Oral history interview with Juliette Bethea
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bethea, Juliette, 1940-
label: Interviewer
content: Fine, Ruth, 1941-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Women art collectors
label: Topic
content: African American art
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
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: Bethea, Juliette, 1940-
label: Interviewer
content: Fine, Ruth, 1941-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Juliette Bethea (1940- ) is a collector of African American art based in Washington, DC; she is especially known for her support of the work and legacies of Romare Bearden, Herbert Gentry, Richmond Barthé, Elizabeth Catlett, and Mary Jackson, among others. She is a retired financial manager.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Fine (1941- ) was a longtime curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Fine is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (audiovisual files (6 hrs., 7 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 March 23 and 30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bethea23
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 Juliette Bethea conducted 2023 March 23 and 30, by Ruth Fine for the Archives of American Art, at Bethea's home in Washington, DC.­