Overview
Collection Information
Size: 4 video cassettes (Betacam); 4 video files (1 hr., 42 min), digital, mov; 28 Pages, Transcript
Format: Originaly recorded on 4 betacam videocassettes.
Summary: An interview of Ricardo E. Alegría conducted 1997 October 25 and November 1, by Luis Cancel, for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.
Biographical/Historical Note
Ricardo E. Alegría (1921-2011) was an anthropologist, historian, and educator in Puerto Rico. He founded the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe. Luis R. Cancel was an artist, arts administrator, and public servant.
Provenance
Other artists interviewed includ Felix Rodríquez Báez, Myrna Báez, Edna Coll, Delta Bravo de Picó, Lorenzo Homar, Antonio Maldonado, Antonio Martorell, Noemi Ruíz, and José A. Torres Martino This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Language Note
Interview is in Spanish.
Funding
Funding for this interview was provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Pool Fund.
