Interview with Tisha Thorne
Object Details
- Creator
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Scope and Contents
- Tisha Thorne, founder and coordinator of the East of the River Sewing and Quilting Guild, talks about her techniques as a fabric media artist, when and how she started sewing, and teaching herself to sew when she was a teenager. She also talks about her involvement in the community, teaching and working with children and senior citizens, and her book projects. Thorne explains what creativity means to her, sources of inspiration, and her creative style and creative process. Thorne talks about the origin and goals of the East of the River Sewing and Quilting Guild, how the guild is involved in the community, and the diversity of the guild's membership. Footage of artwork - quilts, clothing, fashion accessories, and other mixed media fabric art - follows the interview.
- Interview. Dated 20110425.
- Date
- 2011
- Extent
- 1 Video recording (MiniDV)
- Type
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Interviews
- Occupation
- Artists
- Topic
- African Americans
- African American artists
- Civic leaders
- Communities
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- United States
- Collection Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Citation
- Interview with Tisha Thorne, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Identifier
- ACMA.01-007.16, Item ACMA AV005234
Related Content
1 result(s)-
Community and Creativity Project Records
- Biographical / Historical
- Community and Creativity project launched in the summer of 2010 with a survey of art and cultural activities in wards 7 and 8 of Washington, DC. The project staff canvass daycare and senior centers, community centers, churches, and other institutions and organization in the area to ask about the kinds of arts and cultural activities that take place there. Project staff documented selected performances and activities and interviewed participants.
- Date
- 2010-2012
- Extent
- 29 Video recordings (1 archives box)
- Provenance
- Records of Community and Creativity Project were created by the Anacostia Community Museum.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Citation
- Community and Creativity Project Records,2010-2012, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Video recordings
- Identifier
- ACMA.01-007.16