Oral history interview with David and Michelle Holzapfel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 39 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Holzapfel, David, 1950-
label: Interviewer
content: Shea, Josephine, 1958-
label: Interviewee
content: Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-
label: Names
content: Canadian Crafts Council
label: Names
content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
label: Names
content: United States Information Service
label: Names
content: Wood Turning Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Fitzgerald, Dennis
label: Names
content: Galbraith, Peter
label: Names
content: Hosaluk, Michael
label: Names
content: Nutt, Craig
label: Names
content: Prestini, James, 1908-
label: Names
content: Sfirri, Mark
place: label: Place
content: Croatia -- description and travel
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Economic aspects
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Woodworkers -- Vermont -- Interviews
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, David, 1950-
label: Interviewer
content: Shea, Josephine, 1958-
label: Interviewee
content: Holzapfel, Michelle, 1951-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Holzapfel (1950- ) and Michelle Holzapfel (1951- ) are self-taught woodworkers who own and operate Applewoods Studio and Gallery in Marlboro, Vermont.
function: label: Function
content: Artists' studios
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (1 hr., 39 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2008 January 6 and March 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.holzap08
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of David and Michelle Holzapfel conducted 2008 January 6-March 2, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the Holzapfels' home and studio, Applewoods Studio and Gallery, in Marlboro, Vermont.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The Holzapfels speak of their studio spaces and how they live and work together; the difficulty of marketing yourself as an artist; their involvement in artistic communities such as Wood Turning Center and Canadian Craft Council; traveling to Croatia to participate as guest artists in an exhibition curated by the United States Information Services; the financial difficulties of being artists; the impact technology has made on their work; the importance of apprenticeships; and their view of time spent with James Prestini. The Holzapfels also recall Michael Hosaluk, Mark Sfirri, Craig Nutt, Peter Galbraith, Denis Fitzgerald, and others.