Although contemporary American crafts are widely exhibited and appreciated, very little information is available about the artists themselves, their training, careers, inspirations, and feelings about their work, and place in society. As part of a large oral history and survey project of the Research Center for Arts and Culture of Columbia University, ten personal narrative interviews with craftspeople were edited and collected for The Craftsp...
In insightful interviews, twelve American painters, representing emerging, established, or mature career stages, discuss their family backgrounds, training, experiences, and personal and artistic development.
This is an interview book with a methodology, focusing on the experience of actors in their training and career development, through a series of unique narrative histories.
