Pandemic Oral History Project

To document the cascade of public health, social, and financial crises set in motion by COVID-19, the Archives of American Art created an oral history series that recorded responses to the global pandemic across the American art world. Conducted virtually, the Pandemic Oral History Project features eighty-five short-form interviews with a diverse group of artists, teachers, curators, and administrators. Averaging twenty-five minutes long, each interview provides a firsthand account of and urgent insights into the narrator's triumphs and tragedies in the summer of 2020. With more than thirty hours of recorded video and audio, the series bears witness to an unprecedented era as it unfolded in real time.

Interview with James Welling

An interview with James C. Welling conducted 2020 June 22, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Welling's home in New York, New York. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Welling_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
22:53

Interview with Tyrone Weedon and Stefan Bauschmid

An interview with with Tyrone Weedon and Stefan Bauschmid conducted 2020 August 10, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Weedon's home in Baltimore, Maryland and Bauschmid's home in Washington, DC. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Weedon_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
22:27

Interview with Tam Van Tran

An interview with Tam Van Tran conducted 2020 August 8, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Van Tran's home in Los Angeles, California. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/VanTran_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
19:58

Interview with Alisa Sikelianos Carter

An interview with Alisa Sikelianos-Carter conducted 2020 September 1, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Sikelianos-Carter's studio in New Haven, Connecticut. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Sikelianos-Carter_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
21:50

Interview with Moses Ros

An interview with Moses Ros conducted 2020 August 28, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Ros's home in the Bronx, New York. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Ros_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
15:47

Interview with Nabil Mousa

An interview with Nabil Mousa conducted 2020 August 17, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Mousa's home in Seattle, Washington. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Mousa_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
21:05

Interview with Devon Dikeou

An interview with Devon Dikeou conducted 2020 July 7, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Dikeou's home in Denver, Colorado. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Dikeou_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
25:17

Interview with Adriana Corral

An interview with Adriana Corral conducted 2020 July 24, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Corral's home in Houston, Texas. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Corral_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

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24:05

Interview with Terry Carbone

An interview with Teresa Carbone conducted 2020 September 9, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Carbone's home in Germantown, New York.­ Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Carbone_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
22:05

Interview with Gabo Camnitzer

An interview with Gabo Camnitzer conducted 2020 August 17, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Camnitzer's home in Brooklyn, New York. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Camnitzer_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
21:15

Interview with Sonel Breslav

An interview with Sonel Breslav conducted 2020 July 29, by Benjamin Gillespie for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Breslav's home in Ridgewood, New York. Read the full transcript at http://s.si.edu/Breslav_POHT​ and learn more at http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
16:31

Interview with Jose Villalobos

An interview with Jose Villalobos conducted 2020 August 19, by Josh Franco, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Villalobos' home in San Antonio, Texas. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Villalobos_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
21:03

Interview with Vincent Valdez

An interview with Vincent Valdez conducted 2020 August 13, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Valdez's studio in New Haven, Connecticut. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Valdez_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
21:05

Interview with Ilana Savdie

An interview with Ilana Savdie conducted 2020 August 20, by Fernanda Espinosa, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Savdie's studio in New Haven, Connecticut. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Savdie_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
24:25

Interview with Matt Saunders

An interview with Matt Saunders conducted 2020 September 3, by Jacob Proctor, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Saunders' home in New York, New York. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Saunders_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
20:52

Interview with Al Rendon

An interview with Al Rendon conducted 2020 August 18, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Rendon's home in San Antonio, Texas. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Rendon_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
22:04

Interview with Esteban Ramón Pérez

An interview with Esteban Ramón Pérez conducted 2020 September 2, by Nyssa Chow, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History program, at Ramón Pérez's home in New Haven, Connecticut.­ To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Ramon_Perez_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ This interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

02-12
21:25

Interview with Astrid Preston

An interview with Astrid Preston conducted 2020 July 27, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Preston's studio in Santa Monica, California. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Preston_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
26:49

Interview with Sheila Pepe

An interview with Sheila Pepe conducted 2020 August 25, by Benjamin Gillespie, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Pepe's home in Brooklyn, New York. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Pepe_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic

02-12
25:11

Interview with Kim Jones

An interview with Kim Jones conducted 2020 August 15, by Melissa Ho, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Jones' home in New York, New York. To read the full transcript, go to http://s.si.edu/Jones_POHT;​ to learn more about the Pandemic Oral History project, visit http://s.si.edu/pandemic​ Please note that this interview is audio only.

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27:47

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