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Interviewee:
Earl, Jack  Search this
Interviewer:
Milosch, Jane  Search this
Creator:
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Names:
Bluffton College (Bluffton, Ohio) -- Students  Search this
John Michael Kohler Arts Center  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
The Ohio State University -- Students  Search this
Toledo School of Art and Design -- Faculty  Search this
Virginia Commonwealth University -- Faculty  Search this
Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992  Search this
Atherton, Carlton  Search this
Bacerra, Ralph, 1938-2008  Search this
Bogatay, Paul  Search this
Fetzer, Margaret  Search this
Friley, Gene  Search this
Keland, Karen  Search this
Kerrigan, Tom  Search this
Kottler, Howard, 1930-1989  Search this
LaDousa, Tom  Search this
Littlefield, Edgar  Search this
Lugenbuhl, Darvin  Search this
Schuman, Norm  Search this
Shaw, Richard, 1941 Sept. 12-  Search this
Smith, Paul J.  Search this
Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002  Search this
Extent:
5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (4 hr., 32 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place:
Ohio -- Description and Travel
Date:
2007 June 19-20
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Jack Earl conducted 2007 June 19-20, by Jane Milosch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home and studio, in Lakeview, Ohio.
Earl speaks of his childhood in Uniopolis, Ohio; using his father's tools in the garage to make toys; developing a long-lasting friendship with his high school art teacher; studying art at Bluffton College and learning to make pottery; learning to read in college and getting a minor in English; getting married while in college; graduating from Bluffton College and getting a job teaching at a local high school; teaching high school art for ten years in New Breman, Ohio; attending a graduate program at Ohio State University and earning a Master's in Ceramic Art; being influenced by professor Paul Bogatay while in graduate school; working at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center over one winter break; teaching at Toledo School of Art and Design following graduation from Ohio State University; learning to make European porcelain; beginning to apply oil paint to his ceramic pieces; copying imagery from European masterpieces; feeling uninspired by Virginia culture after moving there to teach at Virginia Commonwealth University; moving back to Ohio and enjoying the proximity of his children and grandchildren there; his belief that his artwork reflects his life; the greater market for ceramic artwork now compared to when he began working; continuing ceramic tradition by incorporating humor into his work; the importance of his family and Ohio culture to his work; writing a book with Karen Keland to promote crafts, especially ceramics; being much more interested in making things than in his teaching; the versatility of clay as a material; and his work habits. Earl recalls Darvin Lugenbuhl, Paul Bogatay, Carlton Atherton, Edgar Littlefield, Gene Friley, Margaret Fetzer, Howard Kottler, Robert Arneson, Tom LaDousa, Norm Schuman, Peter Voulkos, Paul Smith, Karen Keland, Tom Kerrigan, Ralph Bacerra, Richard Shaw, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Jack Earl (1934- ) is a ceramic artist from Lakeview, Ohio. Jane Milosch is a curator from Silver Spring, Maryland.
General:
Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 32 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Topic:
Ceramicists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.earl07
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw967300ee8-3349-484b-b052-b4e8bbd89566
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-earl07