Oral history interview with Mark Dean Johnson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Mark Dean, 1953-
label: Interviewer
content: Ho, Melissa
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Art museum curators -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Mark Dean, 1953-
label: Interviewer
content: Ho, Melissa
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mark Dean Johnson (1953- ) is an art historian and curator based in San Francisco, California. His exhibitions related to Native American and Asian American artists have made significant contributions to the field of art history; he is professor emeritus at San Francisco State University.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Melissa Ho (1970- ) is the curator of 20th-century art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Items (sound files (3 hrs., 23 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0353
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 November 8-9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.johnso23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Mark Dean Johnson conducted 2023 November 8-9, by Melissa Ho for the Archives of American Art, at Johnson's home in San Francisco, California.