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Creator:

Barrie, Dennis  Search this

Names:

Archives of American Art  Search this

New Organization for the Visual Arts (Ohio)  Search this

Clague, John, 1928-  Search this

Nevadomi, Ken, 1939-  Search this

Parker, Patricia Zinsmeister, 1934-  Search this

Roby, George  Search this

Von Weise, Wenda, 1941-  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Video recordings

Interviews

Date:

circa 1984

Summary:

The Dennis Barrie interviews of Ohio artists measures 2.0 linear feet and date from circa 1984. Video recordings with five Ohio artists, originally titled the "Artists in Residence Series," were produced by the New Organization for the Visual Arts in conjunction with the Archives of American Art. Dennis Barrie, Midwest Director of the Archives of American Art, interviews painters Patricia Zinsmeister Parker and Ken Nevadomi, sculptor John Clague, fiber artist Wenda Von Weise, and ceramicist George Roby. Each discusses their background, training, lifestyle, and problems they've faced as artists. The videocassette recordings are dated 1984, but the interviews may have occurred in 1980.

Scope and Contents:

The Dennis Barrie interviews of Ohio artists measures 2.0 linear feet and date from circa 1984. Video recordings with five Ohio artists, originally titled the "Artists in Residence Series," were produced by the New Organization for the Visual Arts in conjunction with the Archives of American Art. Dennis Barrie, Midwest Director of the Archives of American Art, interviews painters Patricia Zinsmeister Parker and Ken Nevadomi, sculptor John Clague, fiber artist Wenda Von Weise, and ceramicist George Roby. Each discusses their background, training, lifestyle, and problems they've faced as artists. The videocassette recordings are dated 1984, but the interviews may have occurred in 1980.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as one series.

Biographical / Historical:

Dennis Barrie was the Director for the Midwest Office of the Archives of American Art in the 1970s and 1980s.

Provenance:

A project of the New Organization of the Visual Arts and Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. The interviews were conducted by Dennis Barrie, Director of the Midwest Office of the Archives of American Art.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Painters -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Artists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Ceramicists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Fiber artists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Video recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Dennis Barrie interviews with Ohio artists, circa 1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.barrdenn

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Dennis Barrie Interviews of Ohio Artists

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw939eaf39b-f37e-48e3-abd7-c959f3123c64

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-barrdenn

Creator:

Schreckengost, Viktor, 1906-2008  Search this

Subject:

American Limoges China Co.  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Photographs

Sketches

Video recordings

Citation:

Viktor Schreckengost papers, 1933-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Ceramic tableware  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11511

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211300

AAA_collcode_schrvikt

Theme:

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211300

Creator:

Barrie, Dennis, 1947-  Search this

Subject:

Clague, John  Search this

Nevadomi, Ken  Search this

Parker, Patricia Zinsmeister  Search this

Roby, George  Search this

Von Weise, Wenda  Search this

New Organization for the Visual Arts (Ohio)  Search this

Archives of American Art  Search this

Type:

Video recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Dennis Barrie Interviews of Ohio Artists, circa 1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Artists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Ceramicists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Fiber artists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6679

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216003

AAA_collcode_barrdenn

Theme:

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216003

Creator:

Kottler, Howard, 1930-1989  Search this

Subject:

University of Washington  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Howard Kottler papers, 1907-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13426

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)263268

AAA_collcode_kotthowa

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_263268

Interviewee:

Soldner, Paul Edmund, 1921-2011  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Voulkos, Peter  Search this

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 Paul Soldner, 2003 April 27-28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Philosophy  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12457

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)242172

AAA_collcode_soldne03

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_242172

Creator:

Soldner, Paul  Search this

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

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Names:

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

Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002  Search this

Extent:

77 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2003 April 27-28

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Paul Soldner conducted 2003 April 27-28, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Claremont, California.

