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Viterbo University. Sharing our wisdom : reflections of adults participating in Elderhostel), summer 1991.

Title: Sharing our wisdom : reflections of adults participating in Elderhostel), summer 1991. summer 1991.

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Oral history interview with Carolyn Mazloomi

Title: Oral history interview with Carolyn Mazloomi

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.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording, master: 4 sound discs (4 hr., 50 min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.Sound recording, duplicate: 4 sound cassettes.Transcript: 56 p.

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Oral history interview with Dorothy Gill Barnes

Title: Oral history interview with Dorothy Gill Barnes

An interview of Dorothy Gill Barnes conducted 2003 May 2-7, by Joanne Cubbs, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home, in Worthington, Ohio, as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording, master: 4 sound discs (4 hr., 40 min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.Sound recording, duplicate: 4 sound cassettes.Transcript: 67 p.

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