Oral history interview with Laura Andreson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 42 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Andreson, Laura
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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: Andreson, Laura
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Laura Andreson (1902-1999) was a ceramist and art teacher from Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 93 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 May 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.andres81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Laura Andreson conducted 1981 May 20, by Ruth Bowman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Andreson speaks of her youth in California; the decision to go to college and become a teacher; the impact on her life of contracting tuberculosis; the development of her work, her first exhibitions, her current work and research; her teaching career at UCLA; the science of clay and glazes; her opinions of contemporary ceramics, and the relationship of art to her life.