Oral history interview with Sam Perry
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 6 sound files. Duration is 4 hr., 26 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Perry, Sam, 1963-
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Viola Frey Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Viola Frey Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- Oakland -- Interviews
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: Perry, Sam, 1963-
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Viola Frey Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sam Perry (1963-) is a sculptor working with naturally fallen tree wood in Oakland, California who was Viola Frey's student at California College of Arts and Crafts (now called just California College of the Arts) and her studio assistant from 1987 until her death in 2004. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is an independent scholar in San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (4 hr., 26 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 115 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2014 April 29 and May 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.perry14
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 with Sam Perry conducted 2014 April 29 and May 1, by by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Viola Frey Oral History Project at Perry's studio and home in Oakland, California.