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Ed Dwight Interview

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Names

Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Dwight, Edward, Jr. (1933)

Collection Creator

Anacostia Community Museum

Citation

Ed Dwight Interview, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Sculptor Ed Dwight talks about his work and process. He provides detailed description of working with wax and bronze, modeling, casting, working with molds, and other sculpting techniques and processes. Dwight also speaks of the Black Frontier Spirit Series exhibit, at the behest of the National Park Service, at the St. Louis Arch Museum; using bronze to tell stories of African Americans; discovering lack of African American artists when he was studying art and artists; artistic heritage of Africans; and study of black man as accomplisher, creator, image maker, and sculptor.
Interview. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
sova.acma.09-023_ref543

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa79aa2c336-7a25-489e-9be3-bd6463a389c5

Local Numbers

ACMA AV003286-2 ACMA AV003308

General

Title created by ACMA based on transcription from physical asset and contents of recording.

Place

Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States

Topic

African Americans
Sculptors
African American sculptors
Sculpture
African American artists

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

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Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989

Extent

2 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)

Date

circa 1970s

Custodial History

Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV003286-1

Type

Archival materials
Sound recordings
Interviews

Genre/Form

Sound recordings
Interviews

Note

002426 002308 001018

Collection Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.09-023_ref543
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa79aa2c336-7a25-489e-9be3-bd6463a389c5
ACMA.09-023
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1568815250523-1568815250663-0

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