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Interviewee:

Rocca, Suellen, 1943-2020  Search this

Interviewer:

Stieber, Jason, 1973-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21700

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398507

AAA_collcode_rocca16

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_398507

Interviewee:

Nilsson, Gladys, 1940-  Search this

Interviewer:

Goncharov, Kathy, 1952-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13708

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)280341

AAA_collcode_nilsso08

Theme:

Women

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_280341

Interviewee:

Kearney, John, 1924-2014  Search this

Interviewer:

Richards, Judith Olch, 1947-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15657

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)282400

AAA_collcode_kearne09

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_282400

Interviewee:

Ghez, Susanne, 1937-  Search this

Interviewer:

Richards, Judith Olch, 1947-  Search this

Subject:

Enwezor, Okwui  Search this

Flood, Richard G.  Search this

Paschke, Ed  Search this

Reid, Katharine Lee  Search this

Rorimer, Anne  Search this

Spector, Buzz  Search this

David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art  Search this

University of Chicago  Search this

Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Arts administrators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Curators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Museum directors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15916

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)297010

AAA_collcode_ghez11

Theme:

Women

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_297010

Interviewee:

Green, Art, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Stieber, Jason, 1973-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)21699

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398506

AAA_collcode_green16

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_398506

Interviewee:

Bordowitz, Gregg, 1964-  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Subject:

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

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

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)16325

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)379660

AAA_collcode_bordow16

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_379660

Interviewee:

Nilsson, Gladys, 1940-  Search this

Interviewer:

Goncharov, Kathy  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (wav files (2 hrs., 3 min.), digital)

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2008 Aug. 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Gladys Nilsson conducted 2008 Aug. 9, by Kathy Goncharov, for the Archives of American Art, at Congress Hotel, in Chicago, Ill.

Biographical / Historical:

Gladys Nilsson (1940- ) is a painter and founding member of Chicago Hairy Who, who lives and works in Chicago, Ill. Nilsson teaches at the Art Institute of Chicago and is best known for her vibrant watercolors.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound disc. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 3 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.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

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.nilsso08

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nilsso08

Interviewee:

Nordland, Gerald  Search this

Interviewer:

Larsen, Susan C.  Search this

Names:

University of Southern California. -- Students  Search this

Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993  Search this

Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948  Search this

Johnston, Ynez, 1920-  Search this

Lachaise, Gaston, 1882-1935  Search this

Extent:

117 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 May 25-26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Gerald Nordland conducted 2004 May 25-26, by Susan C. Larsen, for the Archives of American Art, in Chicago, Ill.

Nordland speaks about his birthplace and childhood home; parent's occupations; interests as a child; beginning interest in art history; first visits to the Los Angeles County Museum; relationship with Lincoln Kirstein; move to Yale; his book on Gaston Lachaise; attending the University of Southern California; meeting Man Ray; German sculpture; being drafted; first meeting with Richard Diebenkorn and working with Diebenkorn on a book; getting out of the Army; first paintings purchased; writing for "Frontier" magazine; the invitation to work at the Chouinard Art Institute; Institute teachers such as Richard Ruben, Robert Irwin, Don Graham; the founding of the California Institute of Arts (CalArts); classes and professors at CalArts; move to San Francisco in 1966; shows curated by Nordland on Gaston Lachaise, Fred Sommer, Peter Voulkos, Richard Diebenkorn, Burri, Caro, "African Art in Motion," Fritz Gardner, Jack Jefferson, Ed Moses, Controversial Public Art; meeting and marrying Paula Prokopoff; and other job offerings from Florida, Georgia, and California. Nordland also recalls Gifford Phillips, Mitchell Wilder, Josef Albers, Grace Moreley, Emerson Woelffer, Robert Motherwell, Arshile Gorky, Peter Voulkos, E. E. Cummings, Paul and Josephine Kantor, Adolph Gottlieb, Ynez Johnston, Richard Nickel, Clifford Still, A. E. Gallatin, Richard Diebenkorn and others. Nordland also comments on galleries including the Royer Gallery, Paul Kantor Gallery, Ferus Gallery, Landau Gallery, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Gerald Nordland (1927- 2019) was an art historian, critic, educator, curator, and author who resided in Chicago, Ill. at the time of the interview.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Art historians -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Curators -- Interviews  Search this

Art, American -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Art, American -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this

Art, American -- 20th century  Search this

Art, American -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by the Goldsmith Foundation.

