Laura Carpenter and Nic Nicosia Oral History

Title: Laura Carpenter and Nic Nicosia Subtitle: History of Contemporary Art in Dallas Oral History Collection Thumbnail:

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Laura Carpenter is the former owner of Delahunty Gallery (1974–1984) and Carpenter + Hochman Gallery (1985–1986), both located in Dallas.

Nic Nicosia is a photographer born in Dallas. He received a BS in radio-television-film with a concentration in motion pictures from the University of North Texas in 1974. In his early career, Nicosia was represented by Delahunty Gallery in Dallas. He was awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant in 1984 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, and he currently lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Interviewee: Laura Carpenter and Nic Nicosia
Interviewer: Leigh Arnold
Date: February 15, 2013
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico