Oral history interview with Karen Karnes
odd: label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- Vermont -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Karen Karnes (1925-2016) was a ceramist from New York, NY. She worked and  at Black Mountain College, and later lived and worked in Stony Point cooperative art village, and then lived and worked in Vermont. She is known for her salt-glazed ceramics.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording: (1 hour 30 min.), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 78 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 Oct. 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.karnes71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Karen Karnes conducted 1971 Oct. 4, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses growing up in the Bronx, New York City; her husband, David Weinrib; early work in Italy; her time at Black Mountain College; Southern Highland Handicraft Guild; Stony Point artists' cooperative. She also discusses the form and aesthetic of her cermaics.