Ed Dwight Interview

Object Details

Local Numbers: ACMA AV003286-2 ACMA AV003308
General: Title created by ACMA based on transcription from physical asset and contents of recording.

Creator: Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Names: Anacostia Community Museum; Anacostia Neighborhood Museum; Dwight, Edward, Jr., 1933-
Collection Creator: Anacostia Community Museum

Topic: African Americans; Sculptors; African American sculptors; Sculpture; African American artists

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.

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