Oral history interview with Maren Hassinger
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hassinger, Maren
label: Interviewer
content: Itam, Uchenna
label: Names
content: Maryland Institute, College of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American sculptors
label: Topic
content: Performance art
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women educators
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: Hassinger, Maren
label: Interviewer
content: Itam, Uchenna
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Maren Hassinger (1947- ) is an African American artist in New York known for sculpture, performance, and public art that use natural and industrial materials. She was also an educator and is the director emerita of the Rinehart School of Graduate Sculpture at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 18 Items (wav files (4 hrs., 26 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 1910019
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2021 November 2–4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hassin21
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Maren Hassinger conducted 2021 November 2–4, by Uchenna Itam for the Archives of American Art, at Hassinger's studio in New York, New York.­