Oral history interview with Joel Philip Myers

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Oral history interview with Joel Philip Myers

2007 May 1

An interview of Joel Philip Myers conducted 2007 May 1, by Daniel Klein, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's home, in Marietta, Pennsylvania.

Sound recording, master: 3 sound discs (4 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7026326

Archives of American Art

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Myers, Joel Philip, 1934-

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Joel Philip Myers creates work characterized by exquisite craftsmanship and an extraordinarily strong sense of formal design. Joel Philip Myers graduated with honors from the Department of Advertising Design at Parsons School of Design in 1954. After studying ceramic design in Copenhagen, Denmark, Myers earned both a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, NY. In the 1960s, Myers was Director of Design at the renown Blenko Glass Company. From 1970 throu...

Klein, Dan, 1938-2009

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Born on November 4, 1938, in Mumbai, India, Klein attended Westminster School (1951-1957) in London and Wadham College, Oxford University (1957-1961), where he earned a bachelor of arts degree and graduated with honors. After leaving Oxford, Klein studied singing and pursued a successful career as an opera singer from 1966 to 1978. Dan was the founding director of North Lands Creative Glass in northeast Scotland, a prolific author on art made from glass, art dealer, and the former director of 20...