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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Elizabeth Catlett |
| Library | Henry Hampton Collection, Film & Media Archive, Washington University Libraries |
| Collection Name | Henry Hampton Collection |
| Collection Overview | These oral history interviews are part of the 'I'll Make Me A World: African-American Artists in the 20th Century' collection, a celebration of some extraordinary achievements by African-American writers, dancers, painters, actors, musicians, and other influential artists of the 20th Century. |
| Date | 15 Oct 1997 |
| Description | Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) was an African-American graphic artist and sculptor. In this interview Catlett discusses the difficulties she faced as an African-American woman in pursuing a career as a working artist, and how she devoted much of her career to teaching. She also talks about African-American artists and their works, including Michael Ray Charles and James A Porter. |
| Document Type | Oral History (Video) |
| Theme(s) | Arts and Culture |
| Keywords | arts, Great Depression, university, employment, marriage, womanhood, Ku Klux Klan |
| Places | Durham, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York |
| People | Marshall, Thurgood; Zadkine, Ossip; Porter, James A; Wood, Grant; Robeson, Paul; Halpert, Edith; Lawrence, Jacob; Walker, Kara; Charles, Michael Ray |
| Organisations/Associations | Black Arts Movement (BAM) |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Name | Catlett, Elizabeth |
| Interviewer | Strain, Tracy Heather |
| Date of Recording | 15 Oct 1997 |
| Duration | 01:00:31 |
| Copyright | Copyright is owned by Washington University |