Oral history interview with Deborah E. Roberts
name: label: Interviewee
content: Roberts, Deborah, 1962-
label: Creator
content: Riley, Cheryl, 1952-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Texas -- Austin
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Women 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: Roberts, Deborah, 1962-
label: Creator
content: Riley, Cheryl, 1952-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Deborah E. Roberts (1961- ) is an artist based in Austin, Texas known for her mixed media collages that examine beauty standards, cultural conditioning, social norms, and the experiences of being Black and a woman in the United States.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (audiovisual files (3 hrs., 45 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software) [Kit 4:iPad + Plantronics Poly Sync 20 EE18EM]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 January 13–14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.robert22
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 Deborah E. Roberts conducted 2022 January 13–14, by Cheryl R. Riley for the Archives of American Art, at Roberts's home in Austin, Texas.­