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Oral history interview with Mark Peiser

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Mark Peiser, 2004 February 26, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.peiser04
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cb0d80a0-a2c6-4d6e-8579-27bf3086ae41
General
Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 55 min.
Interviewee
Peiser, Mark, 1938-
Interviewer
Halem, Henry
Creator
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Names
Art Institute of Chicago
Glass Art Society
Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design -- Students
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Penland School of Crafts -- Faculty
Penland School of Crafts -- Students
Purdue University -- Students
Bernstein, William, 1945-
Brown, William J. (William Joseph), 1923-1992
Dreisbach, Fritz
Littleton, Harvey K.
Topic
Decorative arts
Glass artists -- North Carolina -- Interviews
Glass art
Provenance
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.
Interviewee
Peiser, Mark, 1938-
Interviewer
Halem, Henry
Creator
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biographical / Historical
Mark Peiser (1938- ) is a glass artist from Penland, North Carolina. Henry Halem (1938- ) is a glass artist from Kent, Ohio.
Extent
68 Pages (Transcript)
6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files (3 hr., 55 min.), digital, wav)
Date
2004 February 26
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.peiser04
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Genre/Form
Interviews
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents
An interview of Mark Peiser conducted 2004 February 26, by Henry Halem, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Penland, North Carolina.
Peiser speaks of growing up in Chicago; his relationship with his parents; developing an early interest in music and engineering; attending Perdue University and transferring to the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology; working for a design firm in Chicago; becoming interested in glass after seeing an exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago; attending a workshop at Penland School of Crafts; becoming Penland's first Artist-in-Residence in glass and developing a technique on his own; working with Fritz Dreisbach to set up the first Glass Art Society conference; making improvements to the Penland glass studio; teaching at Penland; making a living as an artist; making opal glass for the first time; choosing certain imagery and color in his work; experimenting with technique including glass casting; making his Innerspace series; his relationship with collectors; finding challenges with his latest body of work; and the influence of Zen on his art. Peiser also recalls Harvey Littleton, Bill Brown, Billy Bernstein, and others.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.peiser04
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cb0d80a0-a2c6-4d6e-8579-27bf3086ae41
AAA.peiser04
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Record ID
ebl-1596375092415-1596375092417-0
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