Search Results

Interviewee:

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

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Flora Mace, 2005 August 17-18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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:

Morris, William, 1957-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

California State University, Chico -- Students  Search this

Central Washington University -- Students  Search this

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

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

San Carlos Borromeo Basilica (Carmel, Calif.)  Search this

Benaroya, Jack, 1921-2012  Search this

Benaroya, Rebecca  Search this

Campbell, Joseph, 1904-1987  Search this

Carpenter, James, 1949-  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Demarco, Ricky  Search this

Graves, Nancy Stevenson, 1940-1995  Search this

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

Hydman-Vallien, Ulrica, 1938-2018  Search this

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961  Search this

Karan, Donna, 1948-  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Libenský, Stanislav, 1921-2002  Search this

Lipofsky, Marvin, 1938-2016  Search this

Lipski, Donald, 1947-  Search this

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Marioni, Dante, 1964-  Search this

Moore, Benjamin P.  Search this

Oppenheim, Dennis, 1938-2011  Search this

Pfaff, Judy, 1946-  Search this

Saxe, Dorothy  Search this

Saxe, George  Search this

Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001  Search this

Seguso, Livio, 1930-  Search this

Signoretto, Pino, 1944-  Search this

Smith, Kiki, 1954-  Search this

Stroemple, George R.  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vallien, Bertil, 1938-  Search this

Extent:

7 Items (Sound recording: 7 wav files (5 hr., 5min.), digital)

105 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

British Isles -- Description and Travel

Date:

2009 July 13-14

Scope and Contents:

An interview of William Morris conducted 2009 July 13-14, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Morris' home, in Stanwood, Washington.

William Morris speaks of his decision to stop working in glass in 2005; his deep connection to the natural world; working now with stone; the longstanding theme of man and nature in his work; his influence on the studio glass movement; use of installations; relationship to the greater art world; Cache [1993]; the importance of working in a team, particularly with Jon Ormbrek; studio practice and philosophy of working in the studio; series Man Adorned and first use of the human form; how his work evolves artistically; the influence of his travels on his work and his particular affinity for Mesoamerican culture; the process of choosing his subjects; growing up in Carmel, California, and frequenting the museum at the Carmel Mission Basilica; his early fascination with Native American artifacts and history in the museum; childhood spent hiking in the hills around Carmel and youth spent camping and rock-climbing; art instruction during childhood; ceramics work in high school; introduction to ideas of Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell by his high school teacher, Lloyd Baskerville; undergraduate work at California State University, Chico, working with Vernon Patrick; first experience with glass in high school, through the Fort Ord military base crafts department; brief studies at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington; arriving at Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington, in 1977 as a shop assistant/maintenance person; his first encounter with Dale Chihuly; 10 years as Chihuly's main assistant and de facto apprenticeship; his greater overall technical education at Pilchuck; the development of his own team as he continued to work with Chihuly; working with Chihuly and Italo Scanga; the synergy of working in a group and artistic cross-pollination at Pilchuck; the influence and mentorship of Judy Pfaff; working with Italian glass masters at Pilchuck; the influence of Pino Signoretto; his trip with Chihuly to the British Isles, which inspired his series Stone Vessels and series Standing Stones in the mid-1980s; his practice of working in series; series Petroglyph Vessels, and the beginning of narrative in his work; the importance of naiveté, experimentation, and a "confidence in innocence"; series Artifacts; the influence of Donald Lipski on Morris' installations; series Burial Urns and series Burial Rafts; series Canopic Jars; commissions for George Stroemple; the genesis of the series Rhyton; the transcendental/mythic qualities in his work; series Crow and Raven; more discussion of series Man Adorned; series Rattles; collaboration with fashion designer Donna Karan; the importance of glass as a material, and the importance of "play"; the value of an apprentice-type program; his work in bronze and with Nancy Graves; series Cinerary Urns and coming to terms with the deaths of close friends; series Mazorca; series Idolo and Idolito; series Native Species (2006); series Fish Traps; more discussion of his decision to leave glassworking; documentary film Creative Nature, 2008; "Myth, Object, and the Animal" exhibition; the adventurous spirit of the American studio glass movement, particularly in the early years; his preference for short workshops rather than longer teaching sessions; the aesthetic continuity of his work throughout his career; his appreciation of the community of collectors of glass art. He also recalls Ken Wiese, Robert and Terrie Kvenild, Bertil and Ulrica Vallien, Gary Galbraith, Stan Price, Dennis Oppenheim, Kiki Smith, Dante Marioni, Livio Seguso, Marvin Lipofsky, Benjamin Moore, Jamie Carpenter, Checco Ongaro, Lino Tagliapietra, Ricky DeMarco, Flora Mace, Joey Kirkpatrick, Trumaine Mason, Karen Willenbrink, Ross Richmond, Randy Walker, John Hauberg, Stanislav Libenský, Graham Graham, Charlie Cowles, George and Dorothy Saxe, and Jack and Rebecca Benaroya.

