Oral history interview with Mario Ybarra Jr.
Hernandez, Mari, 1979-
An interview with Mario Ybarra Jr. conducted 2021 October 15 - November 10, by Mari Hernandez for the Archives of American Art, at Ybarra Jr.'s home in Wilmington, California.Â
Jacki Apple papers
The papers of performance and installation artist, Jacki Apple, measure 2.1 linear feet and date from 1971-2015. Included are performance and installation project files, exhibition files, art project files and public art proposals.
Oral history interview with Daniel Joseph Martinez
Noriega, Chon A., 1961-
1,066 Pages (Transcript)
An interview with Daniel Joseph Martinez conducted 2019 November 23-2020 October 4, by Chon Noriega, for the Archives of American Art at Martinez's home in Los Angeles, California.
Oral history interview with Bob & Bob (Francis Shishim and Paul Velick)
Simms, Matthew Thomas
12 Pages (Transcript)
An interview with Bob & Bob (Francis Shishim and Paul Velick) conducted 2020 July 10, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Bob & Bob's respective homes in Santa Monica, Calif.
Jerry Dreva papers
The Jerry Dreva papers measures 1.0 linear foot and dates from circa 1963-1982. The papers include biographical information; rare printed material; scrapbooks; correspondence consisting of letters of support for the exhibition DREVA/GRONK 1968-78: Ten Years of Art/Life (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 1978) and mail art; zines and small artist books exchanged with collaborators and friends; material documenting Dreva's relationship with performance artist, Gronk, including staged photographs, candid snapshots, correspondence, and ephemera, chronicling their shared practice, and the glam Hollywood, activist Chicana/o, and queer scenes in 1970s and 80s Los Angeles. Also included are two small labeled vinyl albums, one of which appears to have been used in a piece of artwork.
Oral history interview with Judy Chicago
Richards, Judith Olch
An interview of Judy Chicago conducted 2009 August 7 and 8, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at Chicago's home and studio, in Belen, New Mexico.
Bob & Bob and The Dark Bob papers
The Bob & Bob and The Dark Bob papers measure 11.0 linear feet and date between 1974 and 2021. The papers document the careers of California performing artists known as The Light Bob and The Dark Bob through correspondence with art galleries, radio broadcast stations, and record companies; audio recordings, film and video recordings, resumes, and contract agreements pertaining to shows they produced for sound and video recording studios and related professional material; clippings, catalogs, announcements, and other printed material; and photographs, slides, negatives, and transparencies of artwork and performances.
Oral history interview with Marnie Weber
Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter
70 Pages (Transcript)
An interview of Marnie Weber, conducted 2016 February 10, by by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art at Weber's studio in Los Angeles, California.
Fidel Danieli papers
The papers of Los Angeles art critic and writer, art historian, professor, collector, and artist Fidel Danieli (1938-1988) measure 8.4 linear feet and date from 1962 to 1987. Found within the papers are writing and research files, and 108 sound recordings of interviews with or about 45 Los Angeles artists conducted by Danieli in 1974-1975 for the U.C.L.A. oral history project "L.A. Community Artists." There are also sound recordings of art performances and art talks, and printed materials, including numerous exhibition announcements.
Shiro Ikegawa papers
Letters and postcards; printed material, including exhibition catalogs and announcements, newspaper and magazine articles, and magazines; photographs and slides, both personal and of art work; teaching material; medical records; awards and recommendations; and original art work.
