Craftspeople - USA

• Artists Research Group Oral History Project

http://artistsresearchgroup.com/index.php

The project was initiated in 1988 by Hunter College in New York and focuses on artists and crafts people associated with the New York School. The transcripts of 20 interviews undertaken for the project are available on-line.

• First Nation and Maori Artists

http://www.spiritwrestler.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=artist_index

Compiled by Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Contains profiles of First Nation of North America and Maori artists working in all fields, with examples of their work.


• Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project

http://www.lucidplanet.com/iwa/Artists.htm

The Iowa Women Artists Project records and preserves the voices of women artists in Iowa reflecting on their lives and their artwork. Artists working in all media are included. Each entry contains a biographical sketch, photographs of their work, a statement by the artist, and audio clips.


• Museum of Arts and Design, New York

http://collections.madmuseum.org/code/emuseum.asp?style=browse&currentrecord=1&page=index

A catalogue of the crafts collection of the American Craft Council's Museum of Arts and Design [formerly the American Craft Museum] in New York City. Contains biographical information on many of the craftspeople, together with photographs of their work.

• Native Artists

http://www.nativeonline.com/artists.html

Compiled by Native Online in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Contains biographies of contemporary First Nation artists in North America working in all fields, with links to their Web sites and examples of their work.

• Smithsonian American Art Museum

http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/results/?q=65

Contains basic biographical information about the many thousands of painters, sculptors and craftspeople whose work is included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

• Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art Oral History Project.

http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/

The Smithsonian Institution Archives of American Art Oral History Project originated in 1958 and now includes interviews with many hundreds if not thousands of US artists, designers, craftspeople, photographers, arts administrators and educators. Transcripts of many of these interviews are now available online.


• The White House Collection of American Crafts

http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/online/whc/whc-noframe.html?/exhibitions/online/whc/

Assembled in 1993, the White House Collection of American crafts, features 72 works by 77 of America's leading craft artists working n ceramics, fibre, glass, metal, and wood, today, each of whom are profiled. The 72 objects in the collection have been installed in various locations throughout the White House in Washington, DC.

• Vermont Crafts Council

http://www.vermontcrafts.com/index.html

Compiled by the Vermont Crafts Council in Montpelier, Vermont. The craftspeople, studios and workshops are listed by media with examples of their work and links to their Web sites. The site contains craft news and details of current and forthcoming craft exhibitions events in the state.