Oral history interview with Dean Fleming
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 6 sound files. Duration is 4 hr., 57 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fleming, Dean
label: Interviewer
content: Auther, Elissa, 1966-
label: Creator
content: Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project
label: Names
content: Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Park Place Gallery Art Research, Inc.
label: Names
content: San Francisco Art Institute -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project
label: Names
content: Denefer, Chuck
label: Names
content: Di Suvero, Mark, 1933-
label: Names
content: Fleming, Linda
label: Names
content: Forakis, Peter
label: Names
content: Valledor, Leo, 1936-1989
topic: label: Topic
content: Korean War, 1950-1953
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Colorado -- Interviews
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: Fleming, Dean
label: Interviewer
content: Auther, Elissa, 1966-
label: Creator
content: Stoddard-Fleischman History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dean Fleming (1933- ) is a painter in Libre, Colorado. Elissa Auther (1966- ) is an associate professor of contemporary art in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (4 hr., 57 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 74 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2013 August 6 and 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.flemin13
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Dean Fleming conducted 2013 August 6 and 7, by Elissa Auther, for the Archives of American Art's, Stoddard-Fleischman Fund for the History of Rocky Mountain Area Artists, at Libre artist community, Libre, Colorado.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Fleming speaks of his personal history and education; development of drawing style; world travels; living as a part of Drop City in New Mexico, later starting his own community in Libre comprised of geodesic domes; teaching at various institutions including Carnegie Tech and the San Francisco Art Institute; iterations of the Park Place Gallery; his experiences in the Korean War; life and experiences with the Native American communities of the Southwest. Fleming also recalls Mark di Suvero, Chuck Denefer, Leo Valledor, Peter Forakis, wife Linda Fleming, and others.