Sal Scalora lectures at the University of Connecticut
Dates
- 1990-01-23
Summary
Leon Bailey provides an overview of the course and introduces Salvatore Scalora, Director of the Atrium gallery (Dept of Art) on the Storrs campus. A visual artist, Professor Scalora discusses "self-taught" artists and shares images of their art on 1/23/1990 (2015-0002/AC18).
Biographical / Historical
Sal (Salvatore) Scalora graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts (1971) and the Art Institute of Chicago (sculpture). A professor of fine arts, Scalora was also a recipient of a Yale University visiting fellowship, Scalora was the Director of the Atrium Gallery, and later the William Benton Museum of Art, on the Storrs campus of the University. He is also the author of Home Alters of Mexico (1997), Outsider Art from Europe: A Selection of Works on Paper (1988).
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Extent
1 Cassettes (audio cassette tape recording) : 1 tape, Side A-0:47:50, Side B-0:43:11.The recordings were combined for ease of listening. The combined run time of the digital recording is 1:30:56.
Existence and Location of Originals
Original audio recordings reside in the University of Connecticut, Black Experience in the Arts Collection, Archives & Special Collections, UConn Library.
- Artists Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Black Experience in the Arts Course (University of Connecticut) -- Sound recordings Subject Source: Local sources
- Educators Subject Source: Fast
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
