Oral history interview with Shiro Ikegawa
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ikegawa, Shiro, 1933-
label: Interviewer
content: Jenkins, Jamisen
label: Names
content: University of California, Irvine -- Faculty
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- California
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- California
label: Topic
content: Japanese American art
label: Topic
content: Japanese American artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
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content: Asian American printmakers
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content: Asian American painters
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content: Asian American performance 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: Ikegawa, Shiro, 1933-
label: Interviewer
content: Jenkins, Jamisen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Shiro Ikegawa (1933-2009) was a Japanese American painter, graphic artist, performance artist, and art instructor based in Altadena, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (40 min.), analog)
label: Extent
content: 13 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2003 Jan. 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ikegaw03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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content: Pages
label: Type
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 of Shiro Ikegawa conducted 2003 Jan. 8, by Jamisen Jenkins, for the Archives of American Art, in Keiro Nursing Home, Los Angeles, Calif.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ikegawa discusses his decision to come to the United States. He describes his ethnicity and how it plays a part in his art and teaching, teaching at the University of California at Irvine and other instituions, his Sushi Show, printmaking as a primary medium, and his near fatal accident.