changed the conversation in ceramics from craft to art, creating fired-clay sculpture that was unprecedented
in ambition and originality. The exhibition presents important works in this development. These three artists were the catalysts
for a new ceramic scene and a definitive shift in the way ceramics were understood. From that point until the present day,
clay has simply never been viewed in the same way again."
Arrangement note
Digital files are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee. (Files were transferred electronically; no physical
carrier was received.)
Access Information
The transcripts are open to researchers. The transcripts exist solely in digital format and are available online.
David Armstrong,
October 23, 2010
John Baldessari,
November 5, 2010
Larry Bell,
September 29, 2010
Billy Al Bengston,
August 26, 2010
Chris Burden,
September 28, 2010
Tony DeLap,
November 23, 2010
Joe Goode,
October 4, 2010
Stanley Grinstein,
September 22, 2010
George Herms,
November 23, 2010
Douglas McClellan,
September 20, 2010
Harrison McIntosh,
August 21, 2009
Peter Selz,
August 20, 2010
Henry Takemoto,
November 2010
Maurice Truchman,
2010 and 2011
Jack Zajac,
October 25, 2010
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Printed ephemera: Screenshot of exhibition webpage,
2012
UCLA Film and Television Archive:
L.A. Rebellion,
2010-2011
L.A. Rebellion transcripts and videos online
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(1 box: 1 hard drive)
Scope and Content Note
Materials comprise video recordings and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted as part of UCLA Film and Television
Archive's
L.A. Rebellion initiative. The material documents the story, the artists and the work of a group of African and African-American
students who entered the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in the 1960s, "in the aftermath of the Watts Uprising
and against the backdrop of the continuing Civil Rights Movement and the escalating Vietnam War," as part of an "Ethno-Communications"
initiative. According to the
L.A. Rebellion website, the Ethno Communications initiative was "designed to be responsive to communities of color (also including
Asian, Chicano and Native American communities). These mostly unheralded artists created a unique cinematic landscape, as
(over the course of two decades) students arrived, mentored one another and passed the torch to the next group."
The
L.A. Rebellion initiative began as part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project, which focused on the post World War II art scene in Los Angeles from 1945-1980.
Since then, "dozens of filmmakers have been identified as part of the
L.A. Rebellion movement and the initiative has grown into a massive effort by all departments of the Archive to bring to light
the contributions of these first generations of Black UCLA film students."
Interviews were conducted by Allyson Field, Jacqueline Stewart, Jan-Christian Horak, Tony Best, Robyn Charles, Shannon Kelley,
and Zeinabu irene Davis.
Arrangement note
Materials are listed alphabetically by the surname of the interviewee.
Access Information
The recordings and transcripts exist solely in digital format (electronic documents and recordings that were transferred to
the Archives on a hard disk drive). The drive acts as an archival master and is therefore restricted. Material is open to
researchers and is available online in the form of transcripts and, where available, accompanied by a sample video recording
from each interviewee. Full video recordings are available upon request.
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Abdosh Abdulhafiz,
October 15, 2010
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Shirikiana Aina,
May 27, 2011
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Don Amis,
Noevmber 7, 2010
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Carroll Parrott Blue,
June 23, 2010
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Storme Bright Sweet,
August 23, 2011
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Charles Burnett,
June 7 and 15, 2010
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Ben Caldwell,
June 14, 2010
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Larry Clark,
June 2, 2010
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Zeinabu irene Davis,
June 24, 2010
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Pierre H. L. Désir,
April 8, 2011
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Alicia Dhanifu,
September 13, 2010
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Jamaa Fanaka,
June 16, 2010
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Jacqueline Frazier,
August 29, 2011
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Haile Gerima,
September 13, 2010
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Richard Hawkins,
October 14, 2010
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Pamela Jones (aka Revalyn T. Golde),
May 29, 2011
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Alile Sharon Larkin,
June 13, 2011
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O. Funmilayo Makarah,
May 29, 2011
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Barbara McCullough,
June 8, 2010
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Bob Nakamura,
July 9, 2010
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Bernard Nicolas,
June 17, 2010
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Tom Penick,
November 12, 2010
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Clyde Taylor,
March 22, 2011
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Robert Wheaton,
August 30, 2011
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Billy Woodberry,
June and July, 2010
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Printed ephemera: Screenshot of project webpage,
USC Fisher Museum of Art: "Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community,"
2011
Sight Specific: LACPS video online
Physical Description:
0.1 linear feet
(1 shared box: 1 disc)
Scope and Content Note
Resource comprises a video recording of oral history interviews conducted by the USC Fisher Museum of Art (University of Southern
California) in relation to their 2012 exhibition, "Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community." The exhibition explored
the role that the Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies (LACPS) played in fostering the photographic community in Los
Angeles in the late 1970s and early 1980s. According to promotional material released at the time of the exhibition, the aim
of the exhibition was to contextualize "the personalities, programs, and impact of the Los Angeles Center for Photographic
Studies by reconstructing selections from the organization's exhibitions from 1974 to 1985." It went on to say that "Sight
Specific" explored "how LACPS as an organization attempted to frame the discussion of contemporary issues surrounding photographic
practice, and ultimately, how the organization set the stage for the future of image-making within and beyond Southern California."
The exhibition and related interviews were part of
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., a city-wide project that focused on the postwar (1945-1980) art scene in Los Angeles.
The video recording captures interviews with persons actively involved with LACPS: Suda House, former president; Robert Glenn
Ketchum, former president; Sheila Pinkel, organizer; Deborah Irmas, curator; and Howard Spector, former director.
Access Information
The recording exists solely in digital format (resource was transferred to the Archives on an optical disc). The disc acts
as an archival master and is therefore restricted. Resource is open to researchers and is available online.
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"LACSP Oral History Interviews" conducted by Tim Wride and David Frantz,
2011
Physical Description:
(Duplication master: 1 DVD)
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Printed ephemera: Press release,
January 25, 2012
Vincent Price Art Museum: "'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles"
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
(1 enclosure and one shared box: 2 discs and printed material)
Scope and Content Note
Resource comprises an audio recording and transcript of an oral history interview with Janet Chann regarding her father, artist
George Chann. The oral history was conducted in 2011 by the Vincent Price Art Museum in conjunction with its 2012 exhibition
"'Round the Clock: Chinese American Artists Working in Los Angeles." The interview and exhibition were part of the
Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. project, which focused on the post World War II art scene in Los Angeles. According to
a press release, the exhibition showcased "the work of George Chann, Jake Lee, John Kwok, Milton Quon, and Tyrus Wong, who
employed their artistic abilities in their professional lives while remaining true to their own artistic pursuits in their
personal lives . . . [and] how they achieved success on their own terms in their commitment to making art in Los Angeles;
and the significance of their contributions to the region's artistic and cultural legacy."
Access Information
The recording is open to researchers and available online. Access to printed transcript is available on site at the Getty
Research Institute.
Janet Chann interview about her father, artist George Chann,
October 27, 2010
Chann interview audio online, October 27, 2010
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Use copies: Audio recording and transcript
Physical Description:
(1 CD and 1 printed transcript)
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Duplication master of audio
Physical Description:
(1 CD)
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Printed ephemera: Press release,
November 11, 2011
