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Interviewee:

Mazloomi, Carolyn  Search this

Interviewer:

Cubbs, Joanne  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

Women of Colour Quilters Network  Search this

Adkins, Minnie, 1934-  Search this

Benberry, Cuesta  Search this

Cargo, Robert T.  Search this

Connell, Martha Stamm  Search this

Freeman, Roland L., 1936-  Search this

Hill, Lauryn  Search this

Johnson, Nkosi, 1989-2001  Search this

Miller, Edjohnetta  Search this

Sisto, Penny  Search this

Wilson, Marie  Search this

Extent:

16 Items (Sound recording: 16 sound files (4 hr., 33 min.), digital, wav)

56 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2002 September 17-30

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Carolyn Mazloomi conducted 2002 September 17 and 30, by Joanne Cubbs, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in West Chester, Ohio. Mazloomi speaks of growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a family of self-taught artists; the positive influence of her aunt and teacher Dr. Carter; the generation of African American quilt-makers who followed a gap in quilt-making post-slavery; she describes her previous career as an aeronautical engineer and her transition to quilt-making; how she identifies herself as a craftsperson, not an artist; her experience with Baltimore album and Appalachian quilts; learning to quilt; the Women of Color Quilter's Network and its economic and social development programs; her book, "Spirits of the Cloth"; the positive and negative aspects of travel; the false generalizations of African American quilts in academic circles; the importance of gender, race, and ethnicity in her work; her connection to "praise songs"; she discusses functional vs. nonfunctional quilts; the market for "hand-crafted" quilts; agents and galleries; she describes her working environment; adopting the use of a sewing machine in her work; the importance of community; her technique; her accomplishment of placing African-American quilts in the Renwick Gallery; the influence of magazines, including "Raw Vision;" her aversion to commissions; expanding her use of materials and technology; her exhibitions; her role as an advocate and dealer; finding inspiration in black and white linocuts and her use of color in quilts; and making a connection with her audience. Mazloomi also recalls Marie Wilson, Cuesta Benberry, Edjohnetta Miller, Roland Freeman, Robert Cargo, Martha Connell, Penny Sisto, Minnie Adkins, Nkosi Johnson, and Lauryn Hill.

Biographical / Historical:

Carolyn Mazloomi (1948- ) is a quilt maker from West Chester, Ohio.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 16 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 33 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:

Quiltmakers -- Ohio  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Baltimore album quilts  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American quiltmakers  Search this

African American art -- African influences  Search this

Women textile designers  Search this

Quilting  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.mazloo02

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d9a5becc-43a8-46ff-8692-ae6babf46aac

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mazloo02

Interviewee:

Mazloomi, Carolyn, 1948-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cubbs, Joanne  Search this

Subject:

Adkins, Minnie  Search this

Benberry, Cuesta  Search this

Cargo, Robert T.  Search this

Connell, Martha Stamm  Search this

Freeman, Roland L.  Search this

Hill, Lauryn  Search this

Johnson, Nkosi  Search this

Miller, Edjohnetta  Search this

Sisto, Penny  Search this

Wilson, Marie  Search this

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

Women of Colour Quilters Network  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Carolyn Mazloomi, 2002 September 17-30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Baltimore album quilts  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American quiltmakers  Search this

African American art -- African influences  Search this

Women textile designers  Search this

Quilting  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11504

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)240143

AAA_collcode_mazloo02

Theme:

African American

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_240143

Author:

Cargo, Robert T  Search this

Cargo, Helen  Search this

Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.)  Search this

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts  Search this

Physical description:

92 p. : ill. (some col.); 22 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

Alabama

Date:

1982

1982?]

Topic:

Coverlets  Search this

Needlework  Search this

Quilts  Search this

Call number:

NK9112 .B627

NK9112.B627

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_148587