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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Walter C. Jackson.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Walter C. Jackson.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Jackson, Walter C., 1940-
  • Cole, Harriette
  • Stearns, Scott
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Description
1 online resource (7 video files (2 hr., 48 min., 56 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Sculptor Walter C. Jackson was born on January 21, 1940 in Durant, Mississippi. Jackson earned his B.S. degree in art education from Jackson State University in 1963. He went on to earn his M.F.A. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1971 and became an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee that same year. He then joined York College of The City University of New York in 1984. Jackson served first as an artist-in-residence, and later as the executive director of the Bronx River Art Center. He participated in a variety of shows in New York City. His work was mainly freestanding sculptures and installations and is included in collections at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Tennessee Museum of Contemporary Art, the National Civil Rights Museum, and the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art. He received numerous grants and awards including the Rotunda Gallery/BCAT Residency in 2001.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Walter C. Jackson
  • Walter C. Jackson
Subject
  • Jackson, Walter C., 1940- > Interviews
  • Jackson, Walter
  • African Americans > Interviews
  • African Americans
  • Sculptor
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Scott Stearns.
OCLC
997172184
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Walter C. Jackson.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
Playing Time
024856
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Harriette Cole, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Event
Recorded New York, New York 2016 December 16.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Sculptor.
Added Author
Jackson, Walter C., 1940- interviewee.
Cole, Harriette, interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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