Reminiscences of Norma Minkowitz [electronic resource] : oral history, 1987

Biographical Note

Fiber artist.

Scope and Contents

Childhood, family background, early interest in fiber art; education at Music and Art High School, New York, N.Y., and Cooper Union; teaching at Arrowmont, Brookfield Craft Center, Yale, and Silvermine Guild of Artists; discussion of technique, vessel forms, container forms, influences on her work; fiber field and various fiber artists.

Subjects

• Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.
• Crocheting.
• Interviews.
• Minkowitz, Norma M., 1937---Interviews.
• Oral histories.
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.
• Textile crafts.
• Textile design.
• Wall hangings.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1988.