Oral history interview with Candida Alvarez
name: label: Interviewee
content: Alvarez, Candida, 1955-
label: Interviewer
content: Thomas, Mary
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin 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: Alvarez, Candida, 1955-
label: Interviewer
content: Thomas, Mary
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Candida Alvarez (1955- ) is a painter known for her inventive use of materials on the canvas and her broad exploration of painting's ability to record experience through figuration and abstraction. Born in Brooklyn, Alavrez is now a tenured professor at the School of the Art Institute Chicago.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Items (audiovisual files (4 hrs., 50 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: 2023 July 12-26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.alvare23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Candida Alvarez conducted 2023 July 12-26, by Mary Thomas for the Archives of American Art, at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in New York, New York.