Bernadine Stetzel Oral History

Object number2011.001.0058

Date07/07/2011

ClassificationsOral Histories

Oral history interview subject Bernadine Stetzel

Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin

Oral history interviewer Megan Bryant

ObjectOral history

Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions87 Minutes

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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Bernadine Stetzel. An American painter, quilt maker and woodcarver, Stetzel specializes in naive or primitive art. Beginning in 1968, she responded to the Kennedy assassination by creating a series of seventy-one paintings that depict the life and death of President Kennedy. Interview conducted at Ms. Stetzel's home on July 7, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin with Director of Collections and Intellectual Property Megan Bryant. The interview is one hour and twenty-seven minutes long.

Curatorial Commentary

A selection of Stetzel's Kennedy paintings went on display at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza as a "Collections Spotlight" in March 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator