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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Riva Helfond |
| 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 | 22 Jan 1998 |
| Description | Riva Helfond (1910-2002) was a Jewish-American artist and printmaker best known for her social realist studies of working people's lives. In this interview Helfond discusses her time spent In Harlem, New York, where she worked as an art teacher. |
| Document Type | Oral History (Video) |
| Theme(s) | Arts and Culture |
| Keywords | Judaism, teachers, television, arts, womanhood, Harlem Renaissance, church, discrimination, legal cases |
| Places | New York, New York |
| People | Savage, Augusta; Bennett, Gwendolyn; Knight, Gwendolyn; Bearden, Romare; Lawrence, Jacob; Pollock, Jackson; Kline, Franz |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Name | Helfon, Riva |
| Interviewer | Strain, Tracy Heather |
| Date of Recording | 22 Jan 1998 |
| Duration | 00:39:33 |
| Copyright | Copyright is owned by Washington University |