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Audio Recording Interview with Loniel Poco, director of the Chicago Indian Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois

Interview with Loniel Poco, director of the Chicago Indian Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with Loniel Poco, director of the Chicago Indian Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois

Names

  • Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta (Collector)
  • Hajnal, R. (Interviewer)
  • Poco, Loniel (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, May 19, 1977

Headings

  • -  Indians of North America
  • -  Comanche Indians
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Mr. Loniel Poco, part 1
  • -  Interview with Loniel Poco, from the American Indian Center and director of the Chicago Indian Artist Guild, about the formation of the guild, activities after one year; problems with vandalism, Poco’s art, especially cartoon work, first publication, guild's original group came to Chicago primarily on relocation, unsuccessful application to Illinois Arts Council, about revolution. of art in the 1950's, censorship of cartoons, Indian religious symbols, discrimination against Indians, especially in commercial art, about the promotion of Indian art; setting an example, why Poco left commercial art field, leader in Indian community, describes his own art, wants southwest pottery class, compares art of reservation Indians with urban Indians, what is Indian art, what is an Indian, exploitation, loss of language and customs, need to encourage Indian artists for the preservation of dignity of all Indians, untapped talent, can be asset to economy, seeks renaissance of Indian art.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-90

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20616a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0663
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T093-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta, R Hajnal, and Loniel Poco. Interview with Loniel Poco, director of the Chicago Indian Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20616a/.

APA citation style:

Fiske-Rusciano, R., Hajnal, R. & Poco, L. (1977) Interview with Loniel Poco, director of the Chicago Indian Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20616a/.

MLA citation style:

Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta, R Hajnal, and Loniel Poco. Interview with Loniel Poco, director of the Chicago Indian Artists Guild, Chicago, Illinois. Chicago, Illinois, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20616a/>.