Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Michael James : oral history, 1987.Biographical NoteQuiltmaker.
Scope and ContentsChildhood in New Bedford, Massachusetts; textile-mill worker ancestry; Catholic upbringing; initial interest in art; studies at Southeastern Massachusetts University; Rochester Institute of Technology: art instruction, attitude toward work, initial interest in textiles; teaching; personal style: use of specific materials, interest in integration of material and unconventional fabric structure; development of quilt-making technique; commission work; shows in America, Europe; James' books on quiltmaking; interests in other art media; problems with people's attitudes toward quilts as art form; contemporary quilt-makers.
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990.
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