Changing hands : art without reservation. 2, Contemporary Native North American art from the West, Northwest & Pacific / David Revere McFadden, Ellen Napiura Taubman
Changing hands : art without reservation. 3, Contemporary Native North American art from the Northeast and Southeast / Ellen Taubman, David Revere McFadden
Title:
Contemporary Native North American art from the Northeast and Southeast
Corporal identity : body language : 9th Triennial for Form and Content, USA and Germany : Museum of Arts & Design, New York = Körpersprache : 9. Triennale für Form und Inhalte, USA und Deutschland : Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Klingspor Museum, Offenbach am Main / [herausgegeben im Auftrage des/published by Dezernats für Kultur und Freizeit vom Museum für Angewandte Kunst,...
Crafting modernism : midcentury American art and design / Jeannine Falino, general editor ; Jeannine Falino with Jennifer Scanlan, curators ; with essays by Glenn Adamson ... [et al.]
Daniel Brush / introduction by Oliver Sacks ; contributions by David Revere McFadden, Brett Littman, Paul Keegan, and Saskia Hamilton ; design and photography by Takaaki Matsumoto
Museum of Arts and Design (New York, N.Y.) Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
Extent:
61 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
2010 April 19-20
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Paul J. Smith conducted 2010 April 19 and 20, by Lloyd E. Herman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Smith's home, in New York, N.Y.
Smith recalls his childhood; attending the Art Institute of Buffalo; working in display at the Flint & Kent department store in Buffalo; his interest in "hobby crafts" and greater exploration of jewelry and wood; exhibiting; joining the staff of the American Craftsmen's Council; becoming director of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts; developing the museum's program and international focus; organizing the "Objects: USA" exhibition in 1969; developing the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (in 1979 renamed the American Craft Museum); the 30th anniversary exhibition, "Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical," in 1986; becoming director emeritus; the "Craft Today USA" tour, 1989-1993; developing a consulting service; serving as guest curator; special projects; interest in photography; the current DIY movement as a continuum of the past.
Biographical / Historical:
Paul J. Smith (1931- ) is Director Emeritus of the American Craft Museum (now the Museum of Arts and Design) in New York, N.Y.
General:
Originally recorded on 6 secure digital memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 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:
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
American Crafts Council. Museum of Contemporary Crafts Search this
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 Paul J. Smith, 2010 April 19-20. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this