Soldner describes his "wonderful" childhood; learning early in life that critiques hinder creativity; early interest in photography, including building his own enlargers; making a pottery wheel in high school; he recalls the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago and a wheel throwing demonstration by an "Appalachian potter"; his studies at Bluffton College in Ohio; teaching art in Ohio; his art studies at University of Colorado; working with Peter Voulkos at the Los Angeles County Art Institute [now Otis College of Art and Design] and constructing a studio with Voulkos; the importance of accidents, intuition, and invention in his work; how art movements and Eastern artists have influenced him; clay's durability and expressive qualities; he discusses his teaching philosophy and grading system; for beginners, the importance of producing quantity over quality; his role as the "godfather" of Anderson Ranch in Snowmass, Colorado; how he transformed the Scripps Annual ceramics show; he describes the evolution of his work in ten-year cycles, including his tall pots, raku, and "low-salt fuming" periods; his low-tech inventions; traveling and workshops; his definition of a craftsman; his evolution from pottery to sculpture; encouraging his students to "go farther" and experiment; dealers, galleries, and collectors; his aversion to art criticism; the impact of Eastern and Western religion on art; the importance of "surprise," "playfulness," and "energy" in the work; he compares his work to music; commissions and collaborations; subconscious and environmental influences on his work; and the future direction for contemporary ceramics. Soldner also recalls Katie Horsman, Kenneth Price, Jun Kaneko, Millard Sheets, Kaneshige, Cheever Meaders, Robert Arneson, John Mason, Fred Marer, Louana Lackey, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Paul Soldner (1921- ) is a ceramicist of Aspen, Colorado. Interviewer Mija Riedel is a curator, writer of San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 1 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.

Topic:

Art -- Philosophy  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.soldne03

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9eb7d7379-bb21-431b-b53b-4560df59b50b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-soldne03

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:

Earl, Jack Eugene, 1934-  Search this

Interviewer:

Milosch, Jane, 1964-  Search this

Subject:

Arneson, Robert  Search this

Atherton, Carlton  Search this

Bacerra, Ralph  Search this

Bogatay, Paul  Search this

Fetzer, Margaret  Search this

Friley, Gene  Search this

Keland, Karen  Search this

Kerrigan, Tom  Search this

Kottler, Howard  Search this

LaDousa, Tom  Search this

Littlefield, Edgar  Search this

Lugenbuhl, Darvin  Search this

Schuman, Norm  Search this

Shaw, Richard  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Voulkos, Peter  Search this

Bluffton College (Bluffton, Ohio)  Search this

John Michael Kohler Arts Center  Search this

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

The Ohio State University  Search this

Toledo School of Art and Design  Search this

Virginia Commonwealth University  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Ohio -- Description and travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jack Earl, 2007 June 19-20. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Ceramicists -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13626

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)272042

AAA_collcode_earl07

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_272042

Interviewee:

Earl, Jack  Search this

Interviewer:

Milosch, Jane  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Bluffton College (Bluffton, Ohio) -- Students  Search this

John Michael Kohler Arts Center  Search this

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

The Ohio State University -- Students  Search this

Toledo School of Art and Design -- Faculty  Search this

Virginia Commonwealth University -- Faculty  Search this

Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992  Search this

Atherton, Carlton  Search this

Bacerra, Ralph, 1938-2008  Search this

Bogatay, Paul  Search this

Fetzer, Margaret  Search this

Friley, Gene  Search this

Keland, Karen  Search this

Kerrigan, Tom  Search this

Kottler, Howard, 1930-1989  Search this

LaDousa, Tom  Search this

Littlefield, Edgar  Search this

Lugenbuhl, Darvin  Search this

Schuman, Norm  Search this

Shaw, Richard, 1941 Sept. 12-  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (Sound recording: 5 sound files (4 hr., 32 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Ohio -- Description and Travel

Date:

2007 June 19-20

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Jack Earl conducted 2007 June 19-20, by Jane Milosch, 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 Lakeview, Ohio.

