SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART
The Smithsonian Archives of American Art, has collected hundreds of interviews with artists. Some are available online, others can be obtained in hard copy, by contacting the Archives’ reference staff. Go to http://artarchives.si.edu/oralhist/oralhist.htm for a complete list, including interviews with: Anni Albers Dorothy Gill Barnes Sheila Hicks Norma Minkowitz Kay Sekimachi Lenore Tawney Claire Zeisler
Lenore Tawney 54t SONG OF THE LEAF BIRD mixed-media assemblage, 17.5” x 6.25” x 6”, 1995, $14,000
BANCROFT LIBRARY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT	Katherine Westphal 35w CHUTO-HAUPA, paper and linen, 57” x 57”, 1983, $5,000
The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, has an Oral History Project of Interviews on Fiber Arts in the Bay Area at http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/collections/subjectarea/ artslit/fiberarts.html two of these can be viewed online. Kay Sekimachi (b. 1926), The Weaver's Weaver: Explorations in Multiple Layers and Three-Dimensional Fiber Art, 1996, 154 pp. (available online). Bob Stocksdale (b. 1913), Pioneer Wood-Lathe Artist, and Master Creator of Bowls from Fine and Rare Woods, 1998, 164 pp. (available online). Katherine Westphal (b. 1919) Artist and Professor, 1988, 190 pp. Charles Edmund Rossbach (b. 1914) Artist, Mentor, Professor, Writer, 1987, 156 pp. Gyöngy Laky (b. 1944) Fiber artist. (In process) Lillian Wolock Elliott (1930-1994) Artist, Instructor, and Innovator in Fiber Arts, 1992, 215 pp.

 

KQED SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC TELEVISION - ADELA AKERS
In the spring of 2007, San Francisco's public television station, KQED, visited Adela Akers in Sonoma County in the converted apple warehouse that she ues as a studio. In the clip, the artist discusses her inspiration and the process by which she creates the works she makes of linen, foil and horsehair. http://kqedrm.streamguys.us/ramgen/real.kqed/tv/productions/spark/artists-orgs/adelaakers.rm
24aa RED PASSAGE Adela Akers linen, horsehair and metal 18” x 16”, 2003, $2,600	25aa GOLD PASSAGE Adela Akers linen, horsehair and metal 18” x 16”, 2004 $2,600

Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project - Mary Merkel-Hess

The Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project features two short clips of Mary Merkel-Hess, discussing the influence of Iowa on her work, spiritual aspects of her art and how her work has been influenced by the Iowa landscape. Find the clips at: http://www.lucidplanet.com/iwa/ArtistPages/merkelhessm.htm under "making art in Iowa", "art & spirituality," and images of Mary's work on her page under "artists

166mm KIRON Mary Merkel-Hess paper, paper cord, acrylics, 13” x 31 x 13, 2005, $2,700