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Interviewee:

Chow, Fong, 1923-  Search this

Interviewer:

Carney, Margaret, 1949-  Search this

Subject:

Parker, Glidden  Search this

Alfred University  Search this

Glidden Pottery (Alfred, N.Y.)  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

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

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Fong Chow, 2002 February 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Technique  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Asian American photographers  Search this

Asian American ceramicists  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Photography  Search this

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12375

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)229517

AAA_collcode_chow02

Theme:

Asian American

Photography

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_229517

Interviewee:

Chow, Fong  Search this

Interviewer:

Carney, Margaret, 1949-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Alfred University -- Students  Search this

Glidden Pottery (Alfred, N.Y.)  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Employees  Search this

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

Parker, Glidden, 1913-1980  Search this

Extent:

27 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2002 February 6

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Fong Chow conducted February 6, 2002, by Margaret Carney, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Chow's home, in New York, N.Y.

Chow speaks of his family, specifically, his grandfather who was sent to Hartford, Connecticutt, in 1874, for schooling, then studied at Columbia University and returned to China, working as general manager of one of the earliest railroads in north China; the schools Chow attended in Hong Kong; working in different media, including painting and photography; attending the Boston Museum School and then Alfred University; his relationship with Charles Harder, the head of the ceramic design department at Alfred; the "wonderful" teachers at Alfred in the early 1950s, including Katharine Nelson in painting, Marion Fosdick in sculpture, Daniel Rhodes and Ted Randall; learning production methods, as well as "studio potters work"; developing forms, new glazes, and decorations at Glidden Pottery; his "famous" pieces for Glidden Pottery, such as "New Equations" and "Charcoal and Rice"; how he became involved with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his relationship with Alan Priest, curator of Far Eastern art; working at the Met as a curator for more than 20 years; changes at the Met during his tenure there; and his hiatus from making ceramics while working at the Met. He discusses his return to clay in 1983 and his studio near Cooper Union; he describes visiting his best friend from childhood, Pan He, a sculptor in China. He also discusses his health; his wife Chao-Ling and how they met; his current focus on photography. Chow also recalls Glidden Parker, James Romer, Bo Gyllensvard, Sergio Dello Strologo, Theodore Hobby, Paul Bollardo, Norman Arsenault, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Fong Chow (1923- ) is a Chinese American ceramicist, curator, and photographer from New York, N.Y. Margaret Carney (1949- ) is the director of the Schein Joseph International Museum of Ceramic Art in Alfred, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 41 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:

Ceramicists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Technique  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Asian American photographers  Search this

Asian American ceramicists  Search this

Asian American curators  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.

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.chow02

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f01edc96-bb0b-4ce0-bb04-22e0907cd4c7

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-chow02

Interviewee:

Villa, Carlos, 1936-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Park Place Gallery Art Research, Inc.  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  Search this

Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976  Search this

Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991  Search this

Brown, Joan, 1938-1990  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993  Search this

Garcia, Rupert, 1941-  Search this

Hudson, Robert, 1938-  Search this

Neri, Manuel, 1930-  Search this

Valledor, Leo, 1936-1989  Search this

Wiley, William T., 1937-2021  Search this

Extent:

134 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1995 June 20-July 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Carlos Villa conducted 1995 June 20-July 10, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Villa discusses his "progress" from Filipino background to his art world identity; the phenomena and individuals who contributed to the new awareness in the mid-1970s: "El Movimiento," Chicano "Rasquache," Rupert Garcia, Amalia Mesa-Baines; the idea of "recuperation," and the sense of Asian-American identity and community as a basis for his art. Villa recalls growing up in San Francisco; his early life; living in the Tenderloin district and his exposure to racism; the influence of his cousin, artist Leo Valledor; growing up Filipino in California and the difficulties that accompanied it. Villa discusses popular (black) culture, jazz "guapo," zoot-suit style as role models and basis for aesthetic/art; his admiration for black self-esteem; his aesthetics; viewing art as a way out of the ghetto and an escape from racism.

Villa discusses his introduction to the California School of Fine Arts (soon thereafter the San Francisco Art Institute); his need to be part of the artist community; CSFA and other students and teachers; and his self-conception as a modernist. He discusses the technical aspects of his art; the influence of various Bay Area artists on his work; his investigation of Filipino art history and his role models; the role of the women at the CSFA and women as role models. Villa recalls his first show at Pointdexter in New York; his associations with minimalists and the Park Place Gallery group; his New York minimalist phase and his need to escape the New York environment after six years. He discusses his return to the Bay Area and his use of identity/politics as subjects for his art.

Villa recalls or mentions Rupert Garcia, Leo Valledor, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, Bill Morehouse, David Stone Martin, Wallace Berman, William Wiley, Bob and Dona Hudson, Bill Allen, Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn, Ralph DuCass, Walter Kuhlman, Wally Hedrick, Bruce Conner, Alvin Light, Claire Falkenstein, Bob McFarlane, Hayter, Tapies, Fred Martin, Nathan Oliveira, Jennifer Bartlett, Dick Maclean, Elizabeth Murray, Alfred Neumeyer, Mark Rothko, Kenneth Noland, Sol Lewitt, Mark di Suvero, Robert Grovesnor, Tom Seligman, Kurt Schwitters, Robert Rauschenberg, Angela Davis, and Moira Roth.

