Oral History interview with Sonya Clark
name: label: Interviewee
content: Clark, Sonya
label: Interviewer
content: Adams, Sam
topic: label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- Massachusetts -- Amherst
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: African American artists
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: Clark, Sonya
label: Interviewer
content: Adams, Sam
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sonya Clark (1967- ) is a fiber artist of Afro-Caribbean heritage known for her engagement with racism legacies of colonialism through assemblage and installation. Born in Washington, DC, she is a professor of art at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (audiovisual files (5 hrs., 55 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferening software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 June 13-14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clark22
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Sonya Clark conducted 2022 June 13-14, by Sam Adams for the Archives of American Art, at Clark's home in Amherst, Massachusetts.­