Biographical / Historical:

William Morris (1957- ) is a glass artist in Stanwood, Washington.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 5 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 -- Study and teaching  Search this

Ceramics -- Study and teaching  Search this

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

Sculptors -- Washington (State) -- Interviews  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.morris09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a2dba5aa-31b2-4202-84d2-bae39f6d7c97

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-morris09

Interviewee:

Ruffner, Ginny  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  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

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.) -- Faculty  Search this

University of Georgia -- Students  Search this

Dohne, Deborah  Search this

Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Leach, Mark  Search this

Littleton, Maurine  Search this

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Robbins, Tom  Search this

Scott, George C., 1927-1999  Search this

Smith, Alvy Ray  Search this

Tschida, Fred  Search this

Extent:

36 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2006 September 13-14

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ginny Ruffner conducted 2006 September 13-14, by Mija Riedel, 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 Seattle, Washington.

Ruffner speaks of her new outdoor sculpture piece, "The Urban Garden," in Seattle, Washington; receiving her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in painting and drawing at the University of Georgia; developing an interest in glass after seeing Marcel Duchamp's, "The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (Large Glass)"; spending five years learning lampworking as an apprentice/employee; teaching experiences at Pilchuck School of Glass; moving to Seattle, Washington from Atlanta, Georgia; reading as a strong influence; the significance of language and words; an interest in mathematic theories, particle physics, and cosmology; various series of artwork including Beauty, Aesthetic Engineering, Balance, and Patterns of Thought; plans for her three-part pop-up book about creativity, imagination, and wonder; travels to Japan, Italy, Australia, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Ireland, and France; universal and subjective concepts of beauty; her recovery from the accident she suffered in 1991; a change of perception following the accident; her dislike of labeling art as whimsical; the transformative effects of experiencing installation pieces; and exhibition and installation plans for the future. Ruffner also recalls Flora Mace, Joey Kirkpatrick, Deborah Dohne, Fred Tschida, Maurine Littleton, Tom Robbins, Alvy Ray Smith, George C. Scott, Mark Leach, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Ginny Ruffner (1952- ) is a glass artist from Seattle, Washington. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer, from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr.

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

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

Decorative arts  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.ruffne06

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw931b74bd9-b07a-4bd2-b0fd-6ac6c21fbf87

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ruffne06

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

Sculpture -- Technique  Search this

Glass art  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:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E  Search this

Subject:

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Anderson, Dale  Search this

Anderson, Doug  Search this

Benglis, Lynda  Search this

Ben Tré, Howard  Search this

Borenstein, Joan  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Dehoff, Bill  Search this

Dehoff, Sarah  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William  Search this

Pfaff, Judy  Search this

Pilloff, Bensen  Search this

Pilloff, Francine  Search this

Rooney, Alice  Search this

Rosenfield, Betsy  Search this

Royal, Rich  Search this

Saxe, Dorothy  Search this

Saxe, George  Search this

Scanga, Italo  Search this

Shirley, Jon  Search this

Shirley, Mary  Search this

Statom, Therman  Search this

Stroemple, George R.  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vallien, Bertil  Search this

Welch, Ann  Search this

Wilmarth, Christopher  Search this

Wolff, Ann  Search this

Zynsky, Toots  Search this

Foster/White Gallery  Search this

Habatat Galleries  Search this

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

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

Walla Walla Foundry  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Flora Mace and Joey Kirkpatrick, 2005 August 17-18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

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

Women artists  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11940

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)255912

AAA_collcode_mace05

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_255912

Interviewee:

Mace, Flora, 1949-  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey  Search this

Interviewer:

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Names:

Foster/White Gallery  Search this

Habatat Galleries  Search this

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

Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.)  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design -- Students  Search this

Walla Walla Foundry  Search this

Anderson, Dale, 1944-  Search this

Anderson, Doug, 1943-  Search this

Ben Tré, Howard, 1949-2020  Search this

Benglis, Lynda, 1941-  Search this

Borenstein, Joan  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Dehoff, Bill  Search this

