Oral history interview with Lia Cook
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 4 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 23 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cook, Lia, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Baizerman, Suzanne
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Allrich Gallery
label: Names
content: American Craft Council
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content: College Art Association of America
label: Names
content: European Textile Network
label: Names
content: Hadler Galleries
label: Names
content: Handarbetets vanner (Society)
label: Names
content: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Konstfack (Stockholm, Sweden)
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Perimeter Gallery
label: Names
content: University of California, Berkeley -- Students
label: Names
content: Abakanowicz, Magdalena
label: Names
content: Hicks, Sheila, 1934-
label: Names
content: Jacobi, Peter, 1935-
label: Names
content: Jacobi, Ritzi, 1941-
label: Names
content: Laky, Gyöngy, 1944-
label: Names
content: O'Banion, Nance
label: Names
content: Rappaport, Deborah
label: Names
content: Rossbach, Ed
place: label: Place
content: Europe -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Japan -- Description and Travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Fiber artists -- California -- Berkeley
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Berkeley
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
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: Cook, Lia, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Baizerman, Suzanne
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lia Cook (1942- ) is a textile painter of Berkeley, California. Suzanne Baizerman (1942- ) is an independent curator of Alameda, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2006 August 22-29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cook06
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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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 Lia Cook conducted 2006 August 22-29, by Suzanne Baizerman, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's studio, in Berkeley, California.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cook speaks of her childhood in California; studying political science at University of California, Berkeley; being strongly influenced by the textiles of Mexican cultures; studying weaving at Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design and Handarbetets Vänner in Stockholm, Sweden; attending graduate school at Berkeley under Ed Rossbach; a strong interest in photography; teaching experiences at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; participating in the Lausanne International Biennial of Tapestry in Switzerland; the impact of the digital Jacquard loom on the development of her work; travels throughout Europe and Japan; commission work; experiences with Allrich Gallery, Hadler/Rodriguez Gallery, and Perimeter Gallery; series Fabric Landscape, Material Pleasure, Point of Touch, Presence/Absence, and Anatomy of a Portrait; her involvement with American Craft Council, European Textile Network, and College Art Association; and the importance of teaching in her life. Cook also recalls Gyongy Laky, Nance O'Banion, Deborah Rappaport, Sheila Hicks, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Peter and Ritzi Jacobi, and others.