Oral history interview with Michelle Holzapfel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-
label: Interviewer
content: Shea, Josephine, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Marlboro College -- Students
label: Names
content: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: Norwich University
label: Names
content: Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Wood Turning Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Worcester Center Crafts
label: Names
content: Adamson, Glenn
label: Names
content: Ancell, Nathan
label: Names
content: Blake, Audrey
label: Names
content: Friedman, Barry
label: Names
content: Holzapfel, David, 1950-
label: Names
content: Joseph, Peter T. (Peter Thomas), 1950-1998
label: Names
content: LeCoff, Albert B., 1950-
label: Names
content: Taylor, Gilbert
label: Names
content: Trapp, Kenneth R.
label: Names
content: Tyler, Chris
place: label: Place
content: Italy -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Rhode Island -- Description and Travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Woodworkers -- Vermont
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Self-taught artists
label: Topic
content: Women 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: Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-
label: Interviewer
content: Shea, Josephine, 1958-
label: Creator
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Michelle Hozapfel (1951- ) is a self-taught woodworker in Marlboro, Vermont.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (3 hr., 10 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 42 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2008 January 26 and March 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holzam08
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 Michelle Holzapfel conducted 2008 January 26-March 1, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Holzapfel's home and studio, Applewoods Studio and Gallery, in Marlboro, Vermont.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Holzapfel speaks of her childhood in Rhode Island; her large extended family and their French-Canadian heritage; working with her father in his machine shop; early art education and exposure from elementary school through high school; the influence of high school art teacher Audrey Blake; trips to Rhode Island School of Design Museum and Boston Museum of Fine Arts; attending Marlboro College; meeting her husband, David, at Marlboro; traveling in Italy with friends and David; earning her B.A. from Norwich College; participating in craft shows; having two children in two years; teaching experiences at Worcester Center for Crafts and Wood Turning Center; the difference in relationships with galleries and museums; the woodturning field; and the struggles and success of women artists; and plans for the future. Holzapfel recalls Gilbert Taylor, Barry Friedman, Glenn Adamson, Nathan Ancell, Peter Joseph, Kenneth Trapp, Chris Tyler, Albert LeCoff, and others.