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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

Author:

Supree, Burton  Search this

Bear's Heart 1851-1882  Search this

Author:

Ross, Ann  Search this

Subject:

Bear's Heart 1851-1882  Search this

Castillo de San Marcos (Saint Augustine, Fla.)  Search this

Physical description:

63 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 25 cm

Type:

Biography

Juvenile literature

Juvenile works

Date:

1977

©1977

Topic:

Cheyenne Indians  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1076345