- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 23 min., 5 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Visual artist and author Synthia Saint James was born in the Bronx, New York on February 11, 1949. She started attending public school in New York, but her family relocated to Los Angeles where she completed high school. She began her career as an artist in 1969 when she sold her first commissioned works in New York City. Subsequently, her works have been seen in galleries around the world including exhibitions at the Musée Des Duncans, the Chicago Art Institute, and Cosmopolitan Artists. In addition, her works are in numerous private collections and on book covers for works by Alice Walker, Terry McMillan, and Julia Boyd. In 1997, Saint James was commissioned by the United States Postal Service to design the first Kwanzaa stamp. The recipient of numerous awards, she written more than a dozen children's books, two books of poetry and prose, and a multi-cultural cookbook.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Synthia Saint James
- Synthia Saint James
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- OCLC
- 998757688
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Synthia Saint James.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
022305
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Scott Stearns.
- Event
Recorded Los Angeles, California 2004 November 16.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Visual Artist.
- Added Author
Saint James, Synthia, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.