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Summary:
This collection contains six (90 min.) audio tapes of interviews of Michael and Magdalena (Suarez) Frimkess conducted by Magdalene Mills on 2000 Feb. 27, Mar. 15, and April 23. Also included in this interview is Celia Frimkess (Michael's mother). Mills was studying ceramic sculptor Michael Frimkess for her MA thesis at California State University, Fullerton. The donated tapes are part of her research that came to include Magdalena Frimkess, as well as her better-known husband, Michael Frimkess.
Citation:
Interview with Michael and Magdalene Frimkess, 2000 Feb. 27 - Apr. 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Magdalene Mills is an actress and ceramist. Michael Frimkess (1937-) was a leading innovator of the California fine art clay movement that grew up around Peter Voulkos and his "pot shop" at Otis Art Institute in the late 1950s. He often collaborated with his wife, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess (1929-), a Venezuelan-born ceramist.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2001 by Magdalene Mills.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews Search this