Earl speaks of his childhood in Uniopolis, Ohio; using his father's tools in the garage to make toys; developing a long-lasting friendship with his high school art teacher; studying art at Bluffton College and learning to make pottery; learning to read in college and getting a minor in English; getting married while in college; graduating from Bluffton College and getting a job teaching at a local high school; teaching high school art for ten years in New Breman, Ohio; attending a graduate program at Ohio State University and earning a Master's in Ceramic Art; being influenced by professor Paul Bogatay while in graduate school; working at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center over one winter break; teaching at Toledo School of Art and Design following graduation from Ohio State University; learning to make European porcelain; beginning to apply oil paint to his ceramic pieces; copying imagery from European masterpieces; feeling uninspired by Virginia culture after moving there to teach at Virginia Commonwealth University; moving back to Ohio and enjoying the proximity of his children and grandchildren there; his belief that his artwork reflects his life; the greater market for ceramic artwork now compared to when he began working; continuing ceramic tradition by incorporating humor into his work; the importance of his family and Ohio culture to his work; writing a book with Karen Keland to promote crafts, especially ceramics; being much more interested in making things than in his teaching; the versatility of clay as a material; and his work habits. Earl recalls Darvin Lugenbuhl, Paul Bogatay, Carlton Atherton, Edgar Littlefield, Gene Friley, Margaret Fetzer, Howard Kottler, Robert Arneson, Tom LaDousa, Norm Schuman, Peter Voulkos, Paul Smith, Karen Keland, Tom Kerrigan, Ralph Bacerra, Richard Shaw, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Jack Earl (1934- ) is a ceramic artist from Lakeview, Ohio. Jane Milosch is a curator from Silver Spring, Maryland.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 32 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 -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

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.earl07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw967300ee8-3349-484b-b052-b4e8bbd89566

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-earl07

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

Creator:

Schreckengost, Viktor, 1906-  Search this

Names:

American Limoges China Co.  Search this

Extent:

0.7 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Photographs

Sketches

Video recordings

Date:

1933-1995

Summary:

The scattered papers of industrial designer Viktor Schreckengost measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1995. Largely, this selection of papers deals with Schreckengost's dinnerware design career, specifically with the American Limoges pottery firm of Sebring, Ohio. Found is correspondence with the American Limoges China Company and the Crockery and Glass Journal; printed materials featuring his designs; a photo of Schreckengost and his ceramics; sketches and large-scale renderings of dinnerware; and three VHS videocassettes. One videocassette dates from 1993 and contains an interview of Viktor and Don Schreckengost, a 1994 videocassette concerns the history of Schreckengost's art, and a third tape contains a slide show.

Scope and Contents:

The scattered papers of industrial designer Viktor Schreckengost measure 0.7 linear feet and date from 1933 to 1995. Largely, this selection of papers deals with Schreckengost's dinnerware design career, specifically with the American Limoges pottery firm of Sebring, Ohio. Found is correspondence with the American Limoges China Company and the Crockery and Glass Journal; printed materials featuring his designs; a photo of Schreckengost and his ceramics; sketches and large-scale renderings of dinnerware; and three VHS videocassettes. One videocassette dates from 1993 and contains an interview of Viktor and Don Schreckengost, a 1994 videocassette concerns the history of Schreckengost's art, and a third tape contains a slide show.

Arrangement:

Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.

Series 1: Viktor Schreckengost papers, 1933-1995 (Box 1-3; 0.7 linear feet)

Biographical / Historical:

Viktor Schreckengost (1906-2008) was an industrial designer, teacher, and sculptor in Cleveland, Ohio.

Schreckengost was born in Sebring, Ohio--a major dinnerware manufacturing community. He began odd jobs at the potteries as a child and created his first dinnerware design while still in high school. After attending the Cleveland School of Art (now Cleveland Institute of Art), he studied in Vienna, Austria under Michael Powolny. Returning to Cleveland, Schreckengost accepted a teaching position at the institute. Also, he worked at Cowan Pottery located in Rocky River, Ohio where he designed the Jazz Bowl commissioned by Eleanor Roosevelt.

