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Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William  Search this

Stankard, Paul  Search this

Wheaton, Frank  Search this

Wheaton, Mary  Search this

4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)  Search this

Contemporary Glass Gallery  Search this

International Farm Youth Exchange  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Plymouth State College  Search this

University of Illinois.  Search this

University of Utah  Search this

Wheaton Glass Village  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Norway -- description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Flora Mace, 2005 August 17-18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Depression in women  Search this

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13288

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255870

AAA_collcode_mace05a

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255870

Interviewee:

Marioni, Paul, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Ben Tré, Howard  Search this

Blaine, Sandy  Search this

Bolles, John S.  Search this

Bosworth, Thomas L. (Thomas Lawrence)  Search this

Brychtová, Jaroslava  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Libenský, Stanislav  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin  Search this

Marioni, Dante  Search this

Marquis, Richard  Search this

McCann, Cecile  Search this

Milhoan, Randy  Search this

Nelson, Gunvor  Search this

Nelson, Robert A.  Search this

North, Judy  Search this

Signoretto, Pino  Search this

Sindler, Allan P.  Search this

Sindler, Leonore  Search this

Troutner, Ann Margaret  Search this

Vallien, Bertil  Search this

A.C. Fischer Glashütte  Search this

California College of Arts and Crafts  Search this

College of Marin  Search this

Glass Art Society  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

San Francisco State University  Search this

Spectrum Glass Co.  Search this

University of Cincinnati  Search this

University of Dayton  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Japan -- Description and Travel

Mexico -- description and travel

South America -- description and travel

Thailand -- description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Paul Marioni, 2006 September 18-19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Political aspects  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Parenting  Search this

Politics in art  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13577

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)265439

AAA_collcode_marion06

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_265439

Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)  Search this

Contemporary Glass Gallery  Search this

International Farm Youth Exchange  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Plymouth State College -- Students  Search this

University of Illinois. -- Student  Search this

University of Utah  Search this

Wheaton Glass Village  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William, 1957-  Search this

Stankard, Paul, 1943-  Search this

Wheaton, Frank  Search this

Wheaton, Mary  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (sound discs (3 hrs., 25 min.) Audio, digital)

58 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Norway -- description and travel

Date:

2005 August 17-18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Flora Mace conducted 2005 August 17-18, by Lloyd E. Herman, 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, which she shares with Joey Kirkpatrick, in Seattle, Washington.

Ms. Mace discusses growing up in New Hampshire, in a house that her family had lived in for generations; various family businesses, including clam-shucking; how her mother suffered from depression throughout her childhood; her grandparents, who played a large role in her upbringing; joining the 4-H and becoming a skilled shepherd; her family's hunting, fishing, and gathering, on which they survived during her childhood; the various art projects she did with her mother and grandmother, including making wreaths for friends and relatives; building tree houses out of scrap wood; trapping animals and making their pelts into clothes for her dolls; saving up her money from after school jobs and the 4-H competitions to buy tools; getting a scholarship from her grandmother's old employer to go to college; attending Plymouth State; her involvement in college athletics, including field hockey, skiing, and softball; early artistic influences, especially Alexander Calder; traveling to Norway on the International Farm Youth Exchange; attending the University of Illinois for graduate school and being their sculpture technician; attending a summer workshop at the University of Utah with Dale Chihuly; being invited by Chihuly to go to Pilchuck Glass School to continue her work; becoming an artist-in-residence at Wheaton Glass Village; having her first show at the Contemporary Glass Gallery (later the Heller Gallery) in New York; the growth of the studio glass movement in the late 1970s; and finally going to Pilchuck Glass School for the first time in 1979, where she met Joey Kirkpatrick. The continuation of Mace's story, and her lifelong collaboration with Kirkpatrick, is discussed in a joint interview of Kirkpatrick and Mace. Mace also recalls Bill Morris, Ben Moore, Audrey Handler, Paul Stankard, Mary and Frank Wheaton, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Flora Mace (1949- ) is a glass artist from Seattle, Washington. Lloyd E. Herman (1936- ) is a curator and former director of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery and currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 25 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:

Decorative arts  Search this

Depression in women  Search this

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.mace05a

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97a282c98-cc3f-4a72-963c-5c245fbcf0ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mace05a

Interviewee:

Marioni, Paul  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

A.C. Fischer Glashütte  Search this

California College of Arts and Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

College of Marin -- Faculty  Search this

Glass Art Society  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Penland School of Handicrafts -- Faculty  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.) -- Faculty  Search this

