Oral history interview with Tom Chavarria 1991
- Name
- Chavarria, Tom (Interviewee)
- Friedman, Zoe (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Tom Chavarria 1991
- Abstract
- SIDE A: Early interest in art and artists; family: work with Bureau of Indian Affairs, life on reservations; grandmother: early experiences with pottery; attending College of Santa Fe: interest in arts; first work with pottery; family life; education in art; relationship to other artists; work with materials: painting, drawing, clay; role models: grandmother; reflections on career path; competition in the art world; reflections on English degree; involvement in artistic organizations; administration work; critical reflections on work; gatekeepers in career; major turning points in career; teaching on reservation: Head Start; Tough Cachina series; relationship to money throughout career; effect of marketplace on art world: competition between older and younger artists; awards in career: certificate of recognition for teaching pottery. SIDE B: Interaction with the public; critical review of work; reflections on success in career; themes throughout career; greatest satisfactions and disappointments in career; effect of marketplace on work; advice for young artists; wife's work as photographer; life in Albuquerque versus life on the reservation.
- Collection Name
- Research Center for Arts and Culture Oral History Collection
- Subjects
- Artists--Job satisfaction; Potters; Chavarria, Tom
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1991
- Physical Description
- 57 pages; 1 audiocassette
- Note
- Interviewed by Zoe Friedman on March 25, 1991.
- Note (Provenance)
- Tom Chavarria, Gift 1991
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13485538
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-qx6v-gv61
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.