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Oral history interview with Suzanne Lacy

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Suzanne Lacy, 1990 Mar. 16-Sept. 27, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.lacy90
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f9d8a01f-f682-4643-adad-467ce2d1bdbf
General
Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 39 min.
Interviewee
Lacy, Suzanne
Interviewer
Roth, Moira
Creator
Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project
Names
Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project
Occupation
Performance artists -- California
Topic
Performance art
Feminism and art
Women artists
Women performance artists
Provenance
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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Margery and Harry Kahn Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund of New York.
Interviewee
Lacy, Suzanne
Interviewer
Roth, Moira
Creator
Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project
Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biographical / Historical
Suzanne Lacy (1945- ) is performance artist from California.
Extent
90 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1990 Mar. 16-Sept. 27
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.lacy90
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Suzanne Lacy conducted 1990 Mar. 16-Sept. 27, by Moira Roth, for the Archives of American Art, Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project, in Berkeley, Calif.
Lacy discusses her childhood; early undergraduate work in zoology and medicine at California State University, Fresno; her decision to study in the feminist art program under Judy Chicago; her feminist activities at California Insitute for the Arts with Miriam Schapiro; her role in the women's art movement in Los Angeles; the evolution of her work as a performance artist and specific pieces performed in Los Angeles, La Jolla, Ithaca, N.Y., and Minneapolis.
AAA.lacy90
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f9d8a01f-f682-4643-adad-467ce2d1bdbf
AAA.lacy90
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596367890013-1596367890016-0
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