San Francisco State University -- Students  Search this

Spectrum Glass Co.  Search this

University of Cincinnati -- Students  Search this

University of Dayton -- Students  Search this

Ben Tré, Howard, 1949-2020  Search this

Blaine, Sandy  Search this

Bolles, John S.  Search this

Bosworth, Thomas L. (Thomas Lawrence), 1930-  Search this

Brychtová, Jaroslava, 1924-  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Libenský, Stanislav, 1921-2002  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin, 1938-2016  Search this

Marioni, Dante, 1964-  Search this

Marquis, Richard, 1945-  Search this

McCann, Cecile  Search this

Milhoan, Randy  Search this

Nelson, Gunvor  Search this

Nelson, Robert A.  Search this

North, Judy, 1937-  Search this

Signoretto, Pino, 1944-  Search this

Sindler, Allan P.  Search this

Sindler, Leonore  Search this

Troutner, Ann Margaret  Search this

Vallien, Bertil, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

11 Items (Sound recording: 11 sound files (8 hrs., 18 min.), digital, wav)

112 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Europe -- description and travel

Japan -- Description and Travel

Mexico -- description and travel

South America -- description and travel

Thailand -- description and travel

Date:

2006 September 18-19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Paul Marioni conducted 2006 September 18-19, by Mija Riedel, 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, Seattle, Washington. Marioni speaks of his childhood in Ohio; excelling in math as a young student; being labeled a troublemaker in high school; his interest and skill in fixing cars and motorcycles; attending the University of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati, and San Francisco State University; receiving bachelor's degrees in English and philosophy; an interest in filmmaking; the joys and struggles of raising two children by himself; his unorthodox parenting philosophy; learning glass techniques from Judy Raffeal North; teaching experiences at College of Marin, California College of Arts and Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, and Penland School of Crafts, among others; the importance of fostering idea formation and creativity in educational institutions; his experiences as Artist-in-Residence at A.C. Fischer Glashutte and Spectrum Glass Co.; the development of his process for producing cast glass; the great number of public architectural commissions that resulted from the ability to work with cast glass; the more than 85 commissions he has completed alone and in collaboration with Ann Troutner; the difference between his gallery work and commission work; the pleasure he gets from working in the studio; travels throughout Europe, South America, Japan, Thailand, Mexico; his use of ambient light; strong responses received from his political artwork; his dislike of art critics; the vital role Glass Art Society played in supporting the studio glass art movement; the emphasis of human nature in his art; and plans for the future. Marioni also recalls Robert Nelson, Gunvar Nelson, John Bolles, Cecile McCann, Marvin Lipofsky, Dale Chihuly, Tom Bosworth, Fritz Dreisbach, Richard Marquis, Howard Ben Tré, Bertil Vallien, Jaroslava Brychtová, Stanislav Libenský, Randy Milhoan, Dante Marioni, Pino Signoretto, Sandy Blaine, Allan and Lenore Sindler, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Paul Marioni (1941- ) is a glass artist from Seattle, Washington. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer, from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hrs., 18 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Art critics  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Political aspects  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Parenting  Search this

Politics in art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.marion06

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ac0607d8-2b3a-4e70-aba4-a0417d9af9c0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marion06

Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Anderson, Dale  Search this

Anderson, Doug  Search this

Benglis, Lynda  Search this

Ben Tré, Howard  Search this

Borenstein, Joan  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Dehoff, Bill  Search this

Dehoff, Sarah  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William  Search this

Pfaff, Judy  Search this

Pilloff, Bensen  Search this

Pilloff, Francine  Search this

Rooney, Alice  Search this

Rosenfield, Betsy  Search this

Royal, Rich  Search this

Saxe, Dorothy  Search this

Saxe, George  Search this

Scanga, Italo  Search this

Shirley, Jon  Search this

Shirley, Mary  Search this

Statom, Therman  Search this

Stroemple, George R.  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vallien, Bertil  Search this

Welch, Ann  Search this

Wilmarth, Christopher  Search this

Wolff, Ann  Search this

Zynsky, Toots  Search this

Foster/White Gallery  Search this

Habatat Galleries  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

Walla Walla Foundry  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, 2005 August 17-18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11940

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255912

AAA_collcode_mace05

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255912

Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Names:

Foster/White Gallery  Search this

Habatat Galleries  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design -- Students  Search this

