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Agency history, 1973-

Creator:
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Herman, Lloyd E  Search this
Monroe, Michael W  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Kennedy, Robyn  Search this
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon) 1913-2001  Search this
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy 1929-1994  Search this
Corcoran, W. W (William Wilson) 1798-1888  Search this
Renwick, James 1818-1895  Search this
Bell, Nicholas R  Search this
Thomas, Abraham (Museum curator)  Search this
Atkinson, Nora  Search this
Milosch, Jane  Search this
United States Court of Claims  Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Place:
Lafayette Park (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1973
1973-
Topic:
Museum curators  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00157
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_221207

Bresler collection

Author:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Bell, Nicholas R  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Bresler, Fleur Art collections  Search this
Bresler, Fleur Art collections  Search this
Bresler, Charles Art collections  Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
147 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Interviews
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2010
Topic:
Art woodwork  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_947027

Celebrate Cincinnati art : in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1881-1981 / edited by Kenneth R. Trapp

Author:
Cincinnati Art Museum  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Physical description:
89 p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Date:
1982
C1982
Topic:
Art  Search this
Art objects  Search this
History  Search this
Call number:
N6535.C5 C575c
N6535.C55C44 1982X
N6535.C5C575c
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_177767

Craft art 2002, Western New York : Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Rockwell Hall, Buffalo State College, September 28-December 15, 2002

Title:
Craft art Western New York
Author:
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Burchfield-Penney Art Center  Search this
Physical description:
[52] p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
New York (State)
Date:
2002
C2002
21st century
Topic:
Decorative arts--History  Search this
Handicraft--History  Search this
Call number:
NK835.N7 C74 2002
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_700408

Departmental Records, 1957, 1961-2009

Creator:
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Herman, Lloyd E  Search this
Scott, David W. 1916-  Search this
Taylor, Joshua C (Joshua Charles) 1917-1981  Search this
Monroe, Michael W  Search this
Davis, Robert Tyler  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Milosch, Jane  Search this
Hergesheimer, Marguerite  Search this
National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)  Search this
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
3 cu. ft. processed holdings
35.25 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Black-and-white photographs
Clippings
Exhibition catalogs
Color photographs
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Color transparencies
Brochures
Architectural drawings
Color negatives
Date:
1957
1957-2009
1957, 1961-2009
Topic:
Museum exhibits  Search this
Museums--Acquisitions  Search this
Fund raising  Search this
Lectures and lecturing  Search this
Museums--Public relations  Search this
Publications  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Art museum directors  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00377
Restrictions & Rights:
Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Contact reference staff for details
See more items in:
Departmental Records 1957, 1961-2009 [Renwick Gallery]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_219777

Fiberart international : seventeenth biennial exhibition, September 7-October 27, 2001 : Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Society for Contemporary Crafts / presented by the Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh

Title:
Fiberart international 2001
Author:
Fiberart International (17th : 2001 : Pittsburgh, Pa.)  Search this
Bachelder, Ann  Search this
Garrett, John G  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Fiberarts Guild of Pittsburgh  Search this
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts  Search this
Society for Contemporary Crafts (Pittsburgh, Pa.)  Search this
Physical description:
116 p. : col. ill. ; 15 x 23 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Fiberwork  Search this
Call number:
N6494.F47 F55 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_685722

General Correspondence, 1970-2016

Creator:
Renwick Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Herman, Lloyd E  Search this
Monroe, Michael W  Search this
Kennedy, Robyn  Search this
Bell, Nicholas R  Search this
Milosch, Jane  Search this
Physical description:
9.5 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Clippings
Color photographs
Color transparencies
Black-and-white photographs
Date:
1970
1970-2016
Topic:
Museums--Administration  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art museum curators  Search this
Art museum directors  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00123
Restrictions & Rights:
Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Contact reference staff for details
See more items in:
General Correspondence 1970-2016 [Renwick Gallery]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_256472

Intertwined : contemporary baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection / curated by [editor] Heather Sealy Lineberry, with Jane Sauer ; essays by Kenneth R. Trapp, Ferne Jacobs

Author:
Lineberry, Heather Sealy  Search this
Sauer, Jane 1937-  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Jacobs, Ferne K (Ferne Kent) 1942-  Search this
Sara and David Lieberman Collection  Search this
Arizona State University Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Lieberman, David Art collections  Search this
Lieberman, Sara Art collections  Search this
Sara and David Lieberman Collection  Search this
Physical description:
48 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2005
[c2005]
Topic:
Basketwork  Search this
Baskets  Search this
Call number:
NK3649.5 .I58 2005
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_821302

