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Interviewee:

Mazloomi, Carolyn  Search this

Interviewer:

Cubbs, Joanne  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

Women of Colour Quilters Network  Search this

Adkins, Minnie, 1934-  Search this

Benberry, Cuesta  Search this

Cargo, Robert T.  Search this

Connell, Martha Stamm  Search this

Freeman, Roland L., 1936-  Search this

Hill, Lauryn  Search this

Johnson, Nkosi, 1989-2001  Search this

Miller, Edjohnetta  Search this

Sisto, Penny  Search this

Wilson, Marie  Search this

Extent:

16 Items (Sound recording: 16 sound files (4 hr., 33 min.), digital, wav)

56 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2002 September 17-30

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Carolyn Mazloomi conducted 2002 September 17 and 30, by Joanne Cubbs, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in West Chester, Ohio. Mazloomi speaks of growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with a family of self-taught artists; the positive influence of her aunt and teacher Dr. Carter; the generation of African American quilt-makers who followed a gap in quilt-making post-slavery; she describes her previous career as an aeronautical engineer and her transition to quilt-making; how she identifies herself as a craftsperson, not an artist; her experience with Baltimore album and Appalachian quilts; learning to quilt; the Women of Color Quilter's Network and its economic and social development programs; her book, "Spirits of the Cloth"; the positive and negative aspects of travel; the false generalizations of African American quilts in academic circles; the importance of gender, race, and ethnicity in her work; her connection to "praise songs"; she discusses functional vs. nonfunctional quilts; the market for "hand-crafted" quilts; agents and galleries; she describes her working environment; adopting the use of a sewing machine in her work; the importance of community; her technique; her accomplishment of placing African-American quilts in the Renwick Gallery; the influence of magazines, including "Raw Vision;" her aversion to commissions; expanding her use of materials and technology; her exhibitions; her role as an advocate and dealer; finding inspiration in black and white linocuts and her use of color in quilts; and making a connection with her audience. Mazloomi also recalls Marie Wilson, Cuesta Benberry, Edjohnetta Miller, Roland Freeman, Robert Cargo, Martha Connell, Penny Sisto, Minnie Adkins, Nkosi Johnson, and Lauryn Hill.

Biographical / Historical:

Carolyn Mazloomi (1948- ) is a quilt maker from West Chester, Ohio.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 16 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 33 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.

Occupation:

Quiltmakers -- Ohio  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Baltimore album quilts  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American quiltmakers  Search this

African American art -- African influences  Search this

Women textile designers  Search this

Quilting  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.mazloo02

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d9a5becc-43a8-46ff-8692-ae6babf46aac

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mazloo02

Creator:

Robertson, Jean  Search this

Crow, Nancy, 1943-  Search this

Subject:

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

Citation:

Jean Robertson interview with Nancy Crow, 1988 Aug. 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women art critics  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13527

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)247199

AAA_collcode_robejean

Theme:

Craft

Women

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_247199

Interviewee:

Mazloomi, Carolyn, 1948-  Search this

Interviewer:

Cubbs, Joanne  Search this

Subject:

Adkins, Minnie  Search this

Benberry, Cuesta  Search this

Cargo, Robert T.  Search this

Connell, Martha Stamm  Search this

Freeman, Roland L.  Search this

Hill, Lauryn  Search this

Johnson, Nkosi  Search this

Miller, Edjohnetta  Search this

Sisto, Penny  Search this

Wilson, Marie  Search this

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

Women of Colour Quilters Network  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Carolyn Mazloomi, 2002 September 17-30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Baltimore album quilts  Search this

African American artists  Search this

African American quiltmakers  Search this

African American art -- African influences  Search this

Women textile designers  Search this

Quilting  Search this

Theme:

African American  Search this

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11504

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)240143

AAA_collcode_mazloo02

Theme:

African American

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_240143

Interviewee:

Crow, Nancy, 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Robertson, Jean  Search this

Subject:

The Ohio State University  Search this

Snyderman Gallery  Search this

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts  Search this

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

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Nancy Crow, 2002 December 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13095

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)238493

AAA_collcode_crow02

Theme:

Craft

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_238493

Creator:

Crow, Nancy, 1943-  Search this

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

Interviewer:

