Oral history interview with Benjamin Harjo, Jr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Harjo, Benjamin, Jr., 1945-2023
label: Interviewer
content: Clark, Laura, 1953-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Oklahoma
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Oklahoma
label: Topic
content: Native 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: Harjo, Benjamin, Jr., 1945-2023
label: Interviewer
content: Clark, Laura, 1953-
culture: label: Culture
content: Absentee Shawnee [Shawnee, Oklahoma-Pottawatomie County]
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (absentee Shawnee-Seminole Nation; 1945- ) is a painter and printmaker based in Oklahoma City. He is known for his vivid colors and evocations of Seminole patchwork and other traditional graphic lexicons in his syncretic, modern style. Laura Marshall Clark (Muscogee Creek; 1953- ) is an Indigenous scholar, curator, and educator who has worked across the United States; she has been based in Oklahoma City and Houston, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (audiovisual files (3 hrs., 28 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferncing software) [Kit 5: iPad GG7DVRXMQ16M + Plantronics Poly Sync 20 EE75M6]
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 September 19-October 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.harjo22
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 Benjamin Harjo, Jr. conducted 2022 September 19-October 2, by Laura Marshall Clark for the Archives of American Art, at Harjo, Jr's home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.­