Oral history interview with Marlene McCarty
name: label: Interviewee
content: McCarty, Marlene, 1957-
label: Interviewer
content: Kitto, Svetlana, 1980-
label: Names
content: Gran Fury (Artists' collective)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Designers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Activists (LGBTQ)
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women designers
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: McCarty, Marlene, 1957-
label: Interviewer
content: Kitto, Svetlana, 1980-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marlene McCarty (1957- ) is an artist, designer, and activist based in New York City. A member of Gran Fury and founder of the design firm Bureau, McCarty's work integrates social, political, and personal dimensions in collaborative spaces. McCarty teaches at New York University.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Svetlana Kitto (1980- ) is an oral historian and writer based in Brooklyn, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Items (sound files (6 hrs., 8 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 107 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom F5 - Svetlana Kitto
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 October 9-November 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mccart23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Marlene McCarty conducted 2023 October 9-November 6, by Svetlana Kitto for the Archives of American Art, at the Archives of American Art research center in New York.­