Schreckengost remained an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Art for over seventy years as faculty and professor emeritus and founded the CIA's school of industrial design. He was equally prolific in design and produced a body of work consisting of fine art ceramics, every day kitchen and dinnerware, sculpture, watercolor and industrial designs including a pedal car and a bicycle. At thirty-seven, he enlisted in U.S. Navy and fought in World War II. He designed prosthetics to help his fellow soldiers.

For the American Limoges China Company (Sebring, Ohio) and the Salem China Company (Salem, Ohio), Schreckengost designed dinnerware for the everyday American table. Influenced by the Great Depression, he believed good design did not need to be expensive. Additionally, he created complimentary design lines so that different patterns and styles could be mixed together.

He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2006. A lifelong Clevelander, Viktor Schreckengost passed away in Tallahassee, Florida while on vacation in 2008.

Related Materials:

The of bulk Viktor Schreckengost's papers are housed at Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections in Cleveland, Ohio.

Separated Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds material lent for microfilming (reel 1078) including three scrapbooks dating from 1929-1949 and photographs from 1929-1954. Lent materials were returned to the lender and are not described in the collection container inventory.

Provenance:

Viktor Schreckengost lent material for microfilming in 1975. Chip Nowacek, Executive Director of the Viktor Schreckengost Foundation donated papers in 2006.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Occupation:

Ceramicists--Ohio  Search this

Industrial designers--Ohio  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Ceramic tableware  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Photographs

Sketches

Video recordings

Citation:

Viktor Schreckengost papers, 1933-1995. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.schrvikt

See more items in:

Viktor Schreckengost papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cc3834e8-044a-495c-ae61-641e013561fd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-schrvikt

Interviewee:

Eckhardt, Edris, 1905-1998  Search this

Interviewer:

Barrie, Dennis, 1947-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Edris Eckhardt, 1973 November 26-December 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Sculpture, American  Search this

Sculptors -- Ohio -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11954

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212648

AAA_collcode_eckhar73

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212648

Creator:

Melchert, Jim, 1930-  Search this

Names:

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

National Endowment for the Arts  Search this

Cotton, Paul, 1939-  Search this

Tucker, Marcia  Search this

Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002  Search this

Extent:

7 Linear feet

12.28 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

circa 1949-2021

Summary:

The papers of ceramicist, educator, and arts administrator James Melchert measure 7 linear feet and 12.28 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1949 to 2021. The collection documents Melchert's career through biographical material, personal and professional correspondence, professional files documenting Melchert's teaching, residences, exhibitions, and other professional activities, writings, printed material documenting exhibitions and more, photographic material including images of Melchert and his artwork, and artwork comprising slide projection works.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of ceramicist, educator, and arts administrator James Melchert measure 7 linear feet and 12.28 Gigabytes, and date from circa 1949 to 2021.

Biographical material includes biographies and résumés, travel documents, and student records. Correspondence is professional and personal in nature and includes letters from artists such as Lawrence Weiner, Adrian Piper, Sol Lewitt, Hetty Huisman, and Peter Voulkos; gallerists and curators including Holly Solomon, Paul Kotula, Marcia Tucker, Lucy Lippard, and Harald Szemann; and notable former students including Paul Cotton and Theresa Cha. Professional files include records and correspondence from Melchert's tenures at the American Academy in Rome, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of California Berkeley, in addition to documenting other professional activities.

The writings series includes interviews, talks, panels, symposia, notes, artist statements, and autobiographical texts. Printed material includes clippings and exhibition documentation. Photographic material includes images of Melchert and his artwork from various stages of his career. Artwork includes Melchert's slide projection works represented by slides, and an artist multiple by Nam June Paik.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in seven series:

Series 1: Biographical Material, circa 1949-2019 (0.1 Linear feet: Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, circa 1953-2021 (3.1 Linear feet: Boxes 1-4; 3.93 Gigabytes: ER01-ER02)

Series 3: Professional Files, circa 1965-2020 (0.8 Linear feet: Box 4)

Series 4: Writings, circa 1960s-2020 (0.7 Linear feet: Box 5; 8.35 Gigabytes: ER03-ER05)

Series 5: Printed Material, circa 1960s-2020 (1.4 Linear feet: Boxes 5-7)

Series 6: Photographic Material, circa 1952-2017 (0.6 Linear feet: Box 7)

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1968-1990 (0.3 Linear feet: Box 7)

Biographical / Historical:

James Melchert (1930-) is a ceramicist and educator living in Oakland, California, known for his uniquely conceptualist approach to ceramics which draws from other disciplines including painting and performance art.

