Adams, Kenneth M., b. 1897 d. 1966
Educator, Lithographer, Muralist, PainterAlbuquerque, N.M. (Show Bio)
Oral history interview with Kenneth M. Adams, 1964 Apr. 23
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.
Transcript: 21 p.
An interview of Kenneth Miller Adams conducted by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art. Adams discusses his involvement with federal art projects in Taos, New Mexico, including easel painting and mural painting for the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) and the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP). He describes the contracts and methods of TRAP; he recalls Gustave Baumann, George Biddle, Emil J. Bisttram, Raymond Jonson, Willard Nash, and other associated with the federal projects of the WPA. He also reflects on his role as artist-in-residence at the University of New Mexico.
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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