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Interviewee:

McKinnell, Nan B. (Nan Bangs), 1913-2012  Search this

Interviewer:

Holt, Kathy  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 Nan McKinnell, 2005 June 12-13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12178

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)254296

AAA_collcode_mckinn05

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_254296

Interviewee:

McKinnell, Nan  Search this

Interviewer:

Holt, Kathy  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:

80 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2005 June 12-13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nan McKinnell conducted 2005 June 12-13, by Kathy Holt, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Fort Collins, Colorado.

McKinnell speaks of her childhood in Stanton, Nebraska, and summers spent on her grandfather's farm in Grand Forks, N.D.; her late husband James McKinnell's childhood in Nitro, W.V., and later in Seattle, Washington; her musical education at Wayne State Teacher's College, Nebraska; her first teaching job in Meadow Grove, Nebraska; her husband's tenure in the Navy in the early 1940s, when he was stationed in Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941; her move out West to stay with relatives in Seattle, Washington, and Hollywood, California; obtaining her Master's degree in art at the University of Washington while teaching music at Bryn Mawr College; her early experiences with ceramics under Paul Bonifas at Bryn Mawr; meeting her husband Jim and marrying him in July 1948; their move to Baltimore where Jim McKinnell was working for Locke Insulators; the couple's trip to Paris, France, on the G.I. bill, where Jim studied at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Arts et Metiers; bicycling around the French countryside on a tandem bicycle, visiting potters and pottery studios; their short stay in Vallauris, France, where Pablo Picasso was living at the time; travels to Italy, the Netherlands, and finally ending up at Penzance, in Cornwall, to study pottery with Michael Leach at the Penzance School of Art; returning to the U.S., when Jim worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, and traveling the Midwest in a trailer as part of that job; their education at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana, and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine; living in Deerfield, Massachusetts, at the historic Bloody Brook Tavern, where they made pottery and gave tours; their first pottery shows, at Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts, and at America House, which became the American Craft Museum, and is now called the Museum of Art & Design, New York, N.Y.; their teaching positions at the University of Iowa, the University of New Hampshire, Colorado University, Loretto Heights College, Denver, Colorado, and the Glasgow School of Art, among others; and their time in Japan on the Hill Family Foundation Grant. McKinnell also recalls Margaret Hancock, Frances Senska, Jack Lenor Larsen, Paul Bonifas, Bernard Leach, Michael Leach, Peter Voulkos, Marguerite Wildenhain, Rudy Autio, Ruth Pennington, Clayton James, Kathleen Horsman, Edward and Mary Scheier, Nils Lou, Edward Osier, Aline Vanderbilt Webb, Ron Brown, Marilyn Scaff Humple, Paul Soldner, Karl Christiansen, Thomas Potter, Kenji Kato, Alec Lecky, Ruth Duckworth, Wayne Higby, Otto and Vivika Heino, Warren MacKenzie, David Shaner, and Gerry Williams, among others.

Biographical / Historical:

Nan McKinnell (1913-2012) was a ceramist from Fort Collins, Colorado. Kathy Holt is a ceramist and educator from Littleton, Colorado.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 56 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 -- Colorado -- Fort Collins  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women ceramicists  Search this

Women educators  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.mckinn05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw962040cf7-5b02-4933-8fb4-c4d96672045d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mckinn05

Interviewee:

Kaneko, Jun, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

McInnes, Mary  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 Jun Kaneko, 2005 May 23- 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Asian American sculptors  Search this

Asian American ceramicists  Search this

Ceramicists -- Nebraska -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Asian American  Search this

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12628

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)252375

AAA_collcode_kaneko05

Theme:

Asian American

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_252375

Interviewee:

Dominguez, Eddie, 1957-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fleming, Stephen, 1950-  Search this

Subject:

Abrams, Fay  Search this

Casebeer, Doug  Search this

Hepburn, Tony  Search this

Higby, Wayne  Search this

Jimenez, Luis  Search this

Martin, Agnes  Search this

Munson, Larry  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Price, Kenneth  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Ryman, Robert  Search this

