Oral history interview with Myrna Báez
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 beta videocassettes.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Báez, Myrna, 1931-2018
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
label: Names
content: Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico
label: Names
content: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña
label: Names
content: Pratt Institute. Art School
label: Names
content: Puerto Rican Artists Video Project
label: Names
content: University of the Sacred Heart (Santurce, San Juan, P.R.)
label: Names
content: Homar, Lorenzo
label: Names
content: Traba, Marta, 1930-1983
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Puerto Rico
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Puerto Rico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Collagraph printing
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: Báez, Myrna, 1931-2018
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
culture: label: Culture
content: Puerto Rican artists
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Myrna Báez (1931-2018) was a painter, printmaker, and educator in Puerto Rico. Báez founded Sacred Heart University's fine arts program, and she was a founding member of the Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos. She was the first living artist, and the first woman artist, for whom the Campechada festival was dedicated.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luis R. Cancel (1952- ) is a Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist from New York City, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (videocassettes (Betacam))
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (video files (1 hr., 58 min), digital, mov)
label: Extent
content: 32 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 October 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baez97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was audited and edited by Benji de la Piedra in 2025.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Myrna Báez conducted by Luis R. Cancel, 1997 October 25, for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.