Mandelman, Beatrice, b. 1912 d. 1998
PainterTaos, N.M. (Show Bio)
Beatrice Mandelman interview, 1964 July 20
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel (40 min.) ; 7 in.
Transcript: 16 p. (on partial microfilm reel)
Reel(s): 3949
An interview of Beatrice Mandelman conducted by Sylvia Loomis. Mandelman speaks of her background and education; getting started on the Federal Art Project mural project; later going on the graphic arts project; how the project worked; the effect of the project on the artists; her post-Federal Art Project career; government support for the arts; the current art scene; and Taos as an art center.
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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