Salomon, Judith  Search this

Saks, Esther  Search this

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

Alfred University  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

Penland School of Crafts  Search this

University of Nebraska  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Eddie Dominguez, 2006 July 27-28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13566

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)265852

AAA_collcode_doming06

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_265852

Interviewee:

Dominguez, Eddie, 1957-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fleming, Stephen  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Alfred University -- Students  Search this

Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

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

Penland School of Crafts  Search this

University of Nebraska -- Faculty  Search this

Abrams, Fay  Search this

Casebeer, Doug, 1956-  Search this

Hepburn, Tony  Search this

Higby, Wayne  Search this

Jimenez, Luis, 1940-2006  Search this

Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004  Search this

Munson, Larry  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Price, Kenneth, 1935-2012  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Ryman, Robert, 1930-2019  Search this

Saks, Esther  Search this

Salomon, Judith  Search this

Extent:

71 Pages (Transcript)

12 Items (Sound recording: 12 sound files (4hr., 23 min.), digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2006 July 27-28

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Eddie Dominguez conducted 2006 July 27-28, by Stephen Fleming, 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 Roswell, New Mexico.

Dominguez speaks of his childhood in Tucumcari, New Mexico; the strong drive to create he felt from his youth; attending Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio; receiving his M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University in New York; being awarded a Gift of Time grant for the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program in 1986; the differences he encountered returning to the program 20 years later; his involvement with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts where he serves on the board of directors; participating in numerous workshops and lectures, including workshops at Penland School of Crafts; working as a regional artist and what that designation means to him; teaching experiences at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; the importance of giving back to communities; his enjoyment in working with children to create public art installations; the influence of the Southwest landscape in his work; the very physical way he interacts with his work through piercing, burning, tearing, et cetera; being influenced by artists such as Louise Nevelson, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Luis Jimenez, Agnes Martin, and others; the issue of ethnicity and race in identifying his art; and recent explorations with computer technology and digital photography. Dominguez also recalls Judith Salomon, Tony Hepburn, Wayne Higby, Fay Abrams, Larry Munson, Esther Saks, Doug Casebeer, Kenneth Price and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Eddie Dominguez (1957- ) is a ceramicist from Roswell, New Mexico. Stephen Fleming (1950- ) is the director of the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell, New Mexico.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 23 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 -- New Mexico  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  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.doming06

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dbf64952-9fa3-4b0e-ab63-8ce52c481842

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-doming06

Interviewee:

Kaneko, Jun, 1942-  Search this

Interviewer:

McInnes, Mary, 1956-  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:

43 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2005 May 23- 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jun Kaneko conducted 2005 May 23-24, by Mary Drach McInnes, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's studio, in Omaha, Nebraska.

Kaneko speaks of his parents and grandparents; growing up in Japan; taking art lessons as a child; moving to Los Angeles; living with ceramic collectors Fred and Mary Marer; attending Chouinard Art Institute; making and exhibiting his first ceramic pieces; working as a studio assistant to Peter Voulkos; being artist in residence at the Archie Bray Foundation; building his first studio; getting a graduate degree at Scripps College; returning to Japan and building a studio; being hired to teach at Cranbrook Academy of Art; working with art dealers; how the ceramics market has changed during his career; working in the international craft market; his current studio and living space; the inspiration for his work; his interest in patternmaking; making large-scale pieces; why he likes clay; selection of color; moving to Omaha; traveling and working on various projects; working at industrial sites; making ceramic tile walls; influential artists; how critics view his work; the future of ceramic art; and working in different media. Kaneko also recalls Jerry Rothman, Paul Soldner, Jim Melchert, Ralph Bacerra, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Jun Kaneko (1942- ) is a ceramicist and sculptor from Omaha, Nebraska. Mary Drach McInnes is an art history professor from Alfred Station, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 43 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  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Asian American art  Search this

Asian American artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Asian American sculptors  Search this

Asian American ceramicists  Search this

Ceramicists -- Nebraska -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios

