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Summary: An interview with Alvia Wardlaw conducted 2023 November 16, by Ethan Lasser for the Archives of American Art, at University Museum, Texas Southern University.
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Oral history interview with Alvia Wardlaw, 2023 November 16
Wardlaw, Alvia J., 1947-
Curator, Educator
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Biographical/Historical Note
Alvia Wardlaw (1947- ) is an art historian and curator based in Houston, Texas. She has been a significant proponent of African American art across the country, and her exhibitions including The Quilts of Gee's Bend have been massively popular and influential. Wardlaw serves on the Scholarly Advisory Board of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Interviewer Ethan Lasser (1977- ) is a curator and art historian based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Language Note
English .
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