African-American artists of Los Angeles
Subtitle: Ruth G. Waddy
By: interviewed by Karen Anne Mason.
Contributors: Mason, Karen Anne, interviewer.; University of California, Los Angeles. Oral History Program.
Publisher: Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [Los Angeles]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Waddy, Ruth G., 1909-; Burroughs, Margaret Taylor, 1917-; Montgomery, Evengeline J.; White, Charles, 1918-; Lewis, Samella S.; Roelof-Lannar, T. V.; Arts West Associated (Los Angeles, Calif.); Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Description: Waddy discusses her childhood, her early work experience, her move to Los Angeles in the 1940's, and her work on preserving and publicizing the work of African-American printmakers; there is discussion of her work on two publications, Prints by American Negro artists (as a researcher) and Black artists on art (as co-editor), the creation of Art West Associated, her work as a painter and linoleum block designer, and the African-American art scene in Southern California.