The HistoryMakers video oral history with Sam Gilliam.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Description1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 57 min., 20 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2008.099
Subjects

Other author/creatorGilliam, Sam, 1933- interviewee.
Other author/creatorCrowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Sam Gilliam
Portion of title Sam Gilliam
Abstract Painter Sam Gilliam, Jr. was born on November 30, 1933 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Gilliam received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Louisville in 1955 and 1961, respectively. Part of the Washington Color School, bold colors and abstract expressionism defined Gilliam's early work, to which he added his own innovation by draping his canvases. By the mid-1970s, Gilliam added structural elements and geometric collages to his works. He has continued to utilize unique materials in his artwork. In 1975, he created Seahorses, his first outdoor piece for the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gilliam committed to teaching the foundations of art, and worked in numerous facilities including the District of Columbia Public Schools, Carnegie Melon University in Pittsburgh and the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. He also received honorary degrees from a number of institutions, two National Endowment of the Arts Awards and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Washington, District of Columbia 2008 July 28.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2008.099 HistoryMakers

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