Pandemic Oral History Project

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Other1 Item, (25 min.), digital, mp4; 8 Pages, TranscriptThe transcript and video recording are open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.An interview with Ed Bereal conducted 2020 July 8, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Bereal's home in Bellingham, Washington.­Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ed Bereal, 2020 July 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the audio is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.The Archives of American Art also holds and oral history interview with Ed Bereal conducted 2016 February 13 by Hunter Drohojowska-Philip.Ed Bereal (1937- ) is an assemblage artist who worked in Los Angeles, California. Bereal's work challenges anti-Black racism. He was a founding member of Bodacious Buggerilla and his work was included in the War Babies and Pacific Standard Time exhibitions.English .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...

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