Oral history interview with David Driskell, 2009 March 18-April 7

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution: United States
Physical Description: 73 Pages, Transcript
General Note: Originally recorded as 7 sound files. Duration is 5 hr., 7 min.
Summary: An interview of David C. Driskell conducted 2009 March 18-April 7, by Cynthia Mills, for the Archives of American Art, at Driskell's home, in Hyattsville, Maryland.
Citation: Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with David Driskell, 2009 March 18-April 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Funding: Funding for this interview was provided by the Brown Foundation.
Biography Note: David C. Driskell (1931-2020) was a painter, curator, and educator in Washington, D.C. Cynthia Mills (1947-2014) was an art historian in Washington, D.C.
Language Note: English .
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.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)15943; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)300668; AAA_collcode_driske09

Topic: African American art -- African influences; African American artists; African American educators; African American painters; African American art museum curators
Theme: African American

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