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Interviewee:

Singletary, Preston, 1963-  Search this

Interviewer:

Savig, Mary, 1982-  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

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.). George Gustav Heye Center  Search this

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Cribbs, Keke  Search this

Dailey, Dan, 1947-  Search this

David, Joe, 1946-  Search this

Feddersen, Joe, 1953-  Search this

Garcia, Tammy  Search this

Gardiner, Lewis, 1972-  Search this

Hauberg, John H. (John Henry), 1916-  Search this

Jojola, Tony  Search this

Jungen, Brian  Search this

Libenský, Stanislav, 1921-2002  Search this

Luna, James  Search this

Marioni, Dante, 1964-  Search this

Marioni, Paul  Search this

Martinuzzi, Napoleone, 1892-1977  Search this

Moore, Benjamin P.  Search this

Royal, Richard  Search this

Svenson, David, 1953-  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Extent:

8 Items (Sound recording: 8 sound files (3 hr., 48 min.), digital, wav)

55 Pages (Transcript)

Culture:

Tlingit  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2011 March 23-24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Preston Singletary conducted 2011 March 23-24, by Mary Savig, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Singletary's studio, in Seattle, Washington.

Singletary speaks of his family background, especially his Tlingit heritage and his grandmother; his early interest in music; his job at the Glass Eye Studio in Seattle; his formative years as a glass blower in Seattle and at Pilchuck Glass School; his early styles and processes in the modern Venetian tradition; his interest in Tlingit motifs; early mentors including David Svenson, Joe David, and Tony Jojola; collaboration in the studio with other glass artists and other native artists who work with various media; his interest in the modernist primitivist art movement; the character of significant exhibitions and commissions; his collaborative project with David Svenson and native Alaskans on the Pilchuck Founders' Totem; how he met his wife in Sweden; descriptions of his processes and techniques, including lighting techniques; his retrospective at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma and the Smithsonian's Gustave Heye Center in New York; current and future directions of his work; the character of his studio, including the contributions of his assistants; collaborations with other native artists including Tammy Garcia, Joe Feddersen, and Maori jade carver Lewis Gardiner; his interest in Jungian psychology and shamanism; his relationship with critics, collectors, and dealers; and his involvement with native communities. Singletary also recalls Dante Marioni, Paul Marioni, Benjamin Moore, Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Stanislav Libensky, Napoleone Martinuzzi, David Svenson, Keke Cribbs, Joe David, Tony Jojola, John Hauberg, Richard Royal, Tammy Garcia, Joe Feddersen, Brian Jungen, and James Luna.

Biographical / Historical:

Preston Singletary (1963- ) is a Tlingit glass artist in Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 memory cards as 8 digital sound files. Duration is 3 hr., 48 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:

Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Modernism (Art)  Search this

Primitivism in art  Search this

Tlingit art  Search this

Tlingit sculpture  Search this

Native American artists  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios

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.

Identifier:

AAA.single11

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93a552326-ac2d-4da5-8db1-9f7c95018195

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-single11

Interviewee:

Feddersen, Joe, 1953-  Search this

Interviewer:

Ganteaume, Cécile R., 1956-  Search this

Subject:

Leon Polk Smith Native American Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Video recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Joe Feddersen, 2021 April 29 and May 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Native American artists  Search this

Colville  Search this

Theme:

Native American  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)22078

AAA_collcode_fedder21

Theme:

Native American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_22078

Interviewee:

Feddersen, Joe, 1953-  Search this

Interviewer:

Ganteaume, Cécile R.  Search this

Names:

Leon Polk Smith Native American Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

2 Items ((2 hrs., 30 min.), digital, mp4)

Culture:

Colville  Search this

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Interviews

Video recordings

Date:

2021 April 29 and May 6

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Joe Feddersen conducted 2021 April 29 and 2021 May 6, by Cecile Ganteaume for the Archives of American Art, at Feddersen's home in Omak, Washington.

Biographical / Historical:

Joe Feddersen (1953–) is a Colville artist who uses print, photography, glass, and craft; he is active in Omak, WA. He is especially known for the integration and reimagining of traditional Native motifs and techniques in his work. He has taught at Evergreen State College.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Rights:

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

Occupation:

Painters -- Washington (State)  Search this

Mixed-media artists -- Washington (State)  Search this

Topic:

Native American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Video recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Leon Polk Smith Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.fedder21

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c342c7f7-2e42-41d6-84c1-8bccf8a1a0c0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fedder21

Donor:

United States. Department of State  Search this

Artist:

Agard, Nadema  Search this

Akers, Norman  Search this

Feddersen, Joe, 1953-  Search this

Heap of Birds, Edgar  Search this

Little Turtle, Carm  Search this

Longfish, George C.  Search this

Powhatan, Rose  Search this

Slick, Duane  Search this

Smith, Jaune Quick-to-See, 1940-  Search this

Tremblay, Gail  Search this

WalkingStick, Kay  Search this

Curator of an exhibition:

Farris, Pheobe, 1952-  Search this

Extent:

26 Posters

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Posters

Date:

2005

Summary:

This collections includes 26 posters that were part of the traveling exhibiton "Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals" curated by Phoebe Farris in 2005.

Scope and Contents:

This poster collection contains the 26 posters that made up the U.S. Department of State's traveling exhibition Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals. The posters feature the work of 12 Native American artists and includes samples of the artists works and seperate posters for the artist's statements. The following Native artists were included in this exhibition; Nadema Agard (Cherokee/Lakota/Powhatan), Norman Akers (Osage/Pawnee), Phoebe Farris (Powhatan-Renape/Pamunkey), Joe Feddersen (Colville Confederated Tribes), Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne/Arapaho), Carm Little Turtle (Apache/Tarahumara), George Longfish (Seneca/Tuscarora), Rose Powhatan (Pamunkey), Duane Slick (Meskwaki), Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Flathead Salish/Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation), Gail Tremblay (Onandaga/Micmac) and Kay Walking Stick (Cherokee).

Arrangement:

The poster collection is arranged in one folder in the original order of the exhibition.

Biographical / Historical:

Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals is a traveling exhibit curated by Dr. Pheobe Farris for the United States Department of State consisting of 26 posters. The exhibit was developed as an outgrowth of a 2003 College Art Association panel chaired by Farris titled "Native American Artists/Intellectuals: Speaking for Ourselves in the 21st Century." Working together with Evangeline Montgomery (Senior Program Officer of the State Department's Cultural Programs Division) and Ceasar Jackson (Project Designer for the Cultural Programs Division), Farris selected 12 Native American artists whose work would be viewed in U.S. embassies around the world. The exhibit was put together in a poster format with each poster featuring a photo of the individual artist, one example of their work as well as an artist statement.

Provenance:

Gift of the U.S. Department of State and Dr. Pheobe Farris, 2007.

Restrictions:

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

Rights:

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish or broadbast materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiarchives@si.edu.

Topic:

Indian artists -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Posters

Citation:

Visual Power: 21st Century Native American Artists/Intellectuals poster collection, 2005. National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

NMAI.AC.065

Archival Repository:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv44d8ad203-c650-40f0-bf1b-f5b8203cbd33

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmai-ac-065

Sculptor:

Feddersen, Joe 1953-  Search this

Jacobs, Tom  Search this

Medium:

Ceramic tile

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by Washington State Arts Commission Art in Public Places Program 110 9th & Columbia Bldg., Mail Stop GH-11 Olympia Washington 98504 Accession Number: WSAC86.060.00a-h

Located at Ephrata Senior High School Ephrata Washington

Topic:

Landscape--Panorama  Search this

Control number:

IAS 65720014

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_293404