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Interviewee:

Levin, Rob, 1948-  Search this

Levin, Rob, 1948-  Search this

Interviewer:

Byrd, Joan Falconer, 1939-  Search this

Subject:

Bernstein, William  Search this

Brown, William J. (William Joseph)  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Levin, Robert  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Peiser, Mark  Search this

Ritter, Richard Q.  Search this

Denison University  Search this

Glass Art Society  Search this

Penland School of Crafts  Search this

Pilchuck School  Search this

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

Southern Illinois University (System)  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Art -- North Carolina  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass art -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Glass art -- Technique  Search this

Glass artists -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Glass blowing and working -- Technique  Search this

Jewish art  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11702

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)249435

AAA_collcode_levin04

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_249435

Interviewee:

Kirkpatrick, Joey, 1952-  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey, 1952-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Burford, Byron  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Cohen, Reba  Search this

Demetrion, James  Search this

Doty, Mark  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield  Search this

Edwards, Steven Dale  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Hinds, Chuck  Search this

Mace, Flora  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia  Search this

Patrick, Peggy  Search this

Ragovin, Howard  Search this

Scanga, Italo  Search this

Schiele, Egon  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vigeletti, Sylvia  Search this

Art Institute of Chicago  Search this

Des Moines Art Center  Search this

Iowa State University  Search this

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

Pilchuck School  Search this

University of Iowa  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Iowa -- Description and travel

Topic:

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass blowing and working  Search this

Sculpture -- Technique  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12851

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255873

AAA_collcode_kirkpa05

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255873

Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William  Search this

Stankard, Paul  Search this

Wheaton, Frank  Search this

Wheaton, Mary  Search this

4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)  Search this

Contemporary Glass Gallery  Search this

International Farm Youth Exchange  Search this

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

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Plymouth State College  Search this

University of Illinois.  Search this

University of Utah  Search this

Wheaton Glass Village  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Norway -- description and travel

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Depression in women  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13288

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255870

AAA_collcode_mace05a

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255870

Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

4-H Youth Development Program (U.S.)  Search this

Contemporary Glass Gallery  Search this

International Farm Youth Exchange  Search this

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

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Plymouth State College -- Students  Search this

University of Illinois. -- Student  Search this

University of Utah  Search this

Wheaton Glass Village  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William, 1957-  Search this

Stankard, Paul, 1943-  Search this

Wheaton, Frank  Search this

Wheaton, Mary  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (sound discs (3 hrs., 25 min.) Audio, digital)

58 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Norway -- description and travel

Date:

2005 August 17-18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Flora Mace conducted 2005 August 17-18, by Lloyd E. Herman, 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, which she shares with Joey Kirkpatrick, in Seattle, Washington.

Ms. Mace discusses growing up in New Hampshire, in a house that her family had lived in for generations; various family businesses, including clam-shucking; how her mother suffered from depression throughout her childhood; her grandparents, who played a large role in her upbringing; joining the 4-H and becoming a skilled shepherd; her family's hunting, fishing, and gathering, on which they survived during her childhood; the various art projects she did with her mother and grandmother, including making wreaths for friends and relatives; building tree houses out of scrap wood; trapping animals and making their pelts into clothes for her dolls; saving up her money from after school jobs and the 4-H competitions to buy tools; getting a scholarship from her grandmother's old employer to go to college; attending Plymouth State; her involvement in college athletics, including field hockey, skiing, and softball; early artistic influences, especially Alexander Calder; traveling to Norway on the International Farm Youth Exchange; attending the University of Illinois for graduate school and being their sculpture technician; attending a summer workshop at the University of Utah with Dale Chihuly; being invited by Chihuly to go to Pilchuck Glass School to continue her work; becoming an artist-in-residence at Wheaton Glass Village; having her first show at the Contemporary Glass Gallery (later the Heller Gallery) in New York; the growth of the studio glass movement in the late 1970s; and finally going to Pilchuck Glass School for the first time in 1979, where she met Joey Kirkpatrick. The continuation of Mace's story, and her lifelong collaboration with Kirkpatrick, is discussed in a joint interview of Kirkpatrick and Mace. Mace also recalls Bill Morris, Ben Moore, Audrey Handler, Paul Stankard, Mary and Frank Wheaton, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Flora Mace (1949- ) is a glass artist from Seattle, Washington. Lloyd E. Herman (1936- ) is a curator and former director of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery and currently lives in Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 25 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:

Decorative arts  Search this

Depression in women  Search this

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

Women artists  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.mace05a

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97a282c98-cc3f-4a72-963c-5c245fbcf0ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mace05a

Interviewee:

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Art Institute of Chicago -- Student  Search this

Des Moines Art Center  Search this

Iowa State University -- Students  Search this

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

Pilchuck School  Search this

University of Iowa -- Students  Search this

Burford, Byron, 1920-2011  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Cohen, Reba  Search this

Demetrion, James  Search this

Doty, Mark  Search this

Dove, Arthur Garfield, 1880-1946  Search this

Edwards, Steven Dale  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Hinds, Chuck  Search this

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William, 1957-  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia , 1887-1986  Search this

Patrick, Peggy  Search this

Ragovin, Howard  Search this

Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001  Search this

Schiele, Egon, 1890-1918  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vigeletti, Sylvia  Search this

Extent:

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

51 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Iowa -- Description and Travel

Date:

2005 August 17-18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Joey Kirkpatrick conducted 2005 August 17-18, by Lloyd E. Herman, 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, which she shares with Flora Mace, in Seattle, Washington.

