Oral history interview with Patrocino Barela
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 26 min.
label: General
content: Interviews of Andrew Dasburg and Chuzo Tamotzu conducted by S. Loomis are also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Barela, Patrociño, -1964
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Wood-carvers -- New Mexico -- Taos -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Woodwork
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Barela, Patrociño, -1964
label: Interviewer
content: Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Patrocino Barela (1902-1964) was a wood carver from Taos, New Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 July 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.barela64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Patrocino Barela conducted 1964 July 2, by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Barela speaks of his family background; his childhood; the development of his carving; his involvement with the Federal Art Project; religious themes in his work; and his sculpture techniques.