Kay Sekimachi / [authors, Yoshiko Wada, Signe Mayfield and Kenneth R. Trapp]

Author:
Stocksdale, Kay Sekimachi  Search this
Wada, Yoshiko  Search this
Mayfield, Signe  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Subject:
Stocksdale, Kay Sekimachi  Search this
Physical description:
47 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2003
C2003
Call number:
NK8898.S435 A4 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_733812

Larry Kirkland : twenty-five years / [essay by Kenneth R. Trapp]

Author:
Kirkland, Larry 1950-  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Subject:
Kirkland, Larry 1950-  Search this
Physical description:
110 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
1999
C1999
Topic:
Public sculpture  Search this
Installations (Art)  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.K5917 T73 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_625186

Masters of Their Craft : Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Author:
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Object Type:
Smithsonian staff publication
Year:
2003
Citation:
Trapp, Kenneth R. 2003. Masters of Their Craft : Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Identifier:
144212
ISBN:
0937311588
Data source:
Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:slasro_144212

Masters of their craft : highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum / Kenneth R. Trapp

Title:
Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Author:
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Subject:
Smithsonian American Art Museum  Search this
Physical description:
108 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Washington (D.C.)
Date:
2003
20th century
Topic:
Decorative arts--History  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_706457

Narcissus Quagliata : painting with light = pitture di luce = pintando don luz

Title:
Painting with light
Franz Mayer Museum
Author:
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Barovier Mentasti, Rosa  Search this
Museo Franz Mayer (Mexico City, Mexico)  Search this
Subject:
Quagliata, Narcissus 1942- Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
117 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
20th century
Topic:
Glass painting and staining--History  Search this
Call number:
NK5398.Q34 N37 1996
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_544382

Ode to nature : flowers and landscapes of the Rookwood Pottery, 1880-1940 / text by Kenneth R. Trapp

Author:
Trapp, Kenneth R  Search this
Jordan-Volpe Gallery  Search this
Subject:
Rookwood Pottery Company  Search this
Physical description:
89 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Ohio
Cincinnati
Date:
1980
C1980
Topic:
Rookwood pottery  Search this
Pottery, American  Search this
Call number:
NK4340.R7 T77
NK4340.R7T77
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_132541

Oral history interview with Billie Ruth Sudduth

Interviewee:
Sudduth, Billie Ruth  Search this
Interviewer:
Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this
Names:
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts -- Faculty  Search this
Huntingdon College (Montgomery, Ala.) -- Students  Search this
John Campbell Folk School -- Faculty  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Penland School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this
Smithsonian Craft Show  Search this
University of Alabama -- Students  Search this
Bringle, Cynthia, 1939-  Search this
Gingrass, Katie  Search this
Risatti, Howard, 1943-  Search this
Ross, Caroline Sedestrom  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Extent:
3 Sound discs (Sound recording (4 hr., 42 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
81 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound discs
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Date:
2007 July 26-27
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Billie Ruth Sudduth conducted 2007 July 26-27, 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 Bakersville, North Carolina.
Sudduth speaks of her childhood in Alabama; her adoptive family; growing up in a creative and musical environment; an early exposure to women working with their hands; buying a Cherokee basket at age 12; childhood piano lessons and later exploring rhythm in her baskets; attending Huntingdon College; a strained relationship with her mother; meeting her biological family; attending the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa and earning a Master's degree in social work; working as a social worker and psychologist for over 20 years; balancing a career with family; taking a basket-making class in an effort to relax and do something for herself; making baskets in spare time and teaching herself new techniques; her family's move to Las Vegas, Nevada; teaching basket-making classes to adults; developing Math in a Basket curriculum; an interest in Fibonacci and the inclusion of its ratio in her baskets; an interest in color and natural dyes; returning to North Carolina and focusing full time on basket making; receiving a North Carolina Arts Council Emerging Artists grant to photo-document her body of work; becoming interested in chaos theory and its application to her basketry; the popularity and success of Math in a Basket; teaching experiences at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and John Campbell Folk School; receiving a North Carolina Arts Council Visual Artist grant to study Cherokee, Choctaw, and other Native American tribes' basketry; her extensive basket collection; the honor of being named a North Carolina Living Treasure; participating in juried shows, including exhibiting at the Smithsonian Craft Show for 12 years and the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show for seven years; the evolution of her workspace and studio; making the Carolina snowflake, which was exhibited at the White House; her exhibition history; an increasing respect for and recognition of baskets as art objects; the advantages university-trained artists have over self-taught artists; learning the business side of art making through trial and error; living and working in an incredible community of artists and collectors in North Carolina; a growing interest and participation in donating her baskets for fundraisers; and looking forward to spending more time with her grandchildren. Sudduth also recalls Cynthia Bringle, Carol Sedestrom Ross, Kenneth Trapp, Howard Risatti, Katie Gingrass, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Billie Ruth Sudduth is a basketmaker from Bakersville, North Carolina. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer from San Francisco, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 15 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 42 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:
Psychologists -- North Carolina  Search this
Social workers -- North Carolina  Search this
Topic:
Basket makers -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this
Basket making  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.suddut07
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw935479105-c28a-49ff-a40d-87c8cdb150c3
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-suddut07
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Billie Ruth Sudduth, 2007 July 26-27

