Code,901018
Subject,malcolm brown
Date,10/28/2008
Interviewer,william busta
Special Notes,"american grettings corp, art, art education, malcolm brown gallery, shaker heights high school, race and racism, identity"
Abstract,"Artist and retired art teacher, Malcolm Brown, discusses his life and career as an artist.  Brown describes the ideas and inspiration behind his landscape and seascape paintings, and details the opening and continued operation of the Malcolm Brown Gallery.  The artist discusses his early work for the American Greetings Corporation, the company's trademark style and themes, and the importance of his employment there to his development as an artist.  After leaving American Greetings, Brown went on to teach art at Shaker Heights High School, an experience which he discusses in detail, and to which he credits his ability to support a family and continue to produce his own art.  Brown, an African-American, briefly discusses the impact of race on his art and life."
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0,intro and background
1,early artistic work and identity
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4,art education
5,"American Greeting Card Co. / American Greetings: employment, artistic development, company style and themes"
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11,art contests and prizes
12,"Teaching (Shaker Heights High School, art and employment)"
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14,Malcolm Brown Gallery (opened 1980); June Kelly
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17,"personal artistic style (""very loose"")"
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20,travel as inspiration
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22,"personal artistic style (abstraction, minimalism, changes to style over time)"
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26,art and race
27,career; family and art
28,economy and art
29,career; family and art
30,Malcolm Brown Gallery
31,internet sales
32,showing and collecting local and national artists
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34,race and art
35,May Show (local woman bought piece for Cleveland Museum of Art)
36,"Shaker Heights High School (art shows, teachers, students)"
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39,Malcolm Brown Gallery (patronage)
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41,(closing questions/remarks)
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