Reminiscences of Stuart Kestenbaum : oral history, 1989.

Biographical Note

Potter, arts administrator.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Maplewood, NJ; Hamilton College 1969-73, interest in clay modeling; European travel; potter apprentice in Portland, ME until May 1975; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME 1975; taught pottery workshops in Portland area schools with support of the State Art Commission; employed through CETA program 1977-80: Director of children's museum in Portland; State Art Commission field coordinator for the artist-in-residence program; Assistant Director of State Art Commission 1985-88; developed art curriculum/requirements for Maine public school system; Director Haystack Mountain School of Crafts July 1988- ; current work in fundraising, establishment of school endowment, and maintaining diverse student population at Haystack.

Subjects

• Art--Study and teaching.
• Art and state.
• Art commissions--Maine.
• Arts administrators--Interviews.
• CETA.
• Children's museums.
• Educational fund raising.
• Federal aid to the arts.
• Government aid to education.
• Interviews.
• Kestenbaum, Stuart--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Potters--Interviews.
• Pottery craft.

Access Conditions

Copyright by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990.