Interview with Erin Slattery Black, December 21, 2020
Project: Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Costume designer Erin Slattery Black details her life in the arts, what drew her into costume design, and how she landed at the Jim Henson Company in New York City. She also talks about how she was moved to create The Backstage Bazaar with fellow designer Truly Carmichael when Broadway closed due to COVID-19. The Backstage Bazaar "is a free virtual marketplace showcasing the amazing art created by the theatre community... [and links] the online shops of these actors, designers, directors, stage managers and technicians from the global theatre community with theatre lovers who want to support them by shopping at their stores."Interview Accession
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Sesame Street Jim Henson Company Broadway Costume design Truly Carmichael Oshkosh (Wis.) University of Texas at Austin New York University Teaching Drawing Freelance Theaters Television Puppets Little Orchestra Society Music education backstagebazaar.com Graduate schools Social media Zoom Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemics Unemployment Websites Shopping Emmy AwardsInterview LC Subject
COVID-19 (Disease) Epidemics Pandemics and COVID-19 New York University University of Texas at Austin Emmy Awards Theater Women teachers Costume design Sesame Street (Television program) Jim Henson Company Sewing Textile artists Textile crafts Costumes and clothes Textile design Communicable diseases COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023Interview Rights
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Black, Erin Slattery Interview by Kopana Terry. 21 Dec. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Black, E.S. (2020, December 21). Interview by K. Terry. Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Black, Erin Slattery, interview by Kopana Terry. December 21, 2020, Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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