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.nordla04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-nordla04

Interviewee:

Jones, Frederick D., 1913-1996  Search this

Interviewer:

Williams, Arlene E.  Search this

Subject:

South Side Community Art Center  Search this

African-American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Painters -- Illinois -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11441

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211896

AAA_collcode_jones88

Theme:

African American

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211896

Interviewee:

Golub, Leon, 1922-2004  Search this

Interviewer:

Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art, American -- 20th century  Search this

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11646

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214184

AAA_collcode_golub65

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214184

Interviewee:

Rocca, Suellen, 1943-2020  Search this

Interviewer:

Stieber, Jason, 1973-  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (digital video file (1 hr., 2 min.) Video, digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2016 May 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Suellen Rocca conducted 2016 May 26, by Jason Stieber, in Chicago, Ill, for the Archives of American Art's Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Suellen Rocca (1943- 2020) was an artist, curator, and educator in Romeoville, Ill. Interviewer Jason Stieber (1973- ) is the National Collector for the Archives of American Art.

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:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.rocca16

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rocca16

Interviewee:

Klement, Vera, 1929-  Search this

Interviewer:

Stieber, Jason, 1973-  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (digital video file (1 hr., 4 min.) Video, digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2016 May 25

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Vera Klement conducted 2016 May 25, by Jason Stieber, for the Archives of American Art's Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Vera Klement (1929- ) is a painter in Chicago, Ill. Interviewer Jason Stieber (1973- ) was the National Collector for the Archives of American Art.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the papers of Vera Klement.

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:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.klemen16

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-klemen16

Interviewee:

Green, Art, 1941-  Search this

Interviewer:

Stieber, Jason, 1973-  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (digital video file (57 min.) Video, digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2016 May 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Art Green conducted 2016 May 23, by Jason Stieber, in Chicago, Ill for the Archives of American Art's Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Art Green (1941- ) is an artist and educator in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Jason Stieber (1973- ) was the National Collector for the Archives of American Art.

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:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funded by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.green16

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-green16

Interviewee:

Bordowitz, Gregg  Search this

Interviewer:

Fialho, Alex, 1989-  Search this

Names:

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (sound files (5 hrs., 50 min.), digital, wav)

80 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2016 April 10-11

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Gregg Bordowitz, conducted 2016 April 10-11, by Alex Fialho, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at the Visual AIDS office in New York, N.Y.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee Gregg Bordowitz (1964- ) is an artist, writer, and educator in New York, New York. and Chicago, Ill. Interviewer Alex Fialho (1989- ) is the Programs Manager for Visual AIDS in New York, New York.

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:

For information on how to access this interview contact Reference Services.

Topic:

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

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.bordow16

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bordow16

Interviewee:

Adrian, Dennis, 1937-  Search this

Interviewer:

Silverman, Lanny  Search this

Names:

Akron Art Museum  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project  Search this

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Madison Art Center  Search this

Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

New York University  Search this

Portland Art Museum (Or.)  Search this

University of Chicago -- Students  Search this

Acconci, Vito, 1940-  Search this

Achilles, Rolf  Search this

Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990  Search this

Anderson, Jeremy, 1921-1982  Search this

Artner, Alan G.  Search this

Barnes, Robert, 1934-  Search this

Baum, Don, 1922-  Search this

Brown, Roger, 1941-1997  Search this

Carlson, Victor I.  Search this

Castelli, Leo  Search this

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Coplans, John  Search this

Cornell, Joseph  Search this

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de, 1510-1554  Search this

Dubuffet  Search this

Florsheim, Lillian H.  Search this

Frumkin, Allan  Search this

Garver, Thomas H.  Search this

Golub, Leon, 1922-2004  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Hanson, Philip, 1943-  Search this

Hoffman, Rhona, 1934-  Search this

Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983  Search this

Kind, Phyllis, 1933-2018  Search this

Leaf, June, 1929-  Search this

Lee, Sherman E.  Search this

Maxon, John, 1916-  Search this

Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969  Search this

Newman, Muriel Kallis Steinberg  Search this

Nicholson, Natasha, 1945-  Search this

Parker, Dorothy, 1893-1967  Search this

Pearlstein, Philip, 1924-  Search this

Petlin, Irving, 1934-2018  Search this

Ramberg, Christina  Search this

Rossi, Barbara, 1940-  Search this

Schulze, Franz, 1927-2019  Search this

Sleigh, Sylvia  Search this

Spero, Nancy, 1926-2009  Search this

Swinton, Tilda  Search this

Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002  Search this

Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987  Search this

Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922-  Search this

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900  Search this

Wiles, Bertha Harris, 1896-  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (4 hr., 18 min.), digital, wav)

173 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2015 October 8-9

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Dennis Adrian conducted 2015 October 8-9, by Lanny Silverman, for the Archives of American Art's Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project, at Adrian's home in Seaside, Oregon.

