Oral history interview with Mary Miss
name: label: Interviewee
content: Miss, Mary, 1944-
label: Interviewer
content: Leddy, Annette
label: Names
content: Heresies Collective, Inc.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Environment (Art)
label: Topic
content: Site-specific art
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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: Miss, Mary, 1944-
label: Interviewer
content: Leddy, Annette
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Miss (b. 1944) is an artist in New York known for her largescale environmental installations that draw attention to human interference in the natural world. She collaborates with scientists, historians, civil administrators, and engineers to raise public awareness around issues of sustainability and the environment.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Items (sound files (4 hrs., 3 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 86 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2016 July 18 and 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.miss16
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Mary Miss conducted 2016 July 18 and 20, by Annette Leddy, for the Archives of American Art, at Miss' home and studio in New York, New York.