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Video of Bessie Harvey and Kim Saunders, Alcoa, Tennessee, 1987 June 5

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@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

McWillie, Judith

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Interview with folk artist Bessie Harvey and Kim Saunders at home in Alcoa, Tennessee. She talks about her religious beliefs, spiritual healing, the religious inspiration behind her artwork, and creating sculptures out of sticks and found wood. She also shows some of her clay sculptures and paintings. Harvey's neice, Kim Saunders, sings a few gospel songs and talks about her religion.

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Women Artists
  2. African Americans
  3. Alcoa
  4. Folk Art
  5. Folk Artists
  6. Gospel Music
  7. Harvey, Bessie, 1929 1994
  8. Religion
  9. Singing
  10. Songs
  11. Spirituality In Art
  12. Tennessee
  13. Women
  14. Women Sculptors
  15. Wood Sculpture

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