Interviewee:
Sudduth, Billie Ruth, 1945-  Search this
Interviewer:
Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this
Subject:
Bringle, Cynthia  Search this
Gingrass, Katie  Search this
Risatti, Howard  Search this
Ross, Caroline Sedestrom  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts  Search this
Huntingdon College (Montgomery, Ala.)  Search this
John Campbell Folk School  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Penland School of Crafts  Search this
University of Alabama  Search this
Smithsonian Craft Show  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Billie Ruth Sudduth, 2007 July 26-27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Basket makers -- North Carolina -- Interviews  Search this
Basket making  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Theme:
Craft  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13623
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)271795
AAA_collcode_suddut07
Theme:
Craft
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_271795
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Michelle Holzapfel

Interviewee:
Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-  Search this
Interviewer:
Shea, Josephine, 1958-  Search this
Creator:
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Names:
Marlboro College -- Students  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Norwich University  Search this
Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art  Search this
Wood Turning Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Worcester Center Crafts  Search this
Adamson, Glenn  Search this
Ancell, Nathan  Search this
Blake, Audrey  Search this
Friedman, Barry  Search this
Holzapfel, David, 1950-  Search this
Joseph, Peter T. (Peter Thomas), 1950-1998  Search this
LeCoff, Albert B., 1950-  Search this
Taylor, Gilbert  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Tyler, Chris  Search this
Extent:
4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (3 hr., 10 min.), digital, wav)
42 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place:
Italy -- description and travel
Rhode Island -- Description and Travel
Date:
2008 January 26 and March 1
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Michelle Holzapfel conducted 2008 January 26-March 1, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Holzapfel's home and studio, Applewoods Studio and Gallery, in Marlboro, Vermont.
Holzapfel speaks of her childhood in Rhode Island; her large extended family and their French-Canadian heritage; working with her father in his machine shop; early art education and exposure from elementary school through high school; the influence of high school art teacher Audrey Blake; trips to Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Boston Museum of Fine Arts; attending Marlboro College; meeting her husband, David, at Marlboro; traveling in Italy with friends and David; earning her B.A. from Norwich College; participating in craft shows; having two children in two years; teaching experiences at Worcester Center for Crafts and Wood Turning Center; the difference in relationships with galleries and museums; the woodturning field; and the struggles and success of women artists; and plans for the future. Holzapfel recalls Gilbert Taylor, Barry Friedman, Glenn Adamson, Nathan Ancell, Peter Joseph, Kenneth Trapp, Chris Tyler, Albert LeCoff, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Michelle Hozapfel (1951- ) is a self-taught woodworker in Marlboro, Vermont.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 10 min.
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Occupation:
Woodworkers -- Vermont  Search this
Topic:
Decorative arts  Search this
Self-taught artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.holzam08
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99a91d3ab-f577-4dff-be25-fe3cf1d63d19
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-holzam08
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Michelle Holzapfel, 2008 January 26 and March 1

Interviewee:
Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-  Search this
Interviewer:
Shea, Josephine, 1958-  Search this
Subject:
Adamson, Glenn  Search this
Ancell, Nathan  Search this
Blake, Audrey  Search this
Friedman, Barry  Search this
Holzapfel, David  Search this
Joseph, Peter T. (Peter Thomas)  Search this
LeCoff, Albert B.  Search this
Taylor, Gilbert  Search this
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Tyler, Chris  Search this
Marlboro College  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Norwich University  Search this
Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art  Search this
Wood Turning Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Worcester Center Crafts  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place:
Italy -- description and travel
Rhode Island -- Description and travel
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Michelle Holzapfel, 2008 January 26 and March 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Decorative arts  Search this
Self-taught artists  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Theme:
Craft  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15619
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)281471
AAA_collcode_holzam08
Theme:
Craft
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_281471
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Ruth Duckworth

