Oral history interview with Glen Michaels
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 42 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Michaels, Glen, 1927-
label: Interviewer
content: Rospond, Mary Chris
label: Names
content: Grotell, Maija
label: Names
content: Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- Michigan
label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Michigan -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Artists' materials
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Michaels, Glen, 1927-
label: Interviewer
content: Rospond, Mary Chris
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Glen Micahels (1927- ) is a sculptor in Mich.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 July 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.michae81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Glen Michaels conducted 1981 July 1, by Mary Chris Rospond, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Michaels speaks of his childhood and family background in Washington state; his early training in music; becoming a cartoonist and illustrator; his teaching career; studying at Cranbrook Academy under Zoltan Sepeshy; Maija Grotell's influence; his artistic development from painting to assemblage to mosaic sculpture; the influence of Japanese art and culture; problems in the relationship between art and architecture; his important commissions; materials he uses.