/internal/media/dispatcher/73403/fullJohn Larijani Oral History05/16/2019Duration: 15 MinutesBorn digital (.wav file)Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2019.001.00550Audio oral history interview with John Larijani. A native of Iran, Larijani was thirteen years old at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 2018, as a legally blind artist in California, he spent four months crafting a ceramic piece in memory of John F. Kennedy, which he donated to The Sixth Floor Museum.
Interview conducted via telephone on May 16, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifteen minutes long.
Oral Histories659680E-100E-1064030Oral history0E-10Audio oral history interview with John Larijani. A native of Iran, Larijani was thirteen years old at the time of the Kennedy assassination. In 2018, as a legally blind artist in California, he spent four months crafting a ceramic piece in memory of John F. Kennedy, which he donated to The Sixth Floor Museum.
Interview conducted via telephone on May 16, 2019 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is fifteen minutes long.
DallasOral historiesChildhoodArtistArtworkTributesPop CultureKennedy, John F.CaliforniaChildhood Recollections (OHC)Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)Artists (OHC)Popular Culture (OHC)The ceramic artwork discussed in this oral history is part of the John Larijani Collection (2019.022) at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. A brief article about Mr. Larijani is available here on the website of the Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired in California: John L.'s Story – Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired. - Stephen Fagin, Curator