Dehoff, Sarah  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Moore, Ben  Search this

Morris, William, 1957-  Search this

Pfaff, Judy, 1946-  Search this

Pilloff, Bensen  Search this

Pilloff, Francine  Search this

Rooney, Alice, 1926-2019  Search this

Rosenfield, Betsy  Search this

Royal, Rich  Search this

Saxe, Dorothy  Search this

Saxe, George  Search this

Scanga, Italo, 1932-2001  Search this

Shirley, Jon, 1938-  Search this

Shirley, Mary  Search this

Statom, Therman, 1953-  Search this

Stroemple, George R.  Search this

Tagliapietra, Lino  Search this

Vallien, Bertil, 1938-  Search this

Welch, Ann  Search this

Wilmarth, Christopher  Search this

Wolff, Ann  Search this

Zynsky, Toots, 1951-  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (Audio: 5 wav files (3 hrs., 17 min.), digital)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2005 August 17-18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Flora Mace and 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 artists' home and studio, in Seattle, Washington.

They discuss their first meeting at Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, in 1979; the structure of classes and teaching philosophies at Pilchuck in the late '70s and early '80s; the change in equipment and the growth of the Pilchuck campus through the years; their first projects together, which were wire drawings made by Flora and based on Joey's sketches; leaving Pilchuck after the summer session and moving together to Waterville, New Hampshire, where they worked in a studio at the Rhode Island School of Design with Dale Chihuly; building up a body of work and then having to decide whose work it was, at a time when collaborating and co-signing was not standard practice; going back to Pilchuck every summer for 14 years after first meeting there in 1979; beginning to teach as a collaborative team at Pilchuck in 1981, the first women to teach glass blowing at that school; building their house together on the grounds of Pilchuck, a design which was then emulated for dormitories at the school; convincing Dale Chihuly to lower the class size at Pilchuck to 10, down from 20, to allow teachers to work more closely with the students; early shows of their work at Habatat Galleries in Royal Oak, Michigan, Ivor Kurland Gallery in Los Angeles, California, and Foster-White Galleries in Seattle, Washington; the support of their sisters and families throughout the years, mostly in providing them a place to stay as they traveled cross country; their relationships with collectors; what each artist brings to the partnership, including vision, inspiration, and technique; the influence of water on their work, as both artists are drawn to the sea and the tides; the purpose of their work, and what they feel it can bring to the viewer; the challenge given to the artists by Joan Borenstein to make 30 glass goblets, all with different fruits and vegetables; having their work cast at the Walla Walla Foundry; and the ideas behind various bodies of work, including the "Bird Pages" and the large latticino fruit. A more in-depth discussion of each artist's childhood, education, and artistic experiences prior to their meeting at Pilchuck can be found in the individual artist's interviews. They recall Italo Scanga, Bill Morris, Ben Moore, Rich Royal, Howard Ben Tre, Toots Zynsky, Therman Statom, Harvey Littleton, Lino Tagliapetra, Chris Wilmarth, Judy Pfaff, Lynda Benglis, Alice Rooney, Bertil Vallien, Ann Wolff, Betsy Rosenfield, George and Dorothy Saxe, Doug and Dale Anderson, Jon and Mary Shirley, Sarah and Bill Dehoff, Francine and Benson Pilloff, George Stroemple, Ann Welch, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Joey Kirkpatrick (1952- ) and Flora Mace (1949- ) are glass artists 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. Mace and Kirkpatrick have been working collaboratively on glass since the late 1970s.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 17 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

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

Women artists  Search this

Glass art  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.mace05

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98d0bff3c-9050-48a3-b06f-e1e6ab7ef3f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mace05

Sculptor:

Mace, Flora 1949-  Search this

Kirkpatrick, Joey 1952-  Search this

Medium:

Blown glass

Type:

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by Iowa State University Brunnier Art Museum 290 Scheman Building Ames Iowa 50011

Located Iowa State University Brunnier Art Museum Ames Iowa Accession Number: UM93.24

Date:

1992

Topic:

Object--Fruit--Pear  Search this

Control number:

IAS 65060041

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_466746

Sculptor:

Kirkpatrick, Joey 1952-  Search this

Mace, Flora 1949-  Search this

Medium:

Glass

Type:

Sculptures

Date:

1993

Topic:

Object--Fruit--Pear  Search this

Control number:

IAS 46900011

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_452918