Oral history interview with Ti-Grace Atkinson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 9 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Atkinson, Ti-Grace
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Contemporary Art
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum curators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
label: Topic
content: Women museum curators
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Atkinson, Ti-Grace
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938-) is a museum curator. She is one of the founders of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 57 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 May 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.atkins72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Ti-Grace Atkinson conducted 1972 May 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Atkinson speaks about attending the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania; founding the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the University of Pennsylvania; organizing a Clyfford Still exhibition and others; the Philadelphia Art scene; writing for "Art News"; and her involvement in the feminist movement.