Karen Anne Mason, B.A., English, Simmons College; M.A., Art History, UCLA.
Riddle's home, Atlanta, Georgia.
September 5, 1992 (219 minutes); June 26, 1993 (130).
5.8 hours.
Riddle, Mason, Riddle's wife. Carmen Riddle, intermittently.
This interview is one in a series on African American art and artists in Los Angeles. This oral history project gathers and preserves interviews with African American artists who have created significant works and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture.
The interview is organized chronologically, beginning with Riddle's childhood in Los Angeles, California and continuing through his activities as an artist in the Los Angeles area. Major topics discussed include Riddle's individual works of art, African American artists in Los Angeles, the effects of racism, and Riddle's philosophy of art.
Steven J. Novak, editor, edited the interview. He checked the verbatim transcript of the interview against the original tape recordings, edited for punctuation, paragraphing, and spelling, and verified proper names. Words and phrases inserted by the editor have been bracketed.
Riddle did not review the transcript but provided selected names when queried. As a consequence, family names and some acquaintances remain unverified.
William Van Benschoten, editor, prepared the table of contents, biographical summary, and interview history. Ji Young Kwon, editorial assistant, compiled the index.
The original tape recordings of the interview are in the university archives and are available under the regulations governing the use of permanent noncurrent records of the university. Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Oral History Program.