Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Guillermo Gómez-Peña

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.gomez20
Creators:
Gómez-Peña, Guillermo
Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
Dates:
2020 September 11
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
1 Item
(23 min.)
digital, mp4
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview with Guillermo Gómez-Peña conducted 2020 September 11, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Gómez-Peña's home in San Francisco, California.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Guillermo Gómez-Peña (1955- ) is a Chicano performance artist, arts educator, installation artist, and activist in San Francisco, California. Gómez-Peña was a founding member of Border Arts Workshop and is the executive director of La Pocha Nostra.

Administration

Sponsor
This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research.
Terms of Use
The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the audio is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Keywords

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Video recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Performance artists -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Installation artists -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Educators -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Political activists -- California -- San Francisco Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pandemics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
COVID-19 (Disease) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Latino and Latin American artists Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pandemic Oral History Project Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-7950
https://www.aaa.si.edu/services/questions