Oral history interview with Abelardo Morell
name: label: Interviewee
content: Morell, Abelardo, 1948-
label: Interviewer
content: Goodyear, Frank H., III, 1967-
label: Creator
content: Goodyear, Anne Collins
topic: label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American 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: Morell, Abelardo, 1948-
label: Interviewer
content: Goodyear, Frank H., III, 1967-
label: Creator
content: Goodyear, Anne Collins
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Abelardo Morell (1948-) is a photographer known for his engagement with the history of the medium through camera obscura techniques. Born in Havana, Cuba, he is based in Boston, MA, where he taught at the Massachusetts College of Art.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewers Anne and Frank Goodyear are co-directors of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Anne Collins Goodyear is an art historian, museum director, and author. She was formerly the Curator of Prints and Drawings at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Frank Goodyear (1967- ) is an art historian, museum director, and author. He was formerly the Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 40 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam Portacapture X6 22Z0281
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 November 18 and 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.morell24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Abelardo Morell conducted 2024 November 18, by Anne and Frank H. Goodyear for the Archives of American Art, at Morell's studio in Newton, Massachusetts.