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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with Benny Andrews |
| 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 | 6 Feb 1998 |
| Description | Benny Andrews (1930-2006) was an American painter, printmaker, creator of collages and educator. In this interview Andrews discusses his training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and how he co-founded the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC), an organisation that protested the lack of representation of African American artists in exhibitions held at New York art galleries such as the Whitney Museum of American Art. |
| Document Type | Oral History (Video) |
| Theme(s) | Arts and Culture |
| Keywords | arts, university, education, restaurants, community protest, newspaper |
| Places | Chicago, Illinois; New York, New York |
| People | Kramer, Hilton; Bearden, Romare |
| Organisations/Associations | Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC) |
| Note | Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Name | Andrews, Benny |
| Interviewer | Greene, Denise |
| Date of Recording | 6 Feb 1998 |
| Duration | 01:06:05 |
| Copyright | Copyright is owned by Washington University |