Adrian speaks of growing up in Astoria; traveling to Chicago and New York; Cannon Beach; aging and getting older; his origins; curators and curating; visual sensibilities; the Portland Public Library; opera; his parents, grandparents, and family; Finnish sensibility and humor; Portland Art Museum and classes for children; curator as voyeur; credit and accomplishments; hands on experiences; Artforum; art history; attending University of Chicago; homosexuality and coming out; looted European masterworks; Botticelli; exposure to real art; connoisseurship; collectors and collecting; a Robert Louis Stevenson letter; violin making; growing into yourself; Chicago; war; New York University; Frumkin Gallery; New York; the art world; Madison Art Center; Akron Art Museum; friendship and role models; Art Institute of Chicago; meeting Mies van der Rohe; meeting idols; education; Oscar Wilde and Dorothy Parker; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Monster Roster; traveling; Chicago art politics; writing and critics; Eurocentric curators; Chicago as an undervalued city; Dog Day Afternoon; discovering art; New York sightings; and experiences running into artists. Adrian also recalls Roger Brown, Ruth Horwich, Gilda Buchbinder, Don Baum, Sherman Lee, Victor Carlson, Peter Voulkos, Lawrence Alloway, Rhona Hoffman, Allan Frumkin, June Leaf, Leon Golub, Jeremy Anderson, Robert Barnes, Tom Garver, Bruce Conner, Natasha Nicholson, H. C. Westermann, Franz Schulze, Bertha Harris Wiles, Muriel Newman, Aaron James Spire, Lillian Florsheim, John Maxon, Greg Knight, P.B. Maryan, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Sleigh, Nancy Spero, Irving Petlin, John Coplans, Alan Artner, Alice Shaddle, Phyllis Kind, Andy Warhol, Joseph Cornell, Tilda Swinton, Leo Castelli, Philip Guston, Dubuffet, Pussy Pepke, Bumpy Rogers, Barbara Rossi, Christina Ramberg, Philip Hanson, Miyoko Ito, Mark Jackson, Rolf Achilles, and Vito Acconci.

Biographical / Historical:

Dennis Adrian (1937- ) is an art critic, educator, and curator in Chicago, Illinois. Lanny Silverman (1947- ) is a curator at the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois.

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:

Art critics -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art, American -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Art -- History  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Art thefts -- Europe  Search this

Curators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Educators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Homosexuality  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Identifier:

AAA.adrian15

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-adrian15

Interviewee:

Kearney, John, 1924-  Search this

Interviewer:

Richards, Judith Olch  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (wav files (5 hr., 28 min.), digital)

140 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2009 Mar. 12-13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Kearney conducted 2009 Mar. 12-13, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, in Kearney's studio, in Chicago, Ill.

Biographical / Historical:

Interviewee John Kearney (1924- ) is an artist and sculptor in Chicago, Ill. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y. Kearney was educated at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Universita per Stranieri and is the co-founder of Contemporary Art Workshop in Chicago.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 28 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:

Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

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.kearne09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kearne09

Interviewee:

Gray, Richard, 1928-2018  Search this

Interviewer:

McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-  Search this

Names:

University of Illinois. -- Student  Search this

Boris, Harry  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Emmerich, André  Search this

Fabricant, Andrew  Search this

Gaudí, Antoni, 1852-1926  Search this

Gray, Paul  Search this

Klamen, David, 1961-  Search this

Louis, Morris, 1912-1962  Search this

Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010  Search this

Olitski, Jules, 1922-2007  Search this

Plensa, Jaume, 1955-  Search this

Stone, Allan  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Sound recording, master: 1 sound disc (1 hr., 45 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)

41 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2007 Dec. 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Richard Gray conducted 2007 Dec. 9, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art, at Carlyle Hotel, in New York, N.Y .

