Oral history interview with Astrid Preston
name: label: Interviewee
content: Preston, Astrid, 1945-
label: Creator
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Draftsmen (artists) -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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: Preston, Astrid, 1945-
label: Creator
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Astrid Preston (1945- ) is a draftsman and painter who works primarily in Los Angeles, California. Preston was part of a network of artists in Los Angeles that included Lita Albuquerque, Loren Madsen, and Steve Kahn and was first involved in a revival of drawing that brought her into contact with other mainly women draftsmen.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((27 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 July 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.presto20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Astrid Preston conducted 2020 July 27, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Preston's studio in Santa Monica, California.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Astrid Preston papers.