Oral history interview with Eddie Dominguez
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 23 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dominguez, Eddie, 1957-
label: Interviewer
content: Fleming, Stephen
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Alfred University -- Students
label: Names
content: Cleveland Institute of Art -- Students
label: Names
content: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Penland School of Crafts
label: Names
content: University of Nebraska -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Abrams, Fay
label: Names
content: Casebeer, Doug, 1956-
label: Names
content: Hepburn, Tony
label: Names
content: Higby, Wayne
label: Names
content: Jimenez, Luis, 1940-2006
label: Names
content: Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004
label: Names
content: Munson, Larry
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988
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content: Price, Kenneth, 1935-2012
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Ryman, Robert, 1930-2019
label: Names
content: Saks, Esther
label: Names
content: Salomon, Judith
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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: Dominguez, Eddie, 1957-
label: Interviewer
content: Fleming, Stephen
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eddie Dominguez (1957- ) is a ceramicist from Roswell, New Mexico. Stephen Fleming (1950- ) is the director of the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, Roswell, New Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 71 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 12 Items (Sound recording: 12 sound files (4hr., 23 min.), digital, wav)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2006 July 27-28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.doming06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Eddie Dominguez conducted 2006 July 27-28, by Stephen Fleming, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home, in Roswell, New Mexico.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dominguez speaks of his childhood in Tucumcari, New Mexico; the strong drive to create he felt from his youth; attending Cleveland Institute of Art in Ohio; receiving his M.F.A. from New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University in New York; being awarded a Gift of Time grant for the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program in 1986; the differences he encountered returning to the program 20 years later; his involvement with Haystack Mountain School of Crafts where he serves on the board of directors; participating in numerous workshops and lectures, including workshops at Penland School of Crafts; working as a regional artist and what that designation means to him; teaching experiences at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln; the importance of giving back to communities; his enjoyment in working with children to create public art installations; the influence of the Southwest landscape in his work; the very physical way he interacts with his work through piercing, burning, tearing, et cetera; being influenced by artists such as Louise Nevelson, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, Luis Jimenez, Agnes Martin, and others; the issue of ethnicity and race in identifying his art; and recent explorations with computer technology and digital photography. Dominguez also recalls Judith Salomon, Tony Hepburn, Wayne Higby, Fay Abrams, Larry Munson, Esther Saks, Doug Casebeer, Kenneth Price and others.