Born in New Bremen, Ohio, Melchert's education followed an unorthodox path: upon finishing his undergraduate degree in Art History in 1952, he spent four years in Japan teaching English at a high school, during which time he met his wife to be, a missionary and collage artist named Mary Ann Hostetler, with whom he would have three children. Melchert received a first master's degree from the University of Chicago in 1957 in painting, followed by a second master's degree in ceramics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1961. He shifted his focus to ceramics while completing his painting degree and attended a five-day workshop with the highly innovative and influential Peter Voulkos, with whom he would study at Berkeley and for whom he would serve as studio assistant. Melchert's career as a ceramicist began with a close association to Voulkos and the California Funk art movement.

Melchert's evolving interests led to his work including performance art and slide projection works, one of which was exhibited at Documenta 5 curated by Harald Szeemann in Kassel, Germany. After a trip to Europe in the eighties, Melchert began his experimental investigations with ceramic tile, working with cracks and imperfections in tiles and painting on the resulting works, a theme that would be an occupation of his studio practice to this day. Melchert taught fairly steadily throughout the early stages of his career and is known as a dedicated instructor to artists of various disciplines, including Paul Cotton and Theresa Cha.

Notably Melchert served as a faculty member at University of California at Berkeley from 1964-1994, with a stint living in Washington D.C. serving as the Director of Visual Arts Program of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1977 to 1981, and in Rome, Italy as the Director of American Academy, Rome from 1984 to 1988. As an artist, in addition to being exhibited around the world, Melchert's ceramic works including commissions are held in numerous collections such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery, Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Yale University Museum of Art.

Related Materials:

Related materials include Archives of American Art's Oral history interview with James Melchert, 1991 Apr. 4-5, and Oral history interview with James Melchert, 2002 September 18-October 19.

Provenance:

Donated 2004 and 2019-2021 by James Melchert as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Ceramicists -- California -- Oakland  Search this

Educators -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Arts administrators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Topic:

Interviews  Search this

Conceptual art  Search this

Funk  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Citation:

James Melchert papers, circa 1949-2021. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

AAA.melcjim

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Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d190f8b8-f9b3-4b9f-a02a-e6c19fe8769b

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-melcjim

Collection Creator:

Barrie, Dennis  Search this

Extent:

2 Linear feet (Boxes 1-2)

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

circa 1984

Scope and Contents:

The Dennis Barrie interviews of Ohio artists were produced by the New Organization for the Visual Arts in conjunction with the Archives of American Art. The project was originally titled the "Artists in Residence Series." Dennis Barrie, Midwest Director of the Archives of American Art, in five separate videos, interviews Ohio artists, including painters Patricia Zinsmeister Parker and Ken Nevadomi, sculptor John Clague, fiber artist Wenda Von Weise, and ceramicist George Roby. Each discusses their background, training, lifestyle, and problems they've faced as artists. The videos are dated 1984, but may have orignally been created in 1980. Production included Paula L. Grooms, producer, and videographers, Howard J. Schwartz, Eric P. Caldwell.