Gray speaks of being born in Chicago, Ill. and attending high school in Hyde Park; required coursework in art and music; his father's childhood in Poland; attending the University of Illinois in Chicago before transferring to the main campus in Champaign-Urbana; studying architecture but then becoming more interested in art; the influence of an early mentor; joining the air force and being stationed in France in the early 1950s; traveling throughout France, Spain, and Germany; visiting Barcelona to see Antoni Gaudí's architecture; returning to the United States, meeting his wife on a blind date, and marrying her within a year; being moved by the musical and artistic environment of his in-laws' home; owning a manufacturing business for 10 years; restructuring his father's summer resort in Michigan following his death; hosting music festivals and Harry Boris as artist-in-residence at the resort; following Boris's suggestion to open an art gallery in Chicago; his first art purchases from Allan Stone and André Emmerich in New York; his first gallery space off of Michigan Avenue on East Ontario Street in the same building as B.C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky; his second gallery space on Michigan Avenue; showing Color Field artists including Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, and Jules Olitski; dealers as collectors; seeing himself more as a collector than a dealer at this time in his life; his diverse collection of drawings spanning many time periods; his past practice of buying works of art in shares with other dealers; the competition between art dealers and auction houses; his belief in free-market opportunities; handling the sale of Willem de Kooning's Woman V; the gallery's representation of Jaume Plensa and David Klamen; the future direction of the gallery at both the Chicago and New York City locations; the changing market in international art; recently being designated a Living Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois; and his strong presence and activity in Chicago's cultural community. Gray also recalls André Emmerich, Andrew Fabricant, Paul Gray, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Gray (1928-2018) was an art dealer from Chicago, Ill. Interviewer James McElhinney is a painter and educator from New York, N.Y.

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 dealers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Color-field painting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Function:

Art galleries, Commercial -- Illinois -- Chicago

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by The Art Dealers Association of 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.gray07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gray07

Interviewee:

Ghez, Susanne  Search this

Interviewer:

Richards, Judith Olch  Search this

Creator:

Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project  Search this

Names:

David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art  Search this

Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project  Search this

University of Chicago. Renaissance Society  Search this

Enwezor, Okwui  Search this

Flood, Richard G., 1949-  Search this

Paschke, Ed  Search this

Reid, Katharine Lee  Search this

Rorimer, Anne  Search this

Spector, Buzz  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (Sound recording, master: 4 memory cards (4 hr., 53 min.), secure digital, 1.25 in.)

84 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2011 Jan. 25-26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Susanne Ghez conducted 2011 Jan. 25 and 26, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art's Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts project, at the Renaissance Society, in Chicago, Ill.

Ghez discusses her work for the Renaissance Society in Chicago; the Renaissance Society's involvement with European artists; taking risks; the importance of "programming first"; attention to Chicago area artists; a mix of local, national, and international programming; complementary programming with the Smart Museum of Art; audiences; the relationship between the Renaissance Center and the University of Chicago; installation issues; improved outreach to students; working on "Documenta 11," including the experience of co-curating with Okwui Enwezor and travelling to visit artists; exhibitions coming out of the "Documenta experience"; changes in curatorial practices; recommendations for aspiring curators; her retirement and succession plans; projects as an independent curator; art collectors in Chicago; serving on advisory committees; organizing thematic exhibitions; the importance of "belief" and "trust," and other topics. She recalls Anne Rorimer, Richard Flood, Buzz Spector, Katharine Lee Reid, James Coleman, Benjamin Buchloh, Ed Paschke, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Susanne Ghez (1937- ) is a museum director at the Renaissance Society in Chicago, Ill. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y.

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:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Arts administrators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Curators -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Museum directors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

This interview is part of the Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts Project, funded by the A G Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.ghez11

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ghez11

Interviewee:

Woelffer, Emerson, 1914-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Creator:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Otis Art Institute  Search this

Extent:

55 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1999 March 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Emerson Woelffer conducted 1999 March 26, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art's Art Schools in California Project, in Woelffer's studio/home, Los Angeles, California.

Woelffer briefly discusses his own student experience at the Art Institute of Chicago (1933-1937), and focuses more on his teaching at Moholy Nagy's Institute of Design in Chicago, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (1954-1960) where he was head of the fine arts department, and the many years in Los Angeles as an educator at Chouinard Art School (now California Art Institute) and Otis Art Institute (now Otis College of Art and Design). Woelffer recalls Chouinard students who were the most "far out," among them Larry Bell, Joe Goode, and Ed Ruscha. He credited the free-wheeling stimulation of Los Angeles itself as the source for these experimental artists who were different from those in Chicago. In his final remarks, Woelffer emphasized the importance of drawing to the training of an artist.

