Search Results

Interviewee:

Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  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 Karen Karnes, 2005 August 9-10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewish artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12096

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255518

AAA_collcode_karnes05

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255518

Interviewee:

Simon, Michael, 1947-2021  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  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 Michael Simon, 2005 September 27-28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Ceramicists -- Georgia -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11797

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255546

AAA_collcode_simon05

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255546

Interviewee:

Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  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:

65 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2005 August 9-10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Karen Karnes conducted 2005 Augest 9-10, by Mark Shapiro, 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 Morgan, Vermont.

Karnes discusses her childhood in Brooklyn and the Bronx as the daughter of Russian and Polish immigrants working in the garment industry; living in a cooperative housing project built especially for garment workers and their families; attending the High School of Music and Art, New York City; going on to Brooklyn College, and fortuitously landing in the class of Serge Chermayoff, who taught primarily in the Bauhaus style; meeting her first husband, David Weinrib, with whom she eventually moved to Pennsylvania; David bringing home a slab of clay for her to work with, her first experience with the material; traveling to Italy and working in a ceramics factory there; attending a summer session at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and taking a class with Josef Albers; moving to Stony Point, in Rockland County, New York, to start Gatehill Community; her first gallery relationship, with Bonniers, New York City; the birth of her son Abel in 1956; the first time she used a salt kiln, while at the Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, North Carolina, in 1967, and its effect on the character of her work; her relationship with the Hadler-Rodriguez Galleries, New York City; the pottery show in Demarest, New Jersey; her teaching philosophy and methods, including the "Continuum"; meeting her life partner, Ann Stannard, in 1970; Ann's home in Wales, and living there before settling in Vermont; the fire that destroyed their home and studio in 1998; the issues of privacy and isolation in an artist's life; her expectations about her career, especially as a Jewish woman; and her feelings on the work of contemporary potters.

Karnes also recalls John Cage, Soetsu Yanagi, Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Charles Olsen, Marguerite Wildenhain, Paul and Vera B. Williams, Mary Caroline Richards, Goren Holmquist, Paul J. Smith, Mikhail Zakin, Jack Lenor Larsen, Isamu Noguchi, D. Hayne Bayless, Zeb Schactel, Warren Mackenzie, Garth Clark, Joy Brown, Robbie Lobell, Paulus Berensohn, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Karen Karnes (1925- ) is a potter from Morgan, Vermont. Mark Shapiro is a potter from Worthington, Massachusetts.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 35 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.

Occupation:

Ceramicists -- Vermont  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Jewish artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Ceramics  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.karnes05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw943edc253-ca8c-433b-a411-e702f30b1f09

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-karnes05

Interviewee:

Simon, Michael, 1947-  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  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:

52 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2005 September 27-28

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Michael Simon conducted 2005 September 27-28, by Mark Shapiro, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home, in Colbert, Georgia.

Simon discusses studying at University of Minnesota with Warren MacKenzie; the counterculture and chaotic atmosphere at the university in the late 1960s; moving to Athens, Georgia, after college to open a studio on Jerry Chappelle's farm; his first pottery sales; obtaining conscientious objector status and working at a hospital in Athens; the influence of Bernard Leach and Shoji Hamada on his work; developing shapes and expanding his repertoire; being inspired by Korean folk potters and by other Asian pottery; teaching at the Penland School of Arts and Crafts and being influenced by fellow potters there; art fairs in Atlanta, Florida, and elsewhere; using various materials for his pots, including Georgia kaolin and grolleg; applying for a fellowship at the University of Georgia, where he completed his Master's of Fine Arts; seeing Mark Pharis's pots in the summer of 1980, which compelled him to build his own salt kiln, which changed subsequent work dramatically; his marriage to Susan Roberts in 1992; experimenting with images on his pots, including fish and bamboo; getting a large commission for dinner plates from the Nakato Restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the city's oldest sushi restaurants; visiting the Freer Sackler Galleries and being inspired by Chinese Yangshao pottery from the Neolithic period; the influence of Persian jars on his work; the success of his pottery sales with Ron Myers; going to Cortona, Italy, to teach pottery for the University of Georgia; teaching at a school in Santiago, Chile, exploring the countryside, and learning Chilean pottery techniques; the writing of Michael Cardew and its influence on his work and career; what constitutes a typical work day and what motivates him; and the community of American potters and the support he has received over the years. Simon also recalls Angel Lillo, Laurie Samuelson, Gib Krohn, Mark Pharis, Wayne Branum, Sandra Simon (née Lindstrom), Earl McCutcheon, Shoji Hamada, Cynthia Bringle, Ron Myers, Andy Nasisse, Robert Briscoe, Michael Cardew, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Michael Simon (1947-2021) was a functional ceramist from Athens, Georgia. Mark Shapiro (1955- ) is a ceramist from Worthington, Massachusetts.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 30 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 -- Georgia -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Ceramics  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.simon05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw969ba1c32-e486-4229-acc3-b94141752291

