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Interviewee:

Noffke, Gary L., 1943-  Search this

Interviewer:

Douglas, Mary F., 1956-  Search this

Subject:

Brown, William J. (William Joseph)  Search this

Coulter, Lane  Search this

DeRuiter, Garret  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Ebendorf, Robert  Search this

Erbe, Gary T.  Search this

Fike, Phillip G.  Search this

Gingras, Toms  Search this

Hu, Mary Lee  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent)  Search this

Loloma, Charles  Search this

Merrit, Barry  Search this

Messersmith, Fred  Search this

Nettles, Dickie  Search this

Norell, Lydia  Search this

Pujol, Elliot  Search this

Streetman, Evon  Search this

Wilde, Sue  Search this

Zelmanoff, Marci  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Eastern Illinois University  Search this

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

Southern Illinois University (System)  Search this

Stetson University  Search this

University of Iowa  Search this

National Ring Show  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Gary L. Noffke, 2010 December 4-5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Metal-work  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15921

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)297227

AAA_collcode_noffke10

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_297227

Interviewee:

Noffke, Gary  Search this

Interviewer:

Douglas, Mary F., 1956-  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Eastern Illinois University -- Students  Search this

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

National Ring Show  Search this

Southern Illinois University (System) -- Students  Search this

Stetson University -- Faculty  Search this

University of Iowa -- Students  Search this

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

Coulter, Lane, 1944-  Search this

DeRuiter, Garret  Search this

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Ebendorf, Robert, 1938-  Search this

Erbe, Gary T., 1944-  Search this

Fike, Phillip G., 1927-1997  Search this

Gingras, Toms  Search this

Hu, Mary Lee, 1943-  Search this

Kington, L. Brent (Louis Brent), 1934-2013  Search this

Loloma, Charles, 1921-  Search this

Merrit, Barry  Search this

Messersmith, Fred  Search this

Nettles, Dickie  Search this

Norell, Lydia  Search this

Pujol, Elliot  Search this

Streetman, Evon  Search this

Wilde, Sue  Search this

Zelmanoff, Marci  Search this

Extent:

106 Pages (Transcript)

4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (4 hr., 49 min.), digital, wav)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2010 December 4-5

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Gary L. Noffke conducted 2010 December 4 and 5, by Mary Douglas, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Noffke's home, in Farmington, Georgia.

Noffke speaks of growing up in Sullivan, Illinois; disliking school; the absence of formal art education before college and doing art on his own; his grandfather's farm; attending Eastern Illinois University to study painting, receiving a BS and MS in education with a major in art; what classes he took and his professors; his opinion about art programs in universities; the influence of the Vietnam draft; attending the University of Iowa and his introduction to metals; transferring to Southern Illinois University and his peers; learning techniques with metals; early metal work; working at Stetson University in Deland, Florida; working with colleagues and students and its influence on work; experimenting with different techniques; transition from graduate school to professional life; developing different methods for metal work, and motivations; how the notion of form and function has changed in design, especially regarding metal work and artists; the dynamics of working with students throughout the years; discusses in detail individual works and his approaches and anecdotes; his attraction to rings, simple hardware, and traditional, ancient forms; other teaching jobs before landing at the University of Georgia; building his house and studio; working in the Italy program at Cortona; his experiences at Cranbrook, Michigan and Summervale, Colorado; current and past exhibitions including the National Ring Shows; entering competitions; how the hand-made motif is important in his work; the connotation of labels of craft artist; his casual approach to the art market and formalities in the art world. Noffke also recalls Garret DeRuiter, Brent Kington, Elliot Pujol, May Lee Hu, Marci Zelmanoff, Dickie Nettles, Robert Ebendorf, Gary Erbe, Phil Fike, Bill Brown, Evon Streetman, Lane Coulter, Sue Wilde, Lydia Norell, Fred Messersmith, Tom Gingras, Charles Loloma, Fritz Dreisbach, Barry Merrit, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Gary L. Noffke (1943- ) is a goldsmith in Farmington, Georgia. Mary Douglas (1956- ) is a curator and artist in Statesville, North Carolina.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 SD memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 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.

