Oral history interview with Lenore Chinn
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chinn, Lenore (1949-)
label: Interviewer
content: Cvetkovich, Ann, 1957-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Chinese American artists
label: Topic
content: Artists (LGBTQ)
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
label: Topic
content: Asian 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: Chinn, Lenore (1949-)
label: Interviewer
content: Cvetkovich, Ann, 1957-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lenore Chinn (1949- ) is a Chinese American painter, photographer, and queer rights activist based in San Francisco, California. Chinn co-founded the Lesbians in the Visual Arts and Queer Cultural Center and has been an active member of the Asian American Women Artists Association.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Ann Cvetkovich (1957- ) is a scholar and oral historian currently based in Ottawa, Ontario.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (audiovisual files (3 hrs., 2 min.), digital, mp4)
label: Extent
content: 57 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 November 27 and December 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.chinn23
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: Video 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: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Lenore Chinn conducted 2023 November 27 and December 11, by Ann Cvetkovich for the Archives of American Art, at Chinn's home in San Francisco, California.