Nalda Searles interviewed by Criena Fitzgerald [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 5716803
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Searles, Nalda May, 1945-, interviewee
- Online Access:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2011
- 2 sound files (ca. 129 min.)
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Online.
- Summary:
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Nalda Searles speaks about her family history; childhood in Boulder; the Boulder community and family connections; living in Bullfinch; her father's work; her father's accident in the bush; women's lives and friendships; Boulder and Kalgoorlie mines; drinking and domestic violence; female role models; her schooling; nursing; poetry and reading; travel to Africa; wildlife photography; working as a social photographer; her art education; attending Curtin University; making baskets in Africa and America; running textile camps; her interest in tribal basketry techniques; teaching art as a form of social work; the influence of the land on her art; friendship with Mary McLean; developing a healing centre in the bush; the difficulties faced by women artists and indigenous artists; sculpture; her fellowship from the W.A. Dept. of the Arts; art as a career; her inspirations; attitudes to higher education; how ageing effects art.
- Notes:
- Recorded on 5 August 2011 in Perth, W.A.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.)
- Subject:
- Occupation:
- Artists
- Other authors/contributors:
- Fitzgerald, Criena, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2081 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2011
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