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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Mindy Weisel
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.weisel01
- Creators:
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Weisel, MindyBerman, Anne Louise, 1975-2016
- Dates:
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2001 September 2-November 1
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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2 Itemssound discs (1 hr.; 28 min.)digital.2 5/8 in.36 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview with Mindy Weisel conducted 2001 September 21-November 1, by Anne Louise Bayly, for the Archives of American Art, in Washington, D.C.
Scope and Contents
Weisel speaks of her parents and their surviving the Holocaust; her mother showing her beauty as a child; being the daughter of survivors; wanting to draw as a child; studying art in college; her marriage and motherhood; balancing the role of wife, mother and artist; September 11th; her Ella Fitzgerald series; her time at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; process of working; creating Lily Let's Dance and It's Ok Kid; writing her books "Daughters of Absence", "Touching Quiet", "The Rainbow Diet"; art and survival.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Mindy Weisel (1947- ) is a painter from Washington, D.C.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr.; 28 min.
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| September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Archives of American Art
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Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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