Transcript of a 6.35-hour interview completed under the auspices of the UCLA Oral History Program Purifoy talks about his childhood in Alabama and his career as an artist in Los Angeles; there is also discussion of the Watts Towers Arts Center, the "66 Signs of Neon" exhibit, his work with the California Arts Council, the role of art in education, his artwork, and his approach to the creative process The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Artist and art director Volume includes index The UCLA Oral History Program : catalog of the collection / compiled by Constance S. Bullock (Los Angeles : Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1982) is available in the UCLA Dept. of Special Collections Forms part of: Oral History collection, Dept. of Special Collections, University Library, University of California, Los Angeles