James Cuchiara (1925-2010) was a painter and educator living in South Beach Miami, Florida. He was a friend of artist Roy Newell.
Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
A digital video recording of interviews conducted and filmed by James Cuchiara in 1990s with artists Angelo Ippolito, Roy Newell, and Arnold Singer, and art historian Martin S. James. Each interview is conducted at the artists' studios and they discuss current work hanging on the studio walls.
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Donated 2017 by Robert E. Harrist Jr., a professor at Columbia University, who received a copy of the video from Dominic A. Cuchara while conducting research on Roy Newell for the exhibition "Color and Time: Paintings by Roy Newell, 1956-2000" at the Pollock-Krasner House in 2014. Harrist was referred to Cuchara by Newell's widow, Anne Newell. Note that Dominic A. Cuchara, brother of James Cuchiara, purposely spells his name differently.
Three Artists and Martin James video recording, 1990-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection was processed by Hilary Price in 2017. Finding aid was created by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2021 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
A digital video recording, 70 minutes, of interviews conducted and filmed by James Cuchiara in 1990s with artists Angelo Ippolito, Roy Newell, and Arnold Singer, and art historian Martin S. James. Each interview is conducted at the artists' studios and they discuss current work hanging on the studio walls.