Robertson, Jean  Search this

Names:

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

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

Snyderman Gallery  Search this

The Ohio State University -- Students  Search this

Extent:

50 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2002 December 18

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nancy Crow conducted 2002 December 18, by Jean Robertson, for the Archives of American Art, at her home and studio, in Baltimore, Ohio, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Crow speaks of her early childhood and her father's high standards; her early interest in color; her studies at Ohio State University and her first ceramics professor Edgar Littlefield; joining the textile guild in Athens, Ohio; how her quilting evolved from traditional to contemporary and abstract forms; her practice of working on several quilts simultaneously; the influence of Anna Williams, a quiltmaker in Baton Rouge, Alabama; and she describes her studio. Crow also discusses her association with the Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia; a trip to China that resulted in the series Chinese Souls; and how beauty is her ultimate goal. She talks about her travels to Mexico and South Africa; her technical mastery of strip piecing; working at home while raising two sons; the dyeing process; her sketchbooks; her long-term working relationship with hand quilter, Marla Hattabaugh; teaching at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts; the beginnings of the Quilt National Show at the Dairy Barn; the Ohio Arts Council; the Art Quilt Network; periodicals including FiberArts, Surface Design, Hali, and Raw Vision; two seminal exhibitions in her career, "Nancy Crow: Work in Transition," at the American Craft Museum, 1993, and "Nancy Crow -- Improvisational Quilts," at the Renwick Gallery, 1995; and the changing market for quilts in America. She recalls Bruce Hoffman, Rick and Ruth Snyderman, Jan Myers-Newberry, Rosalie Gascoigne, Sandra Blaine, Vivian Harvey; Linda Fowler, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Nancy Crow (1943- ) is a fiber artist and quiltmaker in Baltimore, Ohio.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 31 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. Researchers note: A separate 1988 interview of Crow, also conducted by Robertson is also available.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Quiltmakers -- Ohio  Search this

Fiber artists -- Ohio  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile 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.crow02

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ce64981a-db9c-462f-80b1-c97cc93e278a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-crow02

Author:

Clark, Ricky  Search this

Knepper, George W. 1926-  Search this

Ronsheim, Ellice 1951-  Search this

American Association for State and Local History  Search this

Ohio Quilt Research Project  Search this

Dayton Art Institute  Search this

Ohio Historical Society  Search this

Physical description:

176 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Ohio

Date:

1991

C1991

Topic:

Quilts--History  Search this

Quiltmakers--Biography  Search this

Call number:

NK9112.C555 1991X

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_435918

Creator:

Robertson, Jean  Search this

Interviewee:

Crow, Nancy, 1943-  Search this

Names:

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

Extent:

14 Pages

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

1988 Aug. 17

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Nancy Crow conducted by Jean Robertson, Aug.17, 1988, as a part of Robertson's research for the book, "Nancy Crow: Quilts and Influences" by Nancy Crow and Jean Robertson, Collector Books, Dec. 1989. Crow speaks about her childhood and early artistic aspirations; her dissatisfaction with her first quilts in the early 1970s; traditional quiltmaking; her work in tapestry weaving; meeting Francoise Barnes and Virginia Randles and learning to quilt; the difference between the weaving and quilting process; working in series; her interest in Mexican folk art and African American quilts; living on an isolated farm and drawing inspiration from nature; her use of titles, colors, patterns, scale, and fabrics; the importance of her training in ceramics; and she compares her work to quilts by Michael James.

Biographical / Historical:

Nancy Crow (1943-) is a quiltmaker from Baltimore, Ohio. Interviewer Jean Robertson is an art critic and curator from Indianapolis, Ind.

Provenance:

Donated 2003 by Jean Robertson as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Researchers note: A separate 2002 interview of Crow, also conducted by Robertson and a part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America is also available.

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.

Occupation:

Art critics -- Indiana  Search this

Curators -- Indiana  Search this

Quiltmakers -- Ohio  Search this

Fiber artists -- Ohio  Search this

Topic:

Decorative arts  Search this

Women art critics  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Women textile artists  Search this

Identifier:

AAA.robejean

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d6c5a915-946c-4ebc-9e03-224e8b25004c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-robejean