Collection Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Collection Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Collection Citation:

Dennis Barrie interviews with Ohio artists, circa 1984. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.barrdenn, Series 1

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Dennis Barrie Interviews of Ohio Artists

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dd036456-1e53-4fa6-b453-5b436811447a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-barrdenn-ref4

Creator:

Kottler, Howard, 1930-1989  Search this

Names:

University of Washington  Search this

Extent:

11.6 Linear feet

0.014 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1907-2006

Summary:

The Howard Kottler papers measure 11.6 linear feet and 0.014 GB and date from circa 1907-2006. Included are biographical materials consisting of copies of Kottler's biography, curriculum vitae, a 1948 year book from Cleveland Heights High School, diplomas and awards, and a 1988 calendar with notations by Kottler; correspondence with friends, family, and associates, including Arna Goffe, Gwen-Li Goo, Lauren Grossman, Judith Schwartz, Patti Warashina and others; writings including Kottler's doctoral dissertation, "An Exhibition of Pottery in Support of Three Processes in Ceramics"; artist, institutional, and teaching files consisting of the University of Washington, the Tacoma Art Museum, the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, and the Garth Clark Gallery as well as inventory lists, sales records, banking records, digital documents and correspondence relating to the establishment and business conduct of the Howard Kottler Charitable Trust; photographs, digital photographs, slides and negatives of Kottler and his work; audiovisual material including 27 audio cassettes of interviews with Kottler, circa 1988-1989, by Patricia Failing who wrote the book "Howard Kottler: Face to Face", Univ. of Washington, 1995, 35 mm reel stills of Kottler's "American Gothic", 1/4 in. sound recording labeled Exp 1 first; and few unidentified beta, VHS and cassette tapes; and printed material consisting of comic books, newspaper clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, posters and craft periodicals featuring Kottler.

Scope and Contents:

The Howard Kottler papers measure 11.6 linear feet and 0.014 GB and date from circa 1907-2006. Included are biographical materials consisting of copies of Kottler's biography, curriculum vitae, a 1948 year book from Cleveland Heights High School, diplomas and awards, and a 1988 calendar with notations by Kottler; correspondence with friends, family, and associates, including Arna Goffe, Gwen-Li Goo, Lauren Grossman, Judith Schwartz, Patti Warashina and others; writings including Kottler's doctoral dissertation, "An Exhibition of Pottery in Support of Three Processes in Ceramics"; artist, institutional, and teaching files consisting of the University of Washington, the Tacoma Art Museum, the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, and the Garth Clark Gallery as well as inventory lists, sales records, banking records, digital documents and correspondence relating to the establishment and business conduct of the Howard Kottler Charitable Trust; photographs, digital photographs, slides and negatives of Kottler and his work; audiovisual material including 27 audio cassettes of interviews with Kottler, circa 1988-1989, by Patricia Failing who wrote the book "Howard Kottler: Face to Face", Univ. of Washington, 1995, 35 mm reel stills of Kottler's "American Gothic", 1/4 in. sound recording labeled Exp 1 first; and few unidentified beta, VHS and cassette tapes; and printed material consisting of comic books, newspaper clippings, exhibition announcements, catalogs, posters and craft periodicals featuring Kottler. There is a 0.4 linear foot addition to the collections donated 2020 that includes a file on Kottler in conjunction with research conducted by Patrica Failing. Also included are two VHS videocassette tapes "Howard Kottler interview by KCTS-TV," undated.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into nine series

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1907-1989 (0.3 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1972-2000 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 1-3, 0.001 GB; ER01)

Series 3: Writing, 1964-1994 (0.3 linear feet; Box 3)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1954-2004 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 3-4)

Series 5: Professional Activity Files, 1955-2005 (1.0 linear feet; Boxes 4-5)

Series 6: Personal Business Records, 1974-2006 (1.4 linear feet; Boxes 5-6)

Series 7: Photographs, 1920-2004 (4.1 linear feet; Boxes 6-10, 0.013 GB; ER02-ER03)

Series 8: Sound and Video Recordings, circa 1980-1992 (0.7 linear feet; Boxes 10-13)

Series 9: Unidentified Recordings (0.1 linear feet; Box 10)

Biographical / Historical:

Howard Kottler (1930-1989) was a ceramicist in Seattle, Washington, and he taught at the University of Washington. He is best known for his multiple series of decal plates that rejected traditional studio ceramic practices that emphasized and valued hand-made objects, and focusing instead on mass-produced store-bought plates and commercial decals to create pieces decorated with appropriated images from popular culture to convey his political, social, and personal messages. Kottler earned a Masters of Art in Ceramics from Ohio State University in 1956 and a PhD in ceramics from the same institution in 1964.

