Edith Baker and Patricia Meadows Oral History

Title: Edith Baker and Patricia Meadows Subtitle: History of Contemporary Art in Dallas Oral History Collection Thumbnail:

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Edith Baker was active as an artist at the Museum School of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts and then opened her own gallery, the Edith Baker Gallery, which operated in Dallas for nearly 25 years (1977–2001). Baker was a founder of the Dallas Art Dealers Association (DADA) and the Emergency Artists Support League (EASL).

Patricia Meadows is an ardent supporter of artists and contemporary art in Dallas, cofounding D-Art (now the Dallas Contemporary) in the 1980s and also working with Edith Baker to cofound the Emergency Artists Support League (EASL) in the 1990s.

Interviewee: Edith Baker and Patricia Meadows
Interviewer: Leigh Arnold
Date: May 30, 2012
Location: Baker Residence, Dallas, Texas