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Interviewee:

Montgomery, Evangeline J.  Search this

Interviewer:

Elliott, Claude L.  Search this

Extent:

25 Items (WAV files (3 hours., 16 min.), digital, wav )

65 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2021 June 15 - December 7

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Evangeline J. Montgomery conducted 2021 June 15-December 7, by Claude L. Elliott for the Archives of American Art, at Montgomery's home at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockville, MD.

Biographical / Historical:

Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery (1930- ) is an African American artist, curator, and arts administrator in California and Washington, D.C. Montgomery has advocated for racial justice and public equity across media. She is especially known for her metallurgical works and abstract lithographs as well as her work with the US State Department to foster arts education domestically and abroad.

Related Materials:

The Archives also holds the papers of Evangeline J. Montgomery.

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:

Art museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

Women artists  Search this

African American printmakers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.montgo21

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c3bea9e1-6d68-40a2-a6c7-7907d601b25e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-montgo21

Creator:

Montgomery, Evangeline J.  Search this

Names:

Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006  Search this

Jones, Lois Mailou, 1905-1998  Search this

Saar, Betye  Search this

Waddy, Ruth G. (Ruth Gilliam), 1909-2003  Search this

Extent:

26.1 Linear feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Drawings

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Date:

1928-2018

Summary:

The papers of African American artist, curator, and arts administrator Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery measure 26.1 linear feet and date from 1929-2019. The papers relate to Montgomery's career and involvement in the African American art scene in California and Washington, D.C. The collection includes biographical materials consisting of calendars and appointment books, certificates and awards, records regarding Montgomery's personal art collection, resumes and biographies, and other personal records; correspondence with colleagues and friends such as Benny Andrews, Willis Bing Davis, Edmund Barry Gaither, Eugene Grigsby, Dele Jegede, Samella Lewis, Nzegwu Nkiru, and A.M. Weaver; professional activity files documenting Montgomery's career as a consultant, curator, member, and volunteer for a myriad of organizations including the American Association for State and Local History, National Conference of Artists, and the Oakland Museum; and research files and notes on African and African American arts and history, Black media, Black photographers, the museum profession, and the artists Betye Saar, Lois Mailou Jones, Nike Davies-Okundaye, Romare Bearden, Ruth Waddy, Sam Gilliam, and Sargent Johnson. Also included are files regarding Montgomery's career as an artist containing material on the Brandywine Workshop, interviews with Floyd Coleman and for The Historymakers, sales and consignment records, and other material; printed and documentary material consisting of art reproductions, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and posters regarding Montgomery and other African American artists; artwork by Montgomery, including student sketchbooks, and others; photographic material of Montgomery, friends and colleagues, events, personal snapshots, and works of art; and unidentified audiovisual material.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of artist, curator, and arts administrator Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery measure 26.1 linear feet and date from 1929-2019. The papers relate to Montgomery's career and involvement in the African American art scene in California and Washington, D.C. The collection includes biographical materials consisting of calendars and appointment books, certificates and awards, records regarding Montgomery's personal art collection, resumes and biographies, and other personal records; correspondence with colleagues and friends such as Benny Andrews, Willis Bing Davis, Edmund Barry Gaither, Eugene Grigsby, Dele Jegede, Samella Lewis, Nzegwu Nkiru, and A.M. Weaver; professional activity files documenting Montgomery's career as a consultant, curator, member, and volunteer for a myriad of organizations including the American Association for State and Local History, National Conference of Artists, and the Oakland Museum; and research files and notes on African and African American arts and history, Black media, Black photographers, the museum profession, and the artists Betye Saar, Lois Mailou Jones, Nike Davies-Okundaye, Romare Bearden, Ruth Waddy, Sam Gilliam, and Sargent Johnson. Also included are files regarding Montgomery's career as an artist containing material on the Brandywine Workshop, interviews with Floyd Coleman and for The Historymakers, sales and consignment records, and other material; printed and documentary material consisting of art reproductions, clippings, exhibition announcements and catalogs, and posters regarding Montgomery and other African American artists; artwork by Montgomery, including student sketchbooks, and others; photographic material of Montgomery, friends and colleagues, events, personal snapshots, and works of art; and unidentified audiovisual material.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged as 9 series.

