Oral history interview with Art Smith
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 16 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Smith, Art, 1917-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: LaBelles, Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Jewelers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Designers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Jewelry making
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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: Creator
content: Smith, Art, 1917-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art Smith (1917-1982) was a jewelry designer from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 August 24-31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smith71
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: An interview of Art Smith conducted 1971 August 24-31, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Smith speaks of his background and education; teaching crafts to children; starting his own jewelry shop; his designs; materials and techniques; his use of stones; exhibitions of his work. He recalls Paul LaBelles.