Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Frank E. Cummings, III, 2006 December 28-2007 January 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Search this
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Interviews
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New York (N.Y.) -- Description and views
Arizona -- Description and travel
California -- description and travel
China -- description and travel
Greece -- description and travel
Italy -- description and travel
Nepal -- description and travel
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Cindy Kolodziejski, 2007 May 5-16. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Carol Eckert, 2007 June 18-19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Peter Shire, 2007 September 18-19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Adrian Saxe, 2007 October 10-15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Ceramicists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with James Carpenter, 2008 February 25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Michael Lucero, 2008 February 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
Ceramicists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Tom Van Sant, 2008 August 14-September 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Imogene "Tex" Gieling, 2008 November 21 and 2012 April 28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Metal-workers -- California -- Interviews Search this
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ruth Braunstein, 2009 August 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Susan Cummins, 2009 October 22. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Martha Longenecker, 2008 July 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews Search this
Museum directors -- California -- Interviews Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Interviews
Sound recordings
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Helen Z. Shirk, 2012 July 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Randy James Stromsöe, 2012 June 4-7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Silversmiths -- California -- Interviews Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Search this
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Sound recordings
Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with James Hubbell, 2012 July 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
An interview with Mary Renk conducted by Jo Lauria, April 28, 2012 for her article on jeweler and designer Margaret De Patta, "Margaret De Patta: Pioneer of Modern Studio," in Ornament magazine, September 2012 issue.
Biographical / Historical:
Merry Renk (1921-2012) was a jeweler, painter, and sculptor from San Francisco, California.
Jo Lauria (1954- ) is a curator and arts writer from Sherman Oaks, California.
General:
Also found on both SD cards is the second session of an oral history interview with Imogene "Tex" Gieling conducted 2012 April 28, by Jo Lauria, for the Archives of American Art.
Provenance:
Donated 2014 by Jo Lauria.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
An interview of Cindy Kolodziejski conducted 2007 May 5-16, by Frank Lloyd, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the Frank Lloyd Gallery, in Santa Monica, California.
Kolodziejski speaks of moving in her early childhood from Germany to Arizona and finally to California; the divorce of her parents at a young age and her feelings of abandonment; her desire as a young child to be an artist; the early influence of her grandmother, an art teacher; teaching herself how to draw by copying images and creating still-lifes; an influential art teacher in high school who encouraged her to pursue college-level art classes and attend art school after graduation; her decision to enroll at Otis College of Art and Design; her foundation art classes at Otis and increasing interest in ceramics; choosing ceramics as a medium because of its flexibility and of form and potential for imagery; the value of her art education to her career; earning a Master of Fine Arts degree while teaching at California State University, Long Beach; the union of form, function, and imagery in her work, especially seen in a recent exhibition at the Frank Lloyd Gallery titled "Reversal of Fountain"; using the University of California, Los Angeles, libraries to find images at first, and later searching the internet for inspiration; creating pieces which play with and explore gender issues and sexuality; being reviewed and featured in articles which are especially concerned with issues of the body and femininity; the documentation of her art in various periodicals and texts, including a piece she wrote for Ceramics Monthly concerning her own work; gaining exposure through these articles, which helped to advance her career; the painstaking and technical process required to fashion her works of art; showing at the Garth Clark Gallery very quickly after graduation; traveling to Greece, China, Nepal, New York, and Italy, and being influenced by the exposure to the different art and cultures; recent travels with her daughter to Italy and feeling excited and humbled by the beauty of certain works; giving a talk at the Getty Museum about a show entitled "The Royal Menagerie" featuring the Meissen large-scale porcelain animals; participating in group shows in museums, particularly the "Color and Fire" exhibit which showcased important ceramicists from 1950 to 2000; being awarded various grants and feeling that applying for those awards is a very worthwhile experience for many artists; teaching first at the high school level and then in college; her teaching methods; forming friendships with fellow artists and art teachers; integrating the use of technology into her art-making process by finding and manipulating images on the computer; feeling motivated to produce in a positive way for exhibition deadlines; the support and friendships that developed through exhibiting with the Clark Garth and Frank Lloyd galleries; the encouragement and support she has been shown by her family throughout her career; and categorizing herself first and foremost as an artist rather than a craft artist or ceramicist. Kolodziejski recalls, Lita Albuquerque, Jill Giegerich, Peter Lodato, Barbara Thomason, Roy Dowell, Eugene Sturman, Carol Caroompas, Tony Marsh, Ralph Baccera, Adrian Saxe, Ron Nagle, Roseline Delisle, John Mason, Jo Lauria, David Pagel, Garth Clark, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Cindy Kolodziejski (1962- ) is a sculptor and painter from Venice, California. Frank Lloyd (1951- ) is a gallery owner from Santa Monica, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 10 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.