The HistoryMakers video oral history with Jack Whitten.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (11 video files (5 hr., 19 min., 10 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2016.033 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Whitten, Jack, 1939-2018, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Cole, Harriette, 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 Jack Whitten |
| Portion of title | Jack Whitten |
| Abstract | Visual artist Jack Whitten was born on December 5, 1939 in Bessemer, Alabama. He received his B.F.A. degree from The Cooper Union in 1964. Though Whitten's early work was influenced by Willem de Kooning and Norman Lewis, his style evolved over his five-decade career. He experimented with innovative pigments, painting tools of his own design, and acrylic tesserae mosaics. Whitten was a professor at numerous institutions including Cooper Union and Manhattan Community College. His paintings have been exhibited widely since 1965, including at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, and Studio Museum in Harlem, as well as internationally at Art Basel, the 55th Venice Biennale and his 2014 retrospective, Jack Whitten: Five Decades of Painting. Whitten is a former Guggenheim fellow, the 2015 National Medal of Arts recipient, and a National Academy inductee. He held honorary doctorates from San Francisco Art Institute and Brandeis University. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Harriette Cole, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2016 October 3. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded New York, New York 2016 October 27. |
| 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 | A2016.033 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |