Oral history interview with Miriam Schapiro
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
label: Names
content: Heresies Collective, Inc.
label: Names
content: Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Artists -- California
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Margery and Harry Kahn Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund of New York.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Schapiro, Miriam, 1923-2015
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015) was a Canadian-born, feminist painter and sculptor in New York, N.Y. and California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 28 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 September 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schapi89
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 of Miriam Schapiro conducted 1989 September 10, by Ruth Gurin Bowman, for the Archives of American Art, Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project.