Oral history interview with Edward Chavez
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 20 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward Chavez (1917-1995) is a painter, mural painter, and sculptor from Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 November 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chavez64
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 Edward Chavez conducted 1964 November 5, in Woodstock, New York, by Joseph Trovato for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Chavez speaks of the development of his interest in art; working for the Treasury Relief Art Project, and later the WPA Federal Art Project; murals he did for the WPA in high schools and post offices; his post-war paintings and the change in his style; and his feelings about federal support for the arts.