Synopses & Reviews
As part of a large oral history project of the Research Center for Arts and Culture of Columbia University aimed at compiling information on the training, career choices, and patterns of development of artists, twelve insightful narrative interviews were edited and collected for this volume. The painters were selected to provide demographic, ethnic, and gender balance and to represent three broad career stages: emerging, established, and mature. In vivid strokes, they discuss their family backgrounds, education, gatekeepers, experiences, and personal and artistic development. Each interview is prefaced by brief career data and followed by honors and exhibit sources, and a representative painting is illustrated in color. The volume introduction offers a capsule history of art in America, and a bibliography is included.
Review
. . . the book is beneficial for anyone researching a specific artist or as a path to more in-depth study. Appropriate for academic libraries with art programs and larger public libraries with interested patrons.Library Journal
Synopsis
In insightful interviews, twelve American painters, representing emerging, established, or mature career stages, discuss their family backgrounds, training, experiences, and personal and artistic development.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-199) and index.
About the Author
JOAN JEFFRI is Director of the Research Center for Arts and Culture of Columbia University, which she founded in 1985, Coordinator of Columbia's master's degree program in arts administration, and former Executive Editor of The Journal of Arts Management and Law.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chuck Close
Jim Dine
Sam Gilliam
Sally Haley
Al Held
Carl Morris
Joan Nelson
Barbara Noah
Elias Rivera
Dan Smajo-Ramirez
Emmi Whitehorse
Lisa Young
Index