Interviewee:
Duckworth, Ruth, 1919-2009  Search this
Interviewer:
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Creator:
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Names:
Central School of Arts and Crafts (Birmingham, England)  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
University of Chicago -- Faculty  Search this
DeVore, Richard, 1933-2006  Search this
Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this
Leach, Bernard, 1887-1979  Search this
McKinnell, James  Search this
McKinnell, Nan  Search this
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this
Rie, Lucie  Search this
Vergette, Nicholas, 1923-1974  Search this
Westphal, Alice  Search this
Extent:
67 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
2001 April 27
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Ruth Duckworth conducted 2001 April 27, by Kenneth R. Trapp, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the studios of Smithsonian Productions, Washington, D.C.
Duckworth speaks of her early life and the time prior to her family leaving Germany; the decision to leave Germany in 1936 due to Hitler and the War; acclimating herself to England; attending Liverpool School of Art; WWII in England and the psychological effects of working in munitions factories; her nervous breakdown and seven years of therapy; her beginning to sculpt; her first exhibition of sculpture in London; her marriage and life with Aidron; difficulties in being an outsider in the world of art, specifically speaking about being a woman in sculpture; her first meeting with Lucie Rie; the devastation she felt after her brother died; attendance at the Hammersmith School of Art and not feeling her place there; switching to Central School of Arts and Crafts; her first job teaching ceramics at the Central School; learning the technique of glazing; visiting museums in London; how poetry nourished her during those early years, specifically the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke; the selling of her first pieces, "pieces that wouldn't sell"; the art scene in London; how the opportunity at the University of Chicago arose; her experience at the University of Chicago, an academic institution rather than a fine arts school; her first big show in the U.S. at the University in 1965; her graduate and undergraduate students; life as a foreigner in the U.S.; the opportunity to teach at the University of Iowa but becoming an associate professor at the University of Chicago instead; the cultural movement and ceramics movement in the U.S. during the 1960's; how her work changed from European influences to American influences; departments in art that were very unfriendly to women; her association with James and Nan McKinnell; her excursions and teaching trips across the U.S. as well as in Canada and Israel; her trip with Aidron across the U.S. and then their eventual separation; her friendship with Alice Westphal and the creation of the gallery Exhibit A; the unconscious changes in her work; her views on stoneware versus porcelain; Jack Lenor Larsen's summer show and the artists she met through that; her relationship with American museums versus European; unfortunate events at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; her continued feelings as an outsider but acceptance in later life as an artist, more so from the ceramic community than from the museum community; publications and catalogues of her work; the influences other artists have had upon her work; the limited use of color in her work; her collection of bones; her love of gardening; her sketches; the therapy coiling clay does for her; her projects at the moment; where she gets her ideas from; how she sees herself fitting in versus not fitting in; her speech at an international symposium in Amsterdam; what she would include in a retrospective of her artwork; her hopes to have her work be therapeutic to viewers and cause them to contemplate it; more thoughts on color; American culture; what matters most to her right now and that is saving the Earth; wishing to continue with her work and have a better relationship with museums. Ruth Duckworth recalls, Henry Moore, Bernard Leach, Nellie Barr, Virginia Ferrari, Hardy Schlick, Richard DeVore, Nicholas Vergette, Jane Goodall and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Ruth Duckworth (1919-2009) was a sculptor and clay artist from Chicago, Illinois. Kenneth Trapp (1943- ) is curator-in-charge at the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 DAT tapes. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 29 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:
Ceramicists -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Sculptors -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women ceramicists  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Ceramics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.duckwo01
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ca1c4ade-d6e9-445d-9c02-f69f07b60d14
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-duckwo01
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Ruth Duckworth, 2001 April 27

Interviewee:
Duckworth, Ruth, 1919-2009  Search this
Interviewer:
Trapp, Kenneth R.  Search this
Subject:
DeVore, Richard  Search this
Larsen, Jack Lenor  Search this
Leach, Bernard  Search this
McKinnell, James  Search this
McKinnell, Nan  Search this
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this
Rie, Lucie  Search this
Vergette, Nicholas  Search this
Westphal, Alice  Search this
Central School of Arts and Crafts (Birmingham, England)  Search this
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this
University of Chicago  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 Ruth Duckworth, 2001 April 27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women ceramicists  Search this
Women sculptors  Search this
Ceramics  Search this
Theme:
Craft  Search this
Women  Search this
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12764
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)226964
AAA_collcode_duckwo01
Theme:
Craft
Women
Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_226964
Online Media:

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