| Other author/creator | Smith, Cedric, 1970- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Cedric Smith |
| Portion of title |
Cedric Smith |
| Abstract |
Artist and advertising executive Cedric Lamar Smith was born on May 17, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He attended Southwest DeKalb High School in Decatur, Georgia, and worked as a barber after graduation. Smith's career in art started when a black self-taught artist showed Smith his studio. As a self-taught artist, Smith drew on a wide range of influences and resources, including landscape art, pop art, brand advertising, and photography. Smith's work was displayed in the New York Historical Society, the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, the Francis Walker Museum in Thomaston, Georgia, the Tubman Museum in Macon, Georgia, King & Spalding LLP in Atlanta, Georgia & London, United Kingdom, the Washington, D.C. Arts Commission, and Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer |
Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Savannah, Georgia 2007 January 23. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2007.027 HistoryMakers |