Provenance:

The Howard Kottler papers were donated in multiple accessions. In 2006, the initial donation was made by Wendy Goffe, executor for the Kottler estate. Judith Schwartz, trustee of the Howard Kottler estate, made the second donation in 2019 and Ben Goffe donated additional material in 2020.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Ceramicists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Educators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Howard Kottler papers, 1907-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.kotthowa

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Howard Kottler papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99f6a220e-704d-449d-a917-e24a4a3f15a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kotthowa

Creator:

Cowles, Hobart E., 1923-1980  Search this

Names:

Rochester Institute of Technology  Search this

School for American Crafts  Search this

Extent:

2.5 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Date:

1924-1980

Summary:

The papers of ceramicist and educator Hobart E. Cowles measure 2.5 linear feet and date from 1924-1980. The collection sheds light on Cowles's career through personal papers, writings and notebooks, professional files, printed material, photographs, artwork, and one video recording.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of ceramicist and educator Hobart E. Cowles measure 2.5 linear feet and date from 1924-1980. The collection sheds light on Cowles's career through personal papers, writings and notebooks, professional files, printed material, photographs, artwork, and one video recording.

Personal papers include resumes, an interview transcript, a video recording of a documentary on Cowles, and correspondence. Writings and notebooks include course notebooks, papers, and more pertaining to Cowles's undergraduate and graduate work, and an annotated outline for a slide presentation given by Cowles.

Professional files primarily deal with exhibitions, Cowles's years teaching at R.I.T., and his involvement with professional organizations.

Printed materials consist of articles and newspaper clippings, book excerpts, exhibition ephemera from solo and group shows, and an advertisement for a workshop conducted at R.I.T. Photographs are of Cowles and his family, his artwork, and events including organizational gatherings, exhibitions, and teaching at R.I.T.

Artwork consists of 5 sketchbooks as well as loose sketches and designs for various projects.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 6 series.

Series 1: Personal Papers, 1924-1980 (Box 1; 11 folders)

Series 2: Writings and Notebooks, 1947-1980 (Box 1-2; .8 linear feet)

Series 3: Professional Files, 1948-1980 (Box 2; .5 linear feet)

Series 4: Printed Material, 1947-1980 (Box 2; 10 folders)

Series 5: Photographs, 1924-1980 (Box 2-3; 9 folders)

Series 6: Artwork, 1947-1980 (Box 3, OV 4; 6 folders)

Biographical / Historical:

Hobart E. Cowles (1923-1980) was a ceramicist and educator in Rochester, New York. He was an early experimenter with the firing of clay and is credited with playing an important role in the introduction of chemistry to clay processes.

Cowles, who was originally from Madison, Ohio, earned a BFA in ceramics from Wesleyan Conservatory in Macon, Georgia, in 1949, and completed his MFA at Ohio University in 1950. Cowles subsequently began teaching at Rochester Institute of Technology's School for American Crafts, working alongside Frans Wildenhain. He taught courses in glaze chemistry and ceramic history at R.I.T up until his death in 1980.

Cowles began showing his work, predominantly boxes, lidded jars, and sculptures decorated with self-designed glazes, almost immediately upon his arrival in Rochester. Although he went on to have his work featured in group exhibitions around the world, including at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York and at the Brussels Worlds Fair, he focused primarily on his craft and his teaching throughout his career.

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Barbara Cowles, Hobart Cowles's widow, between 1981-1982.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

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

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

Genre/Form:

Sketchbooks

Video recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Hobart E. Cowles papers, 1924-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Identifier:

AAA.cowlhoba

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Hobart E. Cowles papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c62d8c6c-2e20-48e9-9dfa-dbddd1667d68

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cowlhoba