Tradition/Innovation : Audio Interviews

Tradition Innovation: American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Art

Artist Interviews

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Gustina Atlas & Geraldine Nash Date: April 3, 2007 Interviewer: David Crosby Place: Port Gibson, MS Quilting influences What happens to their quilts once they are made How has their work changed Passing on the tradition of quilting Download Fong Choo Date: March 29, 2007 Interviewer: Scheri Smith Place: Louisville, KY Path to the study of pottery Process of making teapots Evolution of work Concept of mastery; work as Kentucky artist Download Alice R. Ballard Date: April 6, 2007 Interviewer: Stephen Criswell Place: Greenville, SC Why Ballard pursued art Materials, influences and inspiration Influence of the South on work Creating series of buds, leaves and pods Download Steve Miller Date: March 30, 2007 Interview: Anne Kimzey Place: Tuscaloosa, AL South’s influence on Miller’s work Process of papermaking; using natural resources Bookmaking education projects; bookmaking in contemporary world Description of work in Tradition/Innovation Download Carol Welch Date: April 16, 2007 Interviewer: David Brose Place: Cherokee, NC (Big Cove community) How to make a rivercane basket Selecting rivercane; single & double weave baskets; natural dyes What makes a good basket Download Gene Koss Date: April 12, 2007 Interview: Laura Westbrook Place: New Orleans, LA Artists working in New Orleans post Hurricane Katrina Living in New Orleans; influence of the South on Koss’ art Innovation in Koss’ work Download Philip Simmons Date: April 4, 2007 Interview: Adrienn Mendonca Place: Charleston, SC Simmons as an apprentice blacksmith Download Chester, Harold, Grace Nell, Matthew & Nathaniel Hewell Date: March 24, 2007 Interview: Tim Prizer Place: Gillsville, GA Pottery making in the Hewell family Reflections on the term “mastery” Learning process; Hewell family potters; Southern influences Southern pottery Download Gwendolyn A. Magee Date: March 29, 2007 Interviewer: Larry Morrisey Place: Jackson, MS The use of color in quilts; process of selecting materials The completion of work; re-working God of Our Silent Tears History of African American quilting; Magee’s role in quilting A sense of place & race in the South Download