Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Ted Hallman

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Ted Hallman, 2006 May 23-2008 June 3, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.hallma06
Creators:
Hallman, Ted, 1933-
Drutt, Helen Williams
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Dates:
2006 May 23-2008 June 3
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
4 Cassettes
Sound recording (3 hr., 42 min.)
analog
73 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Ted Hallman conducted 2006 May 23 and 2008 June 3, by Helen Drutt English, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Hallman's home, in Lederach, Pennsylvania.
Scope and Contents
Hallman speaks of working with transparent materials; teaching at Moore College and the Chicago Institute of Art; family influences in teaching and art; music and his art; interest in the body; traveling; shifts in modern textile art. Hallman also recalls Kenneