Lou Stovall Sound Rolls and Narration

Object Details

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Reinckens, Sharon A.; Capilongo, Christopher

Scope and Contents: Sound rolls for short documentary titled Lou Stovall in which Stovall demonstrates and speaks about his silk screen printing process and use of color in detail. Interviews, narration, ambient sounds, foley sound effects, and demonstration of screen printing process contained on sound rolls. During the interview segments, Stovall discusses his ability and passion for drawing, working with stencils and proofing strips, details of the reductive printing process, mixing and integrating of color in his work, and silk screen printing as a technical medium. Some of the footage, particularly AV003285, AV003287 and AV003288, consists of almost exclusively demonstration [sounds of the screen printing process].; Sound rolls and narration for short documentary titled Lou Stovall. Part of Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall Audiovisual Records. Audio only. Most likely there is film which syncs with sound rolls, except AV003276 [no camera/image according to statement at beginning of sound roll]. AV003506: Sound Roll 1. AV003288: Sound Roll 2. AV003285: Sound Roll 3. AV003276: Sound Roll 4. AV003313: Sound Roll 5. AV003498: Sound Roll 6. AV003287: Sound Roll 7. AV003303: Sound Roll 8. AV003289: Sound Roll 9. AV003447: Lou Stovall Narration [distortion at beginning of recording]. Dated 19830803 [AV003506], 19830804 [AV003276, AV003285, AV003288, AV003498], 19830805 [AV003287, AV003303], 19830824 [AV003289]. Undated [AV003313, AV003447].

Type: Archival materials; Sound recordings; Documentary films; Interviews; Outtakes; Ambient sounds; Sound effects recordings

Occupation: Artists
Topic: African Americans; African American printmakers; Printmakers; African American artists; Art; Prints; Screen prints; Landscapes; Drawing; Prints -- Technique; Serigraphy; Color in art

Citation: Lou Stovall Sound Rolls and Narration, Exhibition Records AV03-001, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Local Numbers: ACMA AV003285 ACMA AV003287 ACMA AV003288 ACMA AV003289 ACMA AV003303 ACMA AV003313 ACMA AV003447 ACMA AV003498 ACMA AV003506