Oral history interview with Demi
name: label: Interviewee
content: Demi, 1955-
label: Interviewer
content: Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Cuban American art
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
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content: Self-taught artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
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: Demi, 1955-
label: Interviewer
content: Franco, Josh T. (1985-)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Demi (1955-) is a painter in Miami, Florida. Demi (who uses only her first name) is a self-taught artist born in Cuba. Her husband is the painter Arturo Rodriguez.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (video files (21 min.) Video, digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 6 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 September 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.demi20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video 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: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Demi conducted 2020 September 2, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Demi's home in Miami, Florida.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds an interview of Demi conducted 1997 November 20, by Juan A. Martínez and the Demi and Arturo Rodríguez papers.