Oral history interview with Joan Semmel
name: label: Interviewee
content: Semmel, Joan, 1932-
label: Interviewer
content: Levin, Gail, 1948-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New Jersey
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
label: Topic
content: Painting, Abstract
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: Semmel, Joan, 1932-
label: Interviewer
content: Levin, Gail, 1948-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joan Semmel (1932- ) is an abstract painter working in New York City and Easthampton, N. Y.  Semmel's work explores erotic themes and the female body.  She taught painting at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University from 1978-2000. Gail Levin (1948-) is an art historian, biographer, and educator based in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Items (sound files (3 hrs., 41 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 83 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0353
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 January 6 and 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.semmel23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Joan Semmel conducted 2023 January 6 and 18, by Gail Levin for the Archives of American Art, at Semmel's studio in New York, NY.­
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Joan Semmel papers.