Biographical / Historical:

Carlos Villa (1936-2013) was a Filipino American painter, curator, and educator in San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 8 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 15 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 40 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:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Filipino American art  Search this

Filipino American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.villa95

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9568c3d5e-69b0-469a-a02b-20a978a5ad1d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-villa95

Interviewee:

Villa, Carlos, 1936-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Valledor, Leo  Search this

Garcia, Rupert  Search this

Neri, Manuel  Search this

Brown, Joan  Search this

Berman, Wallace  Search this

Wiley, William T.  Search this

Hudson, Robert  Search this

Bischoff, Elmer  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  Search this

Park Place Gallery Art Research, Inc.  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral History interview with Carlos Villa, 1995 June 20-July 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Latino and Latin American artists  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Filipino American art  Search this

Filipino American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Theme:

Latino and Latin American  Search this

Asian American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5561

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215877

AAA_collcode_villa95

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Asian American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215877

Interviewee:

Hom, Nancy, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Ho, Melissa, 1970-  Search this

Subject:

Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Video recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Nancy Hom, 2020 August 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Asian American illustrators  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Pandemics  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women illustrators  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21990

AAA_collcode_hom20

Theme:

Asian American

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_21990

Interviewee:

Villa, Carlos, 1936-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Roth, Moira, 1933-2021  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Carlos Villa, 1989 July 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Filipino American art  Search this

Filipino American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17608

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)393140

AAA_collcode_villa89

Theme:

Asian American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_393140

Interviewee:

Xie, Xiaoze, 1966-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Xiaoze Xie, 2010 May 10-11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Asian American video artists  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15806

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)289264

AAA_collcode_xie10

Theme:

Asian American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_289264

Interviewee:

Hom, Nancy  Search this

Interviewer:

Ho, Melissa  Search this

Names:

Pandemic Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

1 Item ((29 min.), digital, mp4)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Video recordings

Date:

2020 August 30

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Nancy Hom conducted 2020 August 30, by Melissa Ho, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Hom's home in San Francisco, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Nancy Hom (1949 - ) is a Chinese American artist, curator, illustrator and non-profit arts consultant in San Francisco, California. Hom was executive director of the Kearny Street Workshop, San Francisco, California.

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 interview is open for research.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the audio is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the audio recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Artists -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Illustrators -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Asian American illustrators  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Pandemics  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease)  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts  Search this

COVID-19 (Disease) -- Social aspects  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women illustrators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Video recordings

Identifier:

AAA.hom20

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92349f1bc-5995-4dc4-bb9d-534b383bed02

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-hom20

Interviewee:

Xie, Xiaoze  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

58 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2010 May 10-11

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Xiaoze Xie conducted 2010 May 10 and 11, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's U.S. General Services Administration, Design for Excellence and the Arts oral history project at Xie's studio in Stanford, California.

Xie speaks of growing up in a rural area of southern China; the incorporation of historical events into his work; the development of his series Library in the US and China; his education, including attending graduate school for architecture at the Central Academy of Art and Design in Beijing and at the University of North Texas for painting; the outbreak of the pro-democracy student movement in China in 1989; his first big artwork in the US, Duet; the incorporation of Photorealism in his work; his piece Flags and Banners, which used existing photographs as source images; the process of making his paintings using newspapers as source images; his GSA commission, Iowa Reports; the urgency he felt to create political work after September 11, 2001; comparisons of his work with that of other contemporary American and Chinese artists; and his influences including Gerhard Richter. Xie also recalls Vincent Falsetta, Vernon Fisher, Xu Beihong, Lin Fengmian, Liu Haisu, Wu Zuoren, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Xiaoze Xie (1966- ) is a Chinese American visual artist and professor based in Palo Alto, California. Interviewer Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a writer and independent scholar in San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 8 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:

Video artists  Search this

Painters  Search this

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Chinese American art  Search this

Chinese American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Asian American video artists  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the U.S. General Services Administration, Design Excellence and the Arts.

Identifier:

AAA.xie10

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9de6105b6-9194-4c93-af5b-1c7fb16dc4bb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-xie10

Interviewee:

Villa, Carlos, 1936-2013  Search this

Interviewer:

Roth, Moira  Search this

Extent:

6 Items (5 videocassettes (U-matic); 1 VHS)

5 Items (video files (1 hrs., 38 min.), digital, mov)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1989 July 11

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Carlos Villa conducted 1989 July 11, by Moira Roth, for the Archives of American Art, at Villa's studio in Oakland, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Carlos Villa (1936- 2013) was a Filipino American painter, curator, and educator based in San Francisco, California. Moira Roth (1933- ) is an art historian and writer in Berkeley, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 U-matic videocasettes.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds an oral history interview with Carlos Villa, 1995 June 20-July 10.

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 interview is not transcribed. The video recording is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Occupation:

Painters -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art teachers -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Topic:

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Filipino American art  Search this

Filipino American artists  Search this

Asian American painters  Search this

Asian American curators  Search this

Asian American educators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.villa89

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9934be520-cf61-4a19-a714-70c7c61e94a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-villa89