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Creator:
Koplos, Janet  Search this
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
16 Gigabytes
Access Note / Rights:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of born digital records with no duplicate copy requires advance notice.
Summary:
156 sound recordings of interviews with American craft artists, mainly those that work with clay, created in preparation for her book, What Makes a Potter/Functional Pottery in America Today, Schiffer Publishing, 2018. Several interviews have corresponding transcripts. Entire collection consists of born digital records.
Citation:
Janet Koplos interviews, 2004-2023. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Janet Kolpos is an art historian and author. Koplos is the co-author of Makers: A History of American Studio Craft, an honorary fellow of the American Craft Council, and a contributing editor to Art in America magazine, where she was a staff editor for 18 years.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The collection was donated in 2019 by Janet Koplos.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Ceramicists -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)21721
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398594
AAA_collcode_kopljane
Theme:
Women
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_398594