Biographical / Historical:

Emerson Woelffer (1914-2003) was a painter and educator from Los Angeles, California. One of the leading senior modernists working in Los Angeles, Woelffer was invited in 1960, by Mitch Wilder, to head the fine arts department at Chouinard Art Institute where he taught until it was moved to Valencia and transformed into California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 50 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. Other interviewees in the Art Schools in California Oral History Project include: Leo Holub, Charles Linder, Paul Carey (1993), and Paul Carey and Stephanie Caloia (1997), with funding provided by the Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Art teachers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Function:

Art Schools -- California -- Los Angeles

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.woelff99

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woelff99

Interviewee:

Renk, Merry, 1921-2012  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

750 Studio  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) -- Students  Search this

Mobilia Gallery  Search this

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

San Francisco Metal Arts Guild  Search this

School of Industrial Design (Trenton, N.J.) -- Students  Search this

University of California, Berkeley. History of Art Dept. -- Faculty  Search this

Albers, Josef  Search this

Asawa, Ruth  Search this

Bates, Kenneth F. (Kenneth Francis), 1904-  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957  Search this

Brynner, Irena  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this

Curtis, Earle  Search this

De Patta, Margaret, 1903-1964  Search this

Godfrey, Mary Jo Slick  Search this

Guermonprez, Trude, 1910-1976  Search this

Hall, Doris.  Search this

Nordness, Lee  Search this

Oliver, Olive  Search this

Tajiri, Shinkichi, 1923-2009  Search this

Tawney, Lenore  Search this

Extent:

49 Pages (Transcript)

1 Item (sound file (4 min. 15 sec.) Audio excerpt, digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2001 January 18-19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Merry Renk conducted 2001 January 18-19, by Arline M. Fisch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Renk's home and studio, San Francisco, California.

Renk speaks of her family background; growing up during the Depression; her father's creativity and encouragement; early inspiration from "the structure of nature"; attending the School of Industrial Arts in Trenton, N.J., and later the Institute of Design in Chicago; student life at the Institute of Design; establishing a studio and gallery, 750 Studio, at 750 North Dearborn, in Chicago, in 1947, with two other students, Mary Jo Slick [Godfrey] and Olive [Bunny] Oliver; managing 750 Studio and organizing exhibitions of Harry Callahan, Henry Miller, Lazlo Maholy-Nagy, Warren and Ethel MacKenzie, Doris Hall, and others; working with enamels; early "primitive" spirals; decision to be a jeweler; the importance of the "wearability" of jewelry; moving to San Francisco in 1948; living in Paris, 1950-1951; relationship with Shinkichi Tajiri; visiting Constantin Brancusi; traveling with Lenore Tawney through Spain and Morocco; settling in San Francisco; friendship with sculptor and neighbor Ruth Asawa; learning about Josef Albers from Asawa, resulting in experiments with folded metal; meeting her second husband, potter Earle Curtis on Halloween 1954; purchasing and remodeling their home; teaching part-time at the University of California, Berkeley and in workshops; her children, Baunnie and Sandra; managing motherhood and jewelry making in a two-artist household; drawing as a form of inventory; the influence of Lee Nordness; learning the plique-à-jour technique of enameling through trial and error; early influence of Doris Hall's work; working with wire; use of natural forms and interlocking forms; the process of making Wedding Crown (1968) for the exhibition Objects USA; making wedding crowns for her daughters; her shift from non-objective art to portraiture and symbolic imagery in the early 1970s; making large-scale sculpture in 1974, then "drifting back" to jewelry; importance of working independently; her "memory paintings" in the 1980s; evolution of her name from Mary Ruth Gibbs to Merry Renk Curtis (married Stanley Renk in 1941); her involvement with local guilds such as the Metal Arts Guild of San Francisco and national organizations such as the American Craft Council (ACC); lack of critical writing about her work; the value of exhibitions; various pieces in museum collections; early ACC conferences; her long friendship with photographer Imogen Cunningham; posing for Cunningham; becoming an ACC fellow; her jewelry tools; the process of painting compared to jewelry making. She also mentions Kenneth Bates, Trude Guermonprez, Irena Brynner, the Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and her mentor Margaret de Patta.

Biographical / Historical:

Merry Renk (1921-2012) was a jeweler, painter, and sculptor from San Francisco, California. Arline M. Fisch (1931-) is a metalsmith from San Diego, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 9 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:

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Enamelers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Jewelers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  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.renk01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-renk01