Topic:

Metal-work  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.

Identifier:

AAA.noffke10

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c8fe3d12-fd8c-46ac-9759-5c035e421350

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-noffke10

Interviewee:

Levin, Robert, 1948-  Search this

Interviewer:

Byrd, Joan Falconer  Search this

Creator:

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

Names:

Denison University -- Students  Search this

Glass Art Society  Search this

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

Penland School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Pilchuck School -- Students  Search this

Southern Illinois University (System) -- Students  Search this

Bernstein, William, 1945-  Search this

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

Dreisbach, Fritz  Search this

Handler, Audrey  Search this

Levin, Robert, 1948-  Search this

Littleton, Harvey K.  Search this

Peiser, Mark, 1938-  Search this

Ritter, Richard Q.  Search this

Extent:

32 Pages (Transcript)

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

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2004 December 11

Scope and Contents:

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

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

Biographical / Historical:

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

General:

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

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.

Topic:

Art -- North Carolina  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Glass artists -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this

Jewish art  Search this

Glass art  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.levin04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

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

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-levin04

Creator:

Lintault, Joan  Search this

Zeisler, Claire, 1903-1991  Search this

Subject:

Southern Illinois University (System)  Search this

Type:

Correspondence

Date:

1983 September 9

Citation:

Joan Lintault. Joan Lintault letter to Claire Zeisler, 1983 September 9. Claire Zeisler papers, 1941-1992. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)1067

See more items in:

Claire Zeisler papers, 1941-1992

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_1067

Interviewee:

Wentzy, James  Search this

Interviewer:

Carr, C.  Search this

Names:

ACT UP (Organization)  Search this

ACT UP New York (Organization)  Search this

Southern Illinois University (System) -- Students  Search this

Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project  Search this

Arena, Tony  Search this

Brown, Arch  Search this

Buckingham, David  Search this

Carlomusto, Jean  Search this

Dee, James, 1950-  Search this

Ellis, Darrel  Search this

Farber, Robert, 1948-1995  Search this

Heiss, Alanna  Search this

Maletta, Lou  Search this

Moore, Patrick, 1962-  Search this

Santinire, Vincent  Search this

Schnabel, John  Search this

Tam, Ho, 1962-  Search this

Extent:

15 Items (Sound recording: 15 sound files (5 hr., 13 min.), digital, wav)

164 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2017 January 23-March 31

Scope and Contents:

An interview with James Wentzy, conducted 2017 January 23-March 31, by Cynthia Carr, for the Archives of American Art's Visual Arts and the AIDS Epidemic: An Oral History Project, at Wentzy's home and studio in New York, New York.

Wentzy speaks of his childhood in South Dakota; studying filmmaking at Southern Illinois University; moving to New York and shooting commercial films in the late 1970s; working and homesteading in the photography studio of James Dee; the beginning of the AIDS crisis; being diagnosed with HIV in 1990; his participation in and extensive documentation of ACT UP meetings, actions, and demonstrations; his place in the genealogy of AIDS activism; and his body of film and television work. Wentzy also recalls Darrel Ellis, Alanna Heiss, Arch Brown, James Dee, Robert Farber, Ho Tam, John Schnabel, Patrick Moore, Lou Maletta, Tony Arena, Vincent Satinire, David Buckingham, Jean Carlomusto, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

James Wentzy (1952- ) is a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, and artist in New York, New York. Cynthia Carr (1950- ) is a writer in New York, New York.

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:

Cinematographers  Search this

Topic:

AIDS activists  Search this

AIDS (Disease) and the arts  Search this

Artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Filmmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funded by the Keith Haring Foundation.

Identifier:

AAA.wentzy17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9474e743f-992c-4d70-a803-daa99910082e

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-wentzy17