- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (6 video files (2 hr., 47 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Collage artist Phoebe Beasley was born on June 3, 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Ohio University, receiving her B.F.A. degree in painting, with a minor in education, in June of 1965. She also earned a M.A. degree from Kent State University, specializing in oils on canvas, as well as prints and collage. Her works are featured in the personal collections of Oprah Winfrey, Anita Baker, Marla Gibbs, Tyler Perry, Byron Allen, Yvonne B. Burke, Dr. William Burke, Roger Penske, and Bill Cosby, as well as her mentor, HistoryMaker Maya Angelou. Beasley's commissions include being the official artist of the 1987 and 2000 Los Angeles Marathons, the 100 Black Men National Convention and the 2000 National Democratic Convention. She became the first African American female president of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Beasley's work honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was mounted by the Smithsonian Institution.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Phoebe Beasley
- Phoebe Beasley
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- OCLC
- 994208941
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Phoebe Beasley.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
- Playing Time
024719
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Ron Brewington, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
- Event
Recorded Santa Monica , California 2007 April 18.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Collage Artist.
- Added Author
Beasley, Phoebe, 1943- interviewee.
Brewington, Ron, 1946- interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.