Interviews

The Bard Graduate Center Craft, Art and Design Oral History Project is an online archive of oral history interviews of contemporary craftspeople, artists and designers. The primary form of these interviews are transcripts, illustrated with photographs of interviewees and their work; some also feature audio and video clips. These makers come from many fields: studio craft in wood, ceramics, fiber, metal, glass, and mixed media; architectural, industrial, graphic, fashion, and costume design; and sculpture and installation art. Topics discussed include background and education, aesthetics, goals, career choices, and the marketplace. Interviews range in focus and length; some concentrate on specific projects, while others recount life histories.

The oral history transcripts are the results of digitally recorded interviews. Interviewees have reviewed their transcripts and have made corrections and emendations. The reader should bear in mind that he or she is reading a transcript of spoken, rather than written, prose. The transcripts are in the public domain and may be used without permission. Quotations and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with [interviewee], conducted by [interviewer] on [date], Bard Graduate Center Craft, Art and Design Oral History Project.

Interviews may be browsed by interviewee name or by tags, including media, techniques, fields, products, geographic locations, individuals, institutions, organizations, exhibitions, publications, and historical or thematic categories such as tradition, modernism, counterculture, gender, and many others.


Stone Carver

New York, New York

Curator

Providence, Rhode Island

Mender, Educator and Costume Historian

New York, New York

Textile Designer and Biodesigner

Brooklyn, New York

Artist

Los Angeles, California

Artist

Manhattan, Kansas

Textile Artist

Brooklyn, New York

Production Designer

New York, New York via Zoom

Fashion Designer

New York, New York

Processional Arts Workshop

Red Hook, New York

Milliner and Gallerist

New York, New York

Curator

Boston, Massachusetts

Professor

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Glass Artist

Los Angeles, California

Embroiderer and Teacher

Nantucket, Massachusetts

Director of The Marks Project

Greenwich, Connecticut

Game Designer and Developer

West Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Jewelry Designer

New York, New York

Independent Curator

Portland, Oregon

Artist and Quilter

Kansas City, Missouri

Furniture Designer

New York New York

Goldsmith

Worcester, Massachusetts

Artist

Brooklyn, New York

Studio Potter

Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

Artist

Toronto, Canada

Graphic Designer and Educator

Fort Worth, Texas

Museum Director Emeritus

New York, New York

Rug Hooker

Germantown, Maryland

Architect

New York, New York

Textile Designer

Brooklyn, New York

Rug Hooker

Montpelier, Vermont

Designer

New York, New York

Architect and Craftsperson

New Hope, Pennsylvania