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-simon05

Interviewee:

Berensohn, Paulus, 1933-2017  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  Search this

Subject:

Anderson, Ian  Search this

Bennion, Joseph W.  Search this

Brown, Carolyn  Search this

Brown, William J. (William Joseph)  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Charlip, Remy  Search this

Cowles, Fleur  Search this

Cunningham, Merce  Search this

Dunn, Robert G.  Search this

Ekman, June  Search this

Garfinkel, Ron  Search this

Graham, Martha  Search this

Karnes, Karen  Search this

Kokis, George  Search this

Mendes, Jerry  Search this

Oliver, Mary  Search this

Peterson, Mary  Search this

Pieser, Jane  Search this

Raine, Yvonne  Search this

Richards, Mary Caroline  Search this

Stanford, Verne  Search this

Stannard, Ann  Search this

Supree, Burton  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Williams, Gerald  Search this

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

Bennington College  Search this

Columbia University  Search this

Goddard College  Search this

Juilliard School  Search this

New York Philharmonic  Search this

Penland School of Crafts  Search this

Pendle Hill (School : Wallingford, Pa.)  Search this

Swarthmore College  Search this

Yale University  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Australia -- description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Paulus Berensohn, 2009 March 20-21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Artists' books  Search this

Ceramicists -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Communal living  Search this

Dance -- Study and teaching  Search this

Diaries -- Authorship  Search this

Dyslexia  Search this

Photography  Search this

Poets -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15906

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)296474

AAA_collcode_berens09

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_296474

Interviewee:

Berensohn, Paulus  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Bennington College -- Students  Search this

Columbia University -- Students  Search this

Goddard College -- Students  Search this

Juilliard School -- Students  Search this

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

New York Philharmonic  Search this

Pendle Hill (School : Wallingford, Pa.) -- Faculty  Search this

Penland School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Swarthmore College -- Faculty  Search this

Yale University -- Students  Search this

Anderson, Ian, 1947-  Search this

Bennion, Joseph W., 1952-  Search this

Brown, Carolyn  Search this

Brown, William J. (William Joseph), 1923-1992  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Charlip, Remy  Search this

Cowles, Fleur  Search this

Cunningham, Merce  Search this

Dunn, Robert G.  Search this

Ekman, June  Search this

Garfinkel, Ron  Search this

Graham, Martha  Search this

Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016  Search this

Kokis, George  Search this

Mendes, Jerry  Search this

Oliver, Mary, 1935-  Search this

Peterson, Mary  Search this

Pieser, Jane  Search this

Raine, Yvonne  Search this

Richards, Mary Caroline  Search this

Stanford, Verne  Search this

Stannard, Ann  Search this

Supree, Burton  Search this

Takaezu, Toshiko  Search this

Williams, Gerald, 1926-2014  Search this

Extent:

60 Pages (Transcript)

7 Items (Sound recording: 7 sound files (4 hr., 13 min.), digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Australia -- Description and Travel

Date:

2009 March 20-21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Paulus Berensohn conducted 2009 March 20-21, by Mark Shapiro, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Berensohn's home and studio, in Penland, North Carolina.

