Interview with Nancy Crow
name: label: Interviewer
content: Robertson, Jean
label: Interviewee
content: Crow, Nancy, 1943-
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content: Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Indiana
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content: Curators -- Indiana
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content: Quiltmakers -- Ohio
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content: Fiber artists -- Ohio
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content: Decorative arts
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content: Women art critics
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content: Women artists
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content: Women textile artists
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content: Donated 2003 by Jean Robertson as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Researchers note: A separate 2002 interview of Crow, also conducted by Robertson and a part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America is also available.
creator: label: Interviewer
content: Robertson, Jean
label: Interviewee
content: Crow, Nancy, 1943-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nancy Crow (1943-) is a quiltmaker from Baltimore, Ohio. 

Interviewer Jean Robertson is an art critic and curator from Indianapolis, Ind.
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content: 14 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Aug. 17
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content: Archives of American Art
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content: AAA.robejean
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: A transcript of an interview Nancy Crow conducted 1988 Aug. 17 by Jean Robertson. Interview was conducted as part of Robertson's research for the book, "Nancy Crow: Quilts and Influences:, which was released in Dec. 1989, written by Crow and Robertson, Collector Books, Dec. 1989. Crow speaks about her childhood and early artistic aspirations; her dissatisfaction with her first quilts in the early 1970s; traditional quiltmaking; her work in tapestry weaving; meeting Francoise Barnes and Virginia Randles and learning to quilt; the difference between the weaving and quilting process; working in series; her interest in Mexican folk art and African American quilts; living on an isolated farm and drawing inspiration from nature; her use of titles, colors, patterns, scale, and fabrics; the importance of her training in ceramics; and she compares her work to quilts by Michael James.