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.kaneko05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw901dc71b9-3a7a-49be-be74-1b702e6bc68a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kaneko05

Interviewee:

Higby, Wayne, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

McInnes, Mary  Search this

Subject:

Bauer, Fred  Search this

Cushing, Val M.  Search this

Ferguson, Ken  Search this

McKinnell, James  Search this

McKinnell, Nan  Search this

Merritt, Francis Sumner  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Neri, Manuel  Search this

Randall, Theodore  Search this

Shaner, David  Search this

Soldner, Paul  Search this

Turner, Robert Chapman  Search this

Voulkos, Peter  Search this

Woodman, Betty  Search this

Alfred University  Search this

Archie Bray Foundation  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

Helen Drutt Gallery  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

University of Colorado (Boulder campus)  Search this

University of Michigan  Search this

University of Nebraska  Search this

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

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Africa -- description and travel

Asia -- Description and travel

China -- description and travel

Colorado -- description and travel

Europe -- description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Wayne Higby, 2005 April 12-14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

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

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Pottery, Minoan  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11657

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)251584

AAA_collcode_higby05

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_251584

Interviewee:

Higby, Wayne  Search this

Interviewer:

McInnes, Mary, 1956-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Alfred University -- Faculty  Search this

Archie Bray Foundation  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Helen Drutt Gallery  Search this

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

Rhode Island School of Design -- Faculty  Search this

University of Colorado (Boulder campus) -- Students  Search this

University of Michigan -- Students  Search this

University of Nebraska -- Faculty  Search this

Bauer, Fred  Search this

Cushing, Val M.  Search this

Ferguson, Ken, 1928-2004  Search this

McKinnell, James  Search this

McKinnell, Nan  Search this

Merritt, Francis Sumner, 1913-2000  Search this

Motherwell, Robert  Search this

Neri, Manuel, 1930-  Search this

Randall, Theodore, 1914-1985  Search this

Shaner, David, 1934-  Search this

Soldner, Paul  Search this

Turner, Robert Chapman, 1913-2005  Search this

Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002  Search this

Woodman, Betty, 1930-2018  Search this

Extent:

9 Items (Sound recording: 9 sound files (4 hr., 55 min.), digital, wav)

66 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Africa -- description and travel

Asia -- Description and Travel

China -- Description and Travel

Colorado -- description and travel

Europe -- description and travel

Date:

2005 April 12-14

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Wayne Higby conducted 2005 April 12-14, by Mary McInnes, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Alfred Station, New York. Higby speaks of growing up in Colorado Springs, Colorado; choosing to go to University of Colorado, Boulder; traveling to Europe, Asia, and Africa; being influenced by Minoan pottery; working for ceramicist Betty Woodman; deciding to become a teacher; getting a graduate degree at the University of Michigan; working at Archie Bray Foundation; teaching at the University of Nebraska and Rhode Island School of Design; having his first one person art show and exhibiting nationally; teaching at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; the influence of landscape on his work; how the craft market has changed during his career; working with the Helen Drutt Gallery; writing about craft and the need for critical dialogue in craft publications; being inspired by Asian art; learning ceramics from Jim and Nan McKinnell, and the influence of other teachers on his career; getting hired at Alfred University; the challenges and benefits of teaching at Alfred; his colleagues at Alfred; making functional art and using the vessel form; his teaching philosophy; putting ceramics in a larger art context; his current project; his studio practice; themes in his artwork; choosing to work in porcelain; lecturing and touring in China; being interested in landscape painting; the public response to his work; and recently being awarded several honors. Higby also recalls Manuel Neri, Peter Voulkos, Paul Soldner, Fred Bauer, David Shaner, Francis Merritt, Ted Randall, Bob Turner, Val Cushing, Kenneth Ferguson, Robert Motherwell, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Wayne Higby (1943- ) is a ceramicist from Alfred Station, New York. Mary McInnes is a professor from Alfred, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 55 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:

Use requires an appointment.

Topic:

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

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Educators -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Pottery, Minoan  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.higby05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bf162d01-21b8-45c0-a721-3b28272fd72c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-higby05