Tansill Stough-Anthony Oral History

Tansill Stough (now Tansill Stough-Anthony) recorded this oral history during her second visit to The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. She had first visited a few months earlier in 2014 and was inspired to add an additional painting to her "Fading Memories" series. On the day of this second visit in February 2015, I recall that the paint was still wet on that latest work, "Lost Hope," which is now part of the Museum's Collection. Her Museum visits in 2014-2015 later inspired her ninth and final painting in the "Fading Memories" series, "The View from the Sixth Floor."

I remember that Tansill's interview was quite unique. The first half was a traditional one-on-one video recording in our Media Room on the ground floor of the former Texas School Book Depository building. We then went to our Collections Workroom and joined our Collections staff for a detailed look at each of Tansill's paintings. One by one, she examined and commented on each work, providing us with significant context directly from the artist. It was a great pleasure, just over six years later, to reconnect with Tansill via Zoom for a virtual artist conversation. [Insert link once posted to YouTube channel.] -- Stephen Fagin, Curator