Series 1: Biographical Materials, 1967-2015 (1.0 linear feet; Box 1, OV 27)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1963-2014 (2.0 linear feet; Boxes 2-4)

Series 3: Professional Activity Files, 1963-2017 (7.6 linear feet; Boxes 4-11)

Series 4: Research Files and Notes, 1928-2018 (4.0 linear feet; Boxes 11-16)

Series 5: Files Regarding Montgomery's Career as an Artist, 1970-2016 (1.5 linear feet; Boxes 16-17)

Series 6: Printed and Documentary Materials, 1964-2018 (7.2 linear feet; Boxes 17-23, 26, OVs 27-29, 31-34

Series 7: Artwork, circa 1957-2006 (0.2 linear feet; Boxes 23, 26, OV 30)

Series 8: Photographic Materials and Moving Images, circa 1965-2017 (3.0 linear feet; Boxes 23-27, OV 27)

Series 9: Unidentified Audiovisual Materials, circa 1990s (1 folder; Box 25)

Biographical / Historical:

Evangeline "EJ" Montgomery (1930- ) is an African American artist, curator, and arts administrator in California and Washington, D.C.

Montgomery was born in New York and moved to Harlem in New York City after the divorce of her parents, Oliver and Carmelite Thompson. Upon graduating from Seward Park High School in 1951, Montgomery worked painting faces on dolls and statues. In 1955, she married Ulysses "Jim" Montgomery and moved to Los Angeles. In California she began working for jewelry designer Thomas Usher while attending Los Angeles City College. She continued her education at California College of the Arts (California College of Arts and Crafts) where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1969. During the late 1960s, Montgomery began curating exhibitions. From 1971 to 1976, she was curator for Rainbow Sign Gallery in Berkeley. Other roles Montgomery held were as the national exhibits workshop coordinator at the American Association for State and Local History and as program development consultant at the African American Museums Association. From 1976 to 1979, she was art commissioner for the city of San Francisco.

Montgomery moved to Washington, D.C. in 1980 to serve as the community affairs director for Howard University's WHMM-TV station. She then began working for the United States Information Agency (USIA) as a program officer in their Arts America program in the early 1980s. In her role, she worked to promote cross-cultural exchanges through art, specializing in American exhibitions touring abroad. Montgomery retired from the USIA in 2008.

As an artist, Montgomery gained recognition for her work in printmaking and metalworking. She was the recipient of the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities fellowship in 2012 and an Excellence in the Arts Award from the Brandywine Print Workshop in 2004. Due to her diagnosis of Parkinson's disease in the 1990s, Montgomery had to stop working with metal but continued her printmaking work.

Provenance:

The Evangeline J. Montgomery papers were donated in 2019 by Evangeline J. Montgomery, as part of the Archives' African American Collecting Initiative funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Restrictions:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Art museum curators -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Art museum curators -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this

Metal-workers -- California  Search this

Printmakers -- California  Search this

Topic:

African American artists  Search this

African American art museum curators  Search this

Black Arts movement  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women museum curators  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women arts administrators  Search this

Genre/Form:

Drawings

Interviews

Scrapbooks

Sketchbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Evangeline J. Montgomery papers, 1928-2018. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.montevan

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Evangeline J. Montgomery papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9915d0dc7-2f94-41bd-9b8b-d04432f7df32

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-montevan

Creator:

Renk, Merry, 1921-2012  Search this

Subject:

Merritt, Francis Sumner  Search this

Slivka, Rose  Search this

Smith, Paul J.  Search this

Soldner, Paul  Search this

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

Type:

Drawings

Video recordings

Citation:

Merry Renk papers, 1952-2000. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women jewelers  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)6039

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)239420

AAA_collcode_renkmerr

Theme:

Women

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_239420

Creator:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Subject:

Antunes, Edith  Search this

American Craftsmen's Council  Search this

Boston University  Search this

Electrum (Gallery : London, England)  Search this

Lee Nordness Galleries  Search this

National Endowment for the Arts  Search this

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

San Diego State University  Search this

Skidmore College  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

World Crafts Council  Search this

Internationale Handwerksmesse  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Video recordings

