Leslie Ferrin and Lyndel King interviews with artists
name: label: Interviewer
content: Ferrin, Leslie
label: Interviewer
content: King, Lyndel
label: Interviewee
content: MacKenzie, Warren, 1924-2018
label: Interviewee
content: Simon, Michael, 1947-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- Georgia
label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- Minnesota -- Stillwater
label: Topic
content: Mingei (Art)
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2018 by Leslie Ferrin.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Ferrin, Leslie
label: Interviewer
content: King, Lyndel
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content: Leslie Ferrin and Lyndel King interviews with artists
abstract: label: Summary
content: Digital audio and video recordings of an interview with ceramicist Michael Simon conducted February 23, 2018 by ceramics dealer Leslie Ferrin and Lyndel King, director and chief curator of the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota at Simon's studio in Athens, Georgia. Also included is a conversation between King and potters Warren MacKenzie and Randy Johnston, and MacKenzie's daughter Tamsyn, March 19, 2018.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leslie Ferrin (1958- ) is the director of Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, Massachusetts and Ferrin Contemporary Project Art in Cummington, Massachusetts, specializing in contemporary ceramics circa 1950 to the present by artists whose primary medium is clay. Michael Simon was a functional ceramicist (1947-2021) in Athens, Georgia. He received his B.F.A. from the University of Minnesota and M.F.A. from the University of Georgia. His work can be found in the Los Angeles County Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and is in The Rodger Corsaw Collection of Ceramic Art at Alfred University. Lyndel King is the retired long-term director and chief curator of the Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Warren MacKenzie (1924-2018) was a functional ceramicist and educator based in Stillwater, Minnesota.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5.89 Gigabytes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2018
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ferrlesl
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Digital audio and video recordings of an interview with ceramicist Michael Simon conducted February 23, 2018 by ceramics dealer Leslie Ferrin and Lyndel King, director and chief curator of the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota at Simon's studio in Athens, Georgia. Also included is a conversation between King and potters Warren MacKenzie and Randy Johnston, and MacKenzie's daughter Tamsyn, March 19, 2018.