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Oral history interview with Cynthia Schira

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Cynthia Schira, 2001 July 25-26, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.schira01
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983656621-df52-480b-8e6a-b1cde3a121a5
General
Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 22 min.
Interviewee
Schira, Cynthia, 1934-
Interviewer
Mensing, Margo, 1941-
Creator
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Names
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Rhode Island School of Design -- Students
Topic
Fiber artists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
Tapestry
Women artists
Decorative arts
Weaving
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
Schira, Cynthia, 1934-
Interviewer
Mensing, Margo, 1941-
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
Cynthia Schira (1934- ) is a fiber artist from Westport, N.Y. Margo Mensing (1941- ) is a fiber artist from Gansevoort, N.Y.
Extent
52 Pages (Transcript)
Date
2001 July 25-26
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.schira01
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Cynthia Schira conducted 2001 July 25-26, by Margo Mensing, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in Schira's home and studio, in Westport, N.Y.
AAA.schira01
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw983656621-df52-480b-8e6a-b1cde3a121a5
AAA.schira01
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596378683839-1596378683841-0
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