Ms. Kirkpatrick discusses her childhood in Des Moines, Iowa, as the third daughter among four; her early interest in art and, beginning in fifth grade, working at the Des Moines Art Center; her mother's creativity and love for art and design; visiting her aunt Elaine in Chicago and attending adult classes at the Art Institute of Chicago; seeing an Egon Schiele show at the Des Moines Art Center and its influence on her; her sense, even at an early age, that she was going to be an artist; going to college at the University of Iowa and getting a BFA in drawing; working in ceramics at the University of Iowa and studying under her mentor, Howard Ragovin; beginning to make sculptures out of chicken wire and papier-mâché and becoming interested in three-dimensional forms and planes; her most profound artistic influences, including Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Alexander Calder, and Alberto Giacometti; meeting Steven Dale Edwards during her last year in college and learning how to blow glass from him; blowing glass at a facility geared towards ceramic engineers at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, after college; working at the Art Center throughout and continuing to paint while living with her grandmother; working at a daycare center where she functioned as an art therapist; seeing an advertisement in Craft Horizons magazine for Pilchuck Glass School; working as a tree topper in Des Moines to get the money to go to Pilchuck; showing up at Pilchuck with an armful of her drawings; meeting Flora Mace, her collaborator and life partner, at Pilchuck; how the two eventually came to collaborate and cosign their work; and how they work together. A more in-depth discussion of the pair's lifelong collaboration is discussed in a joint interview of Kirkpatrick and Mace. Kirkpatrick also recalls Byron Burford, Peggy Patrick, Reba Cohen, Mark Doty, Jim Demetrion, Dale Chihuly, Chuck Hinds, Italo Scanga, Bill Morris, Ben Moore, Sylvia Vigeletti, Audrey Handler, and Lino Tagliapetra, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Joey Kirkpatrick (1952- ) is a glass artist from Seattle, Washington. Lloyd E. Herman (1936- ) is a curator and former director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery of Art and is currently from Seattle, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 2 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:

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass blowing and working  Search this

Sculpture -- Technique  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.kirkpa05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95154467a-422e-401a-bc09-6376186fa604

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-kirkpa05

Interviewee:

Levin, Robert, 1948-  Search this

Interviewer:

Byrd, Joan Falconer  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Denison University -- Students  Search this

Glass Art Society  Search this

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

Penland School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Pilchuck School -- Students  Search this

Southern Illinois University (System) -- Students  Search this

Bernstein, William, 1945-  Search this

Brown, William J. (William Joseph), 1923-1992  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Levin, Robert, 1948-  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Peiser, Mark, 1938-  Search this

Ritter, Richard Q.  Search this

Extent:

32 Pages (Transcript)

3 Items (Sound recordings: 3 sound files (3 hr., 14 min.), digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2004 December 11

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Levin conducted 2004 December 11, by Joan Byrd, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Burnsville, North Carolina.

Levin speaks of growing up in Dundalk, Maryland; participating in theater in high school; attending Denison University; becoming interested in ceramics and glass; attending graduate school at Southern Illinois University; working as an assistant to Fritz Dreisbach at Pilchuck Glass School; teaching at Penland School of Crafts; becoming resident glass artist at Penland; influential artists; moving to Celo; the North Carolina craft community; the element of play in his work; mixing glass colors; keeping variety in his work; the process of making sculptural and functional pieces; the influence of nature and other cultures on his work; including political and social statements in his work; making mixed-media pieces; working on commission; making Judaica pieces; the glass blowing process; being part of an international glass tradition; participating in the Glass Art Society; the reasons he enjoys teaching; attending GAS conferences; participating in regional art organizations; his home studio and the equipment he uses; how his working process has changed; designing a series of awards; his interest in music and guitar; the qualities of glass; and the importance of intuitiveness in creating his pieces. Levin also recalls Audrey Handler, Bill Boysen, Bill Brown, Richard Ritter, Bill Bernstein, Mark Peiser, Harvey Littleton, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Levin (1948- ) is a glass artist from Burnsville, North Carolina. Joan Falconer Byrd (1939- ) is a professor in the art department, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 14 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:

Art -- North Carolina  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass art -- Equipment and supplies  Search this

Glass art -- Technique  Search this

Glass artists -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Glass blowing and working -- Technique  Search this

Jewish 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.

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.levin04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d0dd5e53-130f-4a94-a999-7b0af81a6552

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-levin04