Oral history interview with Sheila Hicks
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hicks, Sheila, 1934-
label: Interviewer
content: Zanartu, Cristobal
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
topic: label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- France -- Paris
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Art -- Economic aspects
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
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content: Textile crafts
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: Hicks, Sheila, 1934-
label: Interviewer
content: Zanartu, Cristobal
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sheila Hicks, (b. 1934), fiber artist of Paris, France. Interviewer Cristobal Zanartu, artist's son, Paris, France; b.1965.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound discs (1 hr., 44 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)
label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2004 March 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hicks04mar
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sheila Hicks conducted 2004 March 18, by Cristobal Zanartu, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Paris, France.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hicks speaks of working outside of academia; working within the fiber art tradition; teaching classes and workshops; founding the MADESA design school in Cape Town, South Africa; the function of her works; the fluctuating art market; becoming a leader in the "soft art" movement; the role of textiles in society; how her work has changed during her career; and how she gets ideas for her pieces. Hicks also speaks of a typical day in her studio; her circle of friends in Paris; documenting her artwork through photographs; what she hopes to communicate through her works; maintaining notebooks during her career; and the influence of technology on her work.