Item Information
Title: Conversation with graffiti artists Bama and Michael
Date: 1985 January 11
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 5 min., 9 sec.
Description: Recording stops and starts and has loud hum. Jack Stewart interviews graffiti artists Bama and Michael. Discussion topics include community organizer Hugo Martinez and United Graffiti Artists (UGA), cooperation of graffiti artists, project with dancer Twyla Tharp, and gangs and violence in New York City. Also discussed is the development of disco movement. Many stories and recollections are included, and numerous people are mentioned. Notes from the tape: Bama and Michael. Interviewees are not introduced on the recording. Their naming relies on notes copied from the tape.
Creator: Stewart, Jack Thomas, 1926-2005
Forms part of: Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: and Jack Thomas Stewart. Conversation with graffiti artists Bama and Michael, 1985 January 11. Jack Stewart papers, 1926-2010. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 26009