Oral history interview with Paul Marioni
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hrs., 18 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Marioni, Paul
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: A.C. Fischer Glashütte
label: Names
content: California College of Arts and Crafts -- Faculty
label: Names
content: College of Marin -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Glass Art Society
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Penland School of Handicrafts -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.) -- Faculty
label: Names
content: San Francisco State University -- Students
label: Names
content: Spectrum Glass Co.
label: Names
content: University of Cincinnati -- Students
label: Names
content: University of Dayton -- Students
label: Names
content: Ben Tré, Howard, 1949-2020
label: Names
content: Blaine, Sandy
label: Names
content: Bolles, John S.
label: Names
content: Bosworth, Thomas L. (Thomas Lawrence), 1930-
label: Names
content: Brychtová, Jaroslava, 1924-
label: Names
content: Chihuly, Dale, 1941-
label: Names
content: Dreisbach, Fritz
label: Names
content: Libenský, Stanislav, 1921-2002
label: Names
content: Lipofsky, Marvin, 1938-2016
label: Names
content: Marioni, Dante, 1964-
label: Names
content: Marquis, Richard, 1945-
label: Names
content: McCann, Cecile
label: Names
content: Milhoan, Randy
label: Names
content: Nelson, Gunvor
label: Names
content: Nelson, Robert A.
label: Names
content: North, Judy, 1937-
label: Names
content: Signoretto, Pino, 1944-
label: Names
content: Sindler, Allan P.
label: Names
content: Sindler, Leonore
label: Names
content: Troutner, Ann Margaret
label: Names
content: Vallien, Bertil, 1938-
place: label: Place
content: Europe -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Japan -- Description and Travel
label: Place
content: Mexico -- description and travel
label: Place
content: South America -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Thailand -- description and travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics
label: Topic
content: Art -- Political aspects
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Glass art
label: Topic
content: Glass artists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Parenting
label: Topic
content: Politics in art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Marioni, Paul
label: Interviewer
content: Riedel, Mija, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Marioni (1941- ) is a glass artist from Seattle, Washington. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer, from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Items (Sound recording: 11 sound files (8 hrs., 18 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 112 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2006 September 18-19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marion06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Paul Marioni conducted 2006 September 18-19, 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, Seattle, Washington. Marioni speaks of his childhood in Ohio; excelling in math as a young student; being labeled a troublemaker in high school; his interest and skill in fixing cars and motorcycles; attending the University of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati, and San Francisco State University; receiving bachelor's degrees in English and philosophy; an interest in filmmaking; the joys and struggles of raising two children by himself; his unorthodox parenting philosophy; learning glass techniques from Judy Raffeal North; teaching experiences at College of Marin, California College of Arts and Crafts, Pilchuck Glass School, and Penland School of Crafts, among others; the importance of fostering idea formation and creativity in educational institutions; his experiences as Artist-in-Residence at A.C. Fischer Glashutte and Spectrum Glass Co.; the development of his process for producing cast glass; the great number of public architectural commissions that resulted from the ability to work with cast glass; the more than 85 commissions he has completed alone and in collaboration with Ann Troutner; the difference between his gallery work and commission work; the pleasure he gets from working in the studio; travels throughout Europe, South America, Japan, Thailand, Mexico; his use of ambient light; strong responses received from his political artwork; his dislike of art critics; the vital role Glass Art Society played in supporting the studio glass art movement; the emphasis of human nature in his art; and plans for the future. Marioni also recalls Robert Nelson, Gunvar Nelson, John Bolles, Cecile McCann, Marvin Lipofsky, Dale Chihuly, Tom Bosworth, Fritz Dreisbach, Richard Marquis, Howard Ben Tré, Bertil Vallien, Jaroslava Brychtová, Stanislav Libenský, Randy Milhoan, Dante Marioni, Pino Signoretto, Sandy Blaine, Allan and Lenore Sindler, and others.