Oral history interview with Félix Rodríguez Báez
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 Betacam video cassette. Reformatted in 2018 to a 4 digital video files.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rodríguez Báez, Félix, 1926-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
label: Names
content: Academia de Arte Edna Coll. Edna Coll Academy of Art
label: Names
content: Escuela de Artes Plásticas de Puerto Rico
label: Names
content: Puerto Rican Artists Video Project
label: Names
content: Torres Martinó, José Antonio, 1916-2011
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Puerto Rico
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Puerto Rico
label: Occupation
content: Graphic designers
label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists
label: Occupation
content: Set designers -- United States
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Puerto Rico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Veterans
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: Rodríguez Báez, Félix, 1926-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
culture: label: Culture
content: Puerto Rican artists
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Félix Rodríguez Báez (1929-2013) was a Puerto Rican artist and arts educator. His artistic works include paintings, graphic designs, cartoons, and theatrical set designs. He was a founder of the Puerto Rican Arts Center and a director of both the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico and the Division of Fine Arts of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture. He served in the Puerto Rico National Guard.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luis R. Cancel (1952- ) is a Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist from New York City, N.Y. Cancel is the President of Esperanto Internet Services, LLC. He is the former director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts and a scholar on 20th century Latin American and Puerto Rican art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (video cassettes (Betacam))
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (video files (1 hr., 33 min), digital, mov)
label: Extent
content: 28 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 November 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.baezf97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was audited and edited by Benji de la Piedra in 2025.
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 Félix Rodríguez Báez conducted by Luis Cancel, 1997 November 1 for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.