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Karen Blessen Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Karen Blessen. A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and artist, Blessen in 2013 organized the Dallas LOVE project, the largest public art project in Dallas history, to present 10,000 pieces as a tribute to the memory and legacy of President Kennedy. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Febrero 12, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-nine minutes long.
Karen Blessen Oral History
02/12/2015
Relatos orales
50 aniversario
Artista
Obras de arte
Premios
Aniversario
Paz
Dallas LOVE Project
El Dallas Morning News
Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza
Dallas
Autores, cineastas e investigadores (OHC)
Recuerdos de infancia (OHC)
Historia y Cultura de Dallas y los años 60 (OHC)
Artistas (OHC)
Cultura popular (OHC)
Medios de comunicación (OHC)
Historia de 411 Elm Street y el Museo de la Sexta Planta (OHC)
Nacido digital (archivo .m2ts)
Duración: 49 minutos
Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza
2015.001.0034
Karen Blessen was the first graphic artist to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. While employed at The Dallas Morning News in 1989, she won in the category of Explanatory Reporting alongside colleagues David Hanners and William Snyder for the story, "Anatomy of an Air Crash: The Final Flight of 50 Sierra Kilo," which was published in the Morning News on Febrero 7, 1988. In 2005, Blessen founded the Dallas non-profit arts organization 29 Pieces, with the mandate "to break through boundaries to incorporate art in new, thought provoking ways." The "Dallas LOVE Project," to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, featured thousands of original artworks, "inspired by quotes from great peacemakers, poets, artists, and musicians," along the Kennedy motorcade route and across the city of Dallas. The installation began on Septiembre 21, 2013, the International Day of Peace, and ran through the anniversary on Noviembre 22, 2013. It is considered the largest public art project in Dallas history. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In addition to this oral history, Karen Blessen co-presented and moderated a Pulitzer Prize centennial program, "Illusion and Disillusion," which featured several Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists. The full Museum program, which took place at the Texas Theatre on Septiembre 21, 2016, may be found here: Illusion & Disillusion: A Panel Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographers (youtube.com). Ms. Blessen also took part in Museum public and educational programming recorded in 2014 and 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator

Karen Blessen Oral History
Videotaped oral history interview with Karen Blessen. A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and artist, Blessen in 2013 organized the Dallas LOVE project, the largest public art project in Dallas history, to present 10,000 pieces as a tribute to the memory and legacy of President Kennedy. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on Febrero 12, 2015 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is forty-nine minutes long.
Karen Blessen Oral History
02/12/2015
Relatos orales
50 aniversario
Artista
Obras de arte
Premios
Aniversario
Paz
Dallas LOVE Project
El Dallas Morning News
Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza
Dallas
Autores, cineastas e investigadores (OHC)
Recuerdos de infancia (OHC)
Historia y Cultura de Dallas y los años 60 (OHC)
Artistas (OHC)
Cultura popular (OHC)
Medios de comunicación (OHC)
Historia de 411 Elm Street y el Museo de la Sexta Planta (OHC)
Nacido digital (archivo .m2ts)
Duración: 49 minutos
Colección de Historia Oral/Museo de la Sexta Planta en Dealey Plaza
2015.001.0034
Karen Blessen was the first graphic artist to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. While employed at The Dallas Morning News in 1989, she won in the category of Explanatory Reporting alongside colleagues David Hanners and William Snyder for the story, "Anatomy of an Air Crash: The Final Flight of 50 Sierra Kilo," which was published in the Morning News on Febrero 7, 1988. In 2005, Blessen founded the Dallas non-profit arts organization 29 Pieces, with the mandate "to break through boundaries to incorporate art in new, thought provoking ways." The "Dallas LOVE Project," to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination, featured thousands of original artworks, "inspired by quotes from great peacemakers, poets, artists, and musicians," along the Kennedy motorcade route and across the city of Dallas. The installation began on Septiembre 21, 2013, the International Day of Peace, and ran through the anniversary on Noviembre 22, 2013. It is considered the largest public art project in Dallas history. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
In addition to this oral history, Karen Blessen co-presented and moderated a Pulitzer Prize centennial program, "Illusion and Disillusion," which featured several Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalists. The full Museum program, which took place at the Texas Theatre on Septiembre 21, 2016, may be found here: Illusion & Disillusion: A Panel Conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographers (youtube.com). Ms. Blessen also took part in Museum public and educational programming recorded in 2014 and 2015. - Stephen Fagin, Curator