Walla Walla Foundry  Search this

Anderson, Dale, 1944-  Search this

Anderson, Doug, 1943-  Search this

Ben Tré, Howard, 1949-2020  Search this

Benglis, Lynda, 1941-  Search this

Borenstein, Joan  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Dehoff, Bill  Search this

Dehoff, Sarah  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William, 1957-  Search this

Pfaff, Judy, 1946-  Search this

Pilloff, Bensen  Search this

Pilloff, Francine  Search this

Rooney, Alice, 1926-2019  Search this

Rosenfield, Betsy  Search this

Royal, Rich  Search this

Saxe, Dorothy  Search this

Saxe, George  Search this

Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001  Search this

Shirley, Jon, 1938-  Search this

Shirley, Mary  Search this

Statom, Therman, 1953-  Search this

Stroemple, George R.  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vallien, Bertil, 1938-  Search this

Welch, Ann  Search this

Wilmarth, Christopher  Search this

Wolff, Ann  Search this

Zynsky, Toots, 1951-  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (Audio: 5 wav files (3 hrs., 17 min.), digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2005 August 17-18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick conducted 2005 August 17-18, by Lloyd E. Herman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artists' home and studio, in Seattle, Washington.

They discuss their first meeting at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, in 1979; the structure of classes and teaching philosophies at Pilchuck in the late '70s and early '80s; the change in equipment and the growth of the Pilchuck campus through the years; their first projects together, which were wire drawings made by Flora and based on Joey's sketches; leaving Pilchuck after the summer session and moving together to Waterville, New Hampshire, where they worked in a studio at the Rhode Island School of Design with Dale Chihuly; building up a body of work and then having to decide whose work it was, at a time when collaborating and co-signing was not standard practice; going back to Pilchuck every summer for 14 years after first meeting there in 1979; beginning to teach as a collaborative team at Pilchuck in 1981, the first women to teach glass blowing at that school; building their house together on the grounds of Pilchuck, a design which was then emulated for dormitories at the school; convincing Dale Chihuly to lower the class size at Pilchuck to 10, down from 20, to allow teachers to work more closely with the students; early shows of their work at Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak, Michigan, Ivor Kurland Gallery in Los Angeles, California, and Foster-White Galleries in Seattle, Washington; the support of their sisters and families throughout the years, mostly in providing them a place to stay as they traveled cross country; their relationships with collectors; what each artist brings to the partnership, including vision, inspiration, and technique; the influence of water on their work, as both artists are drawn to the sea and the tides; the purpose of their work, and what they feel it can bring to the viewer; the challenge given to the artists by Joan Borenstein to make 30 glass goblets, all with different fruits and vegetables; having their work cast at the Walla Walla Foundry; and the ideas behind various bodies of work, including the "Bird Pages" and the large latticino fruit. A more in-depth discussion of each artist's childhood, education, and artistic experiences prior to their meeting at Pilchuck can be found in the individual artist's interviews. They recall Italo Scanga, Bill Morris, Ben Moore, Rich Royal, Howard Ben Tre, Toots Zynsky, Therman Statom, Harvey Littleton, Lino Tagliapetra, Chris Wilmarth, Judy Pfaff, Lynda Benglis, Alice Rooney, Bertil Vallien, Ann Wolff, Betsy Rosenfield, George and Dorothy Saxe, Doug and Dale Anderson, Jon and Mary Shirley, Sarah and Bill Dehoff, Francine and Benson Pilloff, George Stroemple, Ann Welch, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Joey Kirkpatrick (1952- ) and Flora Mace (1949- ) are glass artists from Seattle, Washington. Lloyd E. Herman (1936- ) is a curator and former director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery of Art and is currently from Seattle, Washington. Mace and Kirkpatrick have been working collaboratively on glass since the late 1970s.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 17 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:

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.mace05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98d0bff3c-9050-48a3-b06f-e1e6ab7ef3f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mace05

Interviewee:

Marioni, Dante, 1964-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Dante Marioni, 2012 October 15-16. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16072

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)338398

AAA_collcode_marion12

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_338398

Interviewee:

Marioni, Dante, 1964-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Extent:

161 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2012 October 15-16

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Dante Marioni conducted 2012 October 15 and 16, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Marioni's studio, in Seattle, Washington.

Biographical / Historical:

Dante Marioni (1964- ) is a glass artist in Seattle, Washington. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is independent scholar in San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 SD memory cards as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 13 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.

Restrictions:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Topic:

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Transcription of this oral history interview was made possible by a grant from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.marion12

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f51c95ca-f19d-4788-b5d1-9128fc5928cf

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-marion12