Oral history interview with Otto and Vivika Heino
name: label: Interviewee
content: Heino, Otto, 1915-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Levin, Elaine
label: Interviewee
content: Heino, Vivika, 1910-1995
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Heino, Otto, 1915-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Levin, Elaine
label: Interviewee
content: Heino, Vivika, 1910-1995
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Otto (1915-2009) and Vivika Heino (1910-1995) were ceramists of Ojai, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 85 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (4 min. 52 sec.), digital)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 Mar. 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.heino81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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 Otto and Vivika Heino conducted 1981 Mar. 4, by Elaine Levin, at their home in Ojai, Calif., for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Heinos speak of their backgrounds and education; his early interest in pottery, hers in puppetry and other crafts; their careers as potters and work they have done separately and collaboratively; and the current status of pottery and of people involved in it.