Berensohn speaks of growing up in New York City and his family; his brother Lorin Bernsohn, cellist with the New York Philharmonic; his problems with dyslexia as a child and yet his interest in reading and learning; an early interest in dance and the lack of support he received from his family; his admittance into Yale University, from where he quickly removed himself to attend Goddard College in Vermont; after Goddard attending Columbia University, Juilliard, and Bennington College while studying dance; studying under both Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham; his relationship with M.C. Richards; his first teaching job at Pendle Hill in Pennsylvania that lead to teaching at Swarthmore College for four years; his want to become a production potter while living on a farm in rural Pennsylvania where he created an artist commune; working with pinched pots and moving to Penland, North Carolina to teach workshops at the Penland School of Crafts; his book, "Finding Your Way With Clay," which started as a journaling and teaching project while at Penland; his interest in book art via his interest in journaling; the importance of clay as a healing material that connects humanity and the earth and his role as an advocate for clay; his work in and travels to Australia; recent photography projects and his busy and active schedule. Berensohn also recalls Remy Charlip, June Ekman, Fleur Cowles, John Cage, Robert Dunn, Yvonne Rainer, Carolyn Brown, Mary Oliver, Karen Karnes, Burt Supree, Toshiko Takaezu, Ann Stannard, Gerry Williams, George Kokis, Joe Bennion, Bill Brown, Jane Pieser, Ron Garfinkel, Jenny Mendes, Ian Anderson, Verne Stanford, Meg Peterson, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Paulus Berensohn (1933-2017) was a poet, ceramic artist, dancer, and educator in Penland, North Carolina. Mark Shapiro (1955- ) is executive director of Lumina Art Gallery, in New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 SD memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 13 min.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of Paulus Berensohn.

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:

Artists' books  Search this

Ceramicists -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Communal living  Search this

Dance -- Study and teaching  Search this

Diaries -- Authorship  Search this

Dyslexia  Search this

Photography  Search this

Poets -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Ceramics  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.

Identifier:

AAA.berens09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e6399d8a-79fe-4885-b26c-7221f925e076

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-berens09

Interviewee:

Isupov, Sergei, 1963-  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  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 Sergei Isupov, 2010 December 21-22. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Ceramicists -- Massachusetts -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15919

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)297210

AAA_collcode_isupov10

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_297210

Interviewee:

Isupov, Sergei, 1963-  Search this

Interviewer:

Shapiro, Mark, 1955-  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:

68 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2010 December 21-22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Sergei Isupov conducted 2010 December 21-22, by Mark Shapiro, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Isupov's home, in Cummington, Massachusetts.

Isupov speaks of his parents, both artists; his childhood in Ukraine; his efforts to get accepted to an art school; attending art school in Estonia; having access to factories where he could produce his own work; his early exhibitions and career success in Estonia; marrying an American and moving to Louisville, KY; starting a business, Nine Pines Studio; how being a foreigner in both Estonia and the U.S. affected his work positively; living briefly in Richmond, VA; his early focus on making teapots; incorporating more travel into his career in order to give workshops; moving to Cummington, MA and setting up his new studio; his relationship with his art dealer; starting to incorporate drawing into his work; and how the birth of his daughter has affected his art. Isupov also recalls Martha Connell, Don Reitz, Leslie Ferrin, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Sergei Isupov (1963- ) is a ceramist in Cummington, Massachusetts. Mark Shapiro (1955- ) is a potter in Worthington, Massachusetts.

General:

Originally recorded as 7 sound files. Duration is 3 hr., 58 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:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Ceramicists -- Massachusetts -- 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.

Identifier:

AAA.isupov10

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c6174a7d-d43a-4d94-9417-f7b0567f4726

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-isupov10