Citation:

Arline M. Fisch papers, 1931-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Artists' studios -- Photographs  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Craft  Search this

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11056

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)245834

AAA_collcode_fiscarli

Theme:

Women

Craft

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_245834

Interviewee:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Interviewer:

Church, Sharon, 1948-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Students  Search this

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

Skidmore College -- Faculty  Search this

Skidmore College -- Students  Search this

Wheaton College (Ill.) -- Faculty  Search this

Adamson, Glenn  Search this

Extent:

61 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 July 29-30

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Arline M. Fisch conducted 2001 July 29-30, by Sharon Church McNabb, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Fisch's home, in San Diego, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Arline M. Fisch (1931-) is a metalsmith from San Diego, California. Sharon Church McNabb (1948-) is a jewelry designer.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 13 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.

Occupation:

Metal-workers -- California -- San Diego  Search this

Jewelers -- California -- San Diego  Search this

Educators -- California -- San Diego  Search this

Fulbright scholars  Search this

Topic:

Art and religion  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Knitting  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Jewelry making  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.fisch01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw953b7f3c1-1e9d-443b-8501-888ae6399225

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-fisch01

Interviewee:

Gieling, Imogene, 1923-  Search this

Interviewer:

Lauria, Jo  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

Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946  Search this

Renk, Merry, 1921-2012  Search this

Extent:

4 Items (sound discs (3 hr., 49 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)

3 Items (3 sound files (1 hr., 43 min.))

79 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2008 November 21 and 2012 April 28

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Imogene "Tex" Gieling conducted 2008 November 21 and 2012 April 28, by Jo Lauria, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Gieling's home, in San Fransisco, California.

Biographical / Historical:

Imogene "Tex" Gieling (1923- ) is a metal artist who founded the metals department at the University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Gieling lives and works in San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 49 min.

Originally recorded as 3 digital sound files. Duration is 1 hr., 49 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:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry making  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.gielin08

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95ecd487b-62e2-4e76-9943-3267c30730f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gielin08

Interviewee:

Penington, Ruth E. (Ruth Esther), 1905-1998  Search this

Interviewer:

Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005  Search this

Subject:

Rohde, Gilbert  Search this

Northwest Printmakers  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ruth Penington, 1983 Feb. 10-11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12828

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212445

AAA_collcode_pening83

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212445

Interviewee:

Jennings, C. Carl (Cecil Carl), 1910-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with C. Carl Jennings, 1994 Dec. 20. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Blacksmithing  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13099

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215802

AAA_collcode_jennin94

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215802

Interviewee:

Schwarcz, June Therese, 1918-2015  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M  Search this

Subject:

Noguchi, Isamu  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin  Search this

Louis, Morris  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Letchzin, Stanley  Search this

Bellas Artes (Santa Fe, N.M.)  Search this

De Vera Gallery  Search this

Japonesque Gallery  Search this

Mobilia Gallery  Search this

Pratt Institute  Search this

Susan Cummins Gallery  Search this

Sybaris Gallery  Search this

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

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with June Schwarcz, 2001 January 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Metal-workers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12744

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)227013

AAA_collcode_schwar01

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_227013

Interviewee:

Griffin, Gary, 1945-  Search this

Interviewer:

Adamson, Glenn, 1972-  Search this

Subject:

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Rochester Institute of Technology  Search this

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

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Gary Griffin, 2004 August 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- Michigan -- Bloomfield Hills -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12630

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)249180

AAA_collcode_griffi04

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_249180

Interviewee:

Gralnick, Lisa, 1956-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Kounellis, Jannis  Search this

Lightman, Alan  Search this

Matzdorf, Gary Bengier  Search this

Mimlitsch-Gray, Myra  Search this

Scherr, Mary Ann  Search this

Kent State University  Search this

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

Parsons School of Design  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Lisa Gralnick, 2007 October 29-30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13661

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)273918

AAA_collcode_gralni07

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_273918

Interviewee:

Slemmons, Kiff, 1944-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Steffins, Ella  Search this

Toledo, Francisco  Search this

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Di Mare, Dominic  Search this

Adams, Leo  Search this

Benjamin, Walter  Search this

Knobel, Esther  Search this

La Plantz, David  Search this

Höch, Hannah  Search this

Holshuh, Virginia  Search this

Messager, Annette  Search this

University of Iowa  Search this

Scripps College  Search this

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

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Kiff Slemmons, 2007 November 1-2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry makers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13662

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)273941

AAA_collcode_slemmo07

Theme:

Craft

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

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_273941

Interviewee:

Mimlitsch-Gray, Myra, 1962-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

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

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, 2010 June 24-25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Women authors  Search this

Women art historians  Search this

Theme:

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15893

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)295913

AAA_collcode_mimlit10

Theme:

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_295913

Interviewee:

Mawdsley, Richard, 1945-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

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

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard Mawdsley, 2010 August 21-22. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Metal-workers -- Illinois -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15896

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)296001

AAA_collcode_mawdsl10

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_296001

Interviewee:

Butt, Harlan, 1950-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Subject:

Brooks, Jan  Search this

Glantz, Ken  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this

Lechtzin, Stanley  Search this

Moty, Eleanor  Search this

Paley, Albert  Search this

Pijanowski, Eugene  Search this

Pijanowski, Hiroko Sato  Search this

Pujol, Elliot  Search this

Scanga, Italo  Search this

Shirk, Helen Z.  Search this

Snyder, Gary  Search this

Staffel, Rudolf  Search this

Winokur, Robert  Search this

American Craft Council  Search this

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts  Search this

Enamelist Society  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

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

Penland School of Crafts  Search this

Rhode Island School of Design  Search this

San Diego State University  Search this

Society of North American Goldsmiths  Search this

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale  Search this

Tyler School of Art  Search this

University of North Texas  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Place:

Australia -- description and travel

India -- description and travel

Japan -- Description and Travel

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Harlan Butt, 2009 July 27-28. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Asian  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Buddhism  Search this

Metal-workers -- Texas -- Interviews  Search this

Weaving  Search this

Japanese tea ceremony  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15907

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)296475

AAA_collcode_butt09

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_296475

Interviewee:

Gralnick, Lisa, 1956-  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Kent State University -- Faculty  Search this

Kent State University -- Students  Search this

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

Parsons School of Design  Search this

Kounellis, Jannis, 1936-2017  Search this

Lightman, Alan  Search this

Matzdorf, Gary Bengier  Search this

Mimlitsch-Gray, Myra  Search this

Scherr, Mary Ann, 1931-  Search this

Extent:

12 Items (Sound recording: 12 sound files (7 hr., 4 min.), digital, wav)

111 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2007 October 29-30

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Lisa Gralnick conducted 2007 October 29-30, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Gralnik's home, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Gralnick speaks of her father's illness; taking a jewelry-making class as a teenager; the honors college at Kent State; her master's thesis and the Cosmogonic Cycle; teaching enameling at Kent State to support her studio art; the metals program at Parsons School of Design; a black rubber house in upstate New York; creating structures out of black plastic; her introduction to computers; working with gold; drawing inspiration from physics and machinery; her fascination with dentistry tools; being a hands-on learner; satisfaction from the labor of art; working with metal; her methodological form of teaching; teaching a graduate class and focusing on body parts; the relationship between ambition and hard work; teaching in an art department as opposed to a craft department; her recent reliquary and jewelry work; poetic and musical influences; showing abstraction and emotion in her work; the creation of The Gold Standard pieces. Gralnick also recalls Mary Ann Scherr, Gary Bengier Matzdorf, Jannis Kounellis, Alan Lightman, Myra Mimlitsch Gray, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Lisa Gralnick (1956- ) is a metalsmith and professor from Madison, Wisconsin. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 4 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.

Occupation:

Educators -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this

Metal-workers -- Wisconsin -- Madison  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women educators  Search this

Jewelry making  Search this

Metal-work  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.gralni07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c2a7111e-21f5-4e98-b6fc-2e70b8cfc9cb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gralni07

Interviewee:

Slemmons, Kiff  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

Scripps College -- Students  Search this

University of Iowa -- Students  Search this

Adams, Leo  Search this

Benjamin, Walter  Search this

Di Mare, Dominic, 1932-  Search this

Herman, Lloyd E.  Search this

Holshuh, Virginia  Search this

Höch, Hannah, 1889-1978  Search this

Knobel, Esther, 1949-  Search this

La Plantz, David  Search this

Messager, Annette, 1943-  Search this

Solberg, Ramona  Search this

Steffins, Ella  Search this

Toledo, Francisco, 1940-  Search this

Extent:

92 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Interviews

Date:

2007 November 1-2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Kiff Slemmons conducted 2007 November 1-2, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Slemmons' home and studio in Chicago, Illinois.

Slemmons speaks of her childhood growing up in a small town in Iowa; helping her mother in the town pharmacy; working the printing press with her dad, who published the town newspaper; taking art lessons in grade school; learning to play the piano; attending one year at Scripps College before living for a year in Paris; attending the University of Iowa majoring in French; taking basic art classes her senior year; a spring trip to Oaxaca, Mexico, with her future husband Rod; financing the trip by selling 150 pairs of earrings at the student art fair; visiting Monte Alban and being inspired by the ancient jewelry in Tomb 7; moving to Washington state; meeting Ella Steffens and doing jewelry repair work; a strong feeling of the maker's presence in work she repairs; the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi; imperfection as an attractive quality; the conscious decision made from jewelry making to art making, based more in ideas and concepts as opposed to simple decoration; series Hands of Heros, Figures of Speech; the importance of exhibiting her work as it would be seen worn as opposed to in cases under glass; the development of her breastplate pieces; the Top 10 Ethnic Hits; the layering of many meanings as well as materials in her work; her respect for the brevity of poetry and love of Emily Dickinson's work; the restraint of poetry in leaving things unsaid and her struggle to capture that essence; series Re:Pair and Imperfection coming out of her move to Chicago and the developing Iraq War; her workbench as an ever-changing sketchbook full of chaos, tension, and conversation; working with Francisco Toledo and the city of Oaxaca in developing paper jewelry; her travels to India, Africa, Mexico, and Japan; her piece Insectopedia and the great interest shown in it by entomologists; and her desire to send her work out in the world where it is seen and enjoyed. Slemmons also recalls Ramona Solberg, David LaPlantz, Leo Adams, Esther Knobel, Lloyd Herman, Dominic DiMare, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Hoch, Annette Messager, Virginia Holshuh, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Kiff Slemmons (1944- ) is a metal artist from Chicago, Illinois. Interviewer Mija Riedel is a curator and writer from San Francisco, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 13 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 19 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:

Metal-workers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Jewelry makers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 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.slemmo07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9222e9ba2-9f1f-46d3-a206-c1d21baa29b3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-slemmo07

Interviewee:

Jennings, C. Carl (Cecil Carl), 1910-2003  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Extent:

42 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1994 Dec. 20

Scope and Contents:

An interview of C. Carl Jennings conducted 1994 Dec. 20, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Jennings discusses growing up in the Midwest with his blacksmith father and grandfather; moving to California and discovering his artistic talent; working for John Foster on his Temple Emanuel Commission as a welder and on various projects for the Golden Gate Int'l Exhibition (1939); studying at the California College of Arts and Crafts with Jacques Schnier and Harry Dixon; his business, El Diablo's Forge, which produced fireplace equipment, gates and lighting fixtures; building his home in Sonoma; people who have influenced him, including Sam Maloof, Harry Dixon, Dirk van Erp, Frederic and Letitia Meyer, and others; the California Blacksmith Association and the ABANA (Artist Blacksmith Association of North America); art vs. craft; and friends and colleagues Albert Paley, Hoss Haley, and Tom Joyce.

Biographical / Historical:

C. Carl Jennings (1912-2003) was a metalworker from Sonoma, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassette tapes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs.

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:

Blacksmiths -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Metal-workers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-work  Search this

Blacksmithing  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

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.jennin94

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw905f605f9-5433-45c3-ac7a-9847df5c1c24

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-jennin94

Interviewee:

Schwarcz, June, 1918-2015  Search this

Interviewer:

Fisch, Arline M.  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Bellas Artes (Santa Fe, N.M.)  Search this

De Vera Gallery  Search this

Japonesque Gallery  Search this

Mobilia Gallery  Search this

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

Pratt Institute  Search this

Susan Cummins Gallery  Search this

Sybaris Gallery  Search this

Brancusi, Constantin, 1876-1957  Search this

Letchzin, Stanley  Search this

Louis, Morris, 1912-1962  Search this

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 January 21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of June Schwarcz conducted 2001 January 21, by Arline M. Fisch, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Schwarcz's home and studio, Sausalito, California.

Schwarcz speaks of her family background; early interest in color and form; studies at Pratt Institute; working in as a package designer and free-lance designer for department stores such as Macy's in New York and Hochschild-Kohn in Baltimore; living in Chicago, Brazil, and Denver; learning about enamels from a group of "housewives" in Denver; reading Kenneth Bates's book [Enameling: Principles and Practice] "as if it were the Bible"; visiting America House and meeting Dominick Maillard; settling in Sausalito, California, in 1954; the comparison of natural erosion in streams and rocks to etched surfaces; sources of inspiration including fog, folk art, African art, ancient Chinese ceramics, the Japanese aesthetic, ethnic clothing and fabrics, pleats and folds, and works by Isamu Noguchi, Constantin Brancusi, Morris Louis, and Mark Rothko; the practice of working on several pieces at one time; the influence of two books, Santayana's "The Sense of Beauty" and Junichiro Tanizaki's "In Praise of Shadows;" her desire to "making things that are beautiful"; her husband's support and assistance with tools, materials, and techniques; the significance of various tools and equipment; developing forms through paper patterns; the body as vessel; color as "personality"; technical pitfalls of the enameling process; technical problems of electroplating; the 1974 World Craft Conference in which Stanley Letchzin presented his findings on electroforming; meeting Letchzin and comparing processes; the difficulties in selling work; the lack of an audience; teaching workshops at Arrowmont and Vail; aversion to teaching and commissions; relationships with Susan Cummins Gallery, Bellas Artes Gallery, Japonesque Gallery, De Vera Gallery, Sybaris Gallery, and Mobilia Gallery; travel to Europe and Japan; honors and awards; and interest in transparent enamels. Schwarcz also describes her use of basse taille, plique-à-jour, electroplating, electroforming, brush plating, raku, scotchbrite, and Mi-Tique (patina solutions). She also recalls development of each piece in her retrospective catalog, "June Schwarcz : forty years, forty pieces" (San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, 1998) and concludes the interview by discussing five current pieces in progress.

Biographical / Historical:

June Schwarcz (1918-2015) was an enamaler from Sausalito, California. Arline M. Fisch (1931-) is a metalsmith from San Diego, California.

General:

Originally recorded as 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 36 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.

Occupation:

Enamelers -- California  Search this

Topic:

Enamel and enameling  Search this

Metal-workers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  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.schwar01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dd77b4e4-7c5b-46f4-ae5d-12d55f1b6dfb

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-schwar01

Interviewee:

Penington, Ruth, b. 1905  Search this

Interviewer:

Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005  Search this

Names:

Northwest Printmakers  Search this

Rohde, Gilbert, 1894-1944  Search this

Extent:

63 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

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Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1983 Feb. 10-11

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ruth Penington conducted 1983 Feb. 10-11, by LaMar Harrington, at the artist's home in Seattle, Wash., for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project. Penington speaks of her family background; her early interests; her education; the beginnings of the Northwest Printmakers; teaching at the University of California; the change in the definition of art in universities; the influence of Gilbert Rohde; her philosophy of teaching, of art, and of commercialism; various shows and exhibitions she has been involved in; her work methods and her current work.

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Penington (1905-1998) was an educator, metalworker, and printmaker from Seattle, Wash.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 48 min.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.

Occupation:

Educators -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Printmakers  Search this

Metal-workers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Printmakers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle  Search this

Topic:

Women artists  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

Women printmakers  Search this

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.pening83

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a08785dc-f4d9-4f7a-bfc8-b17486d344be

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pening83