Oral history interview with Lisa Young [electronic resource], 1991

Scope and Contents

SIDE A: Childhood experiences in the arts, parents, brother's career as sculpture, grade school education, grade school art classes, preferred art materials and forms, becoming an artist, undergraduate education, graduate education, mentors, influential college professor, work habits and mental discipline, training and preparation for career as an artist, future goals, thoughts on the meaning of success, feelings on the unionization for artists, first professional recognition as an artist, Kathy Holbright, David Ross, Museum School, peers in the art world, occupation versus career, work as secretary, job history, reflections on career choices. SIDE B: Reflections on sexism and gender distinctions in undergraduate education, major turning points in career, relationship to work and finances, importance of work space and living space on career, happiness as an artist, criteria for success as an artist, central ideas in artistic work, satisfaction with artistic career, frustrations with work in the studio, reflections on greatest success and greatest disappoint in career, effect of marketplace on work, thoughts on art schools, advice for younger artists.

Subjects

• Art--Economic aspects.
• Artists--Job satisfaction.
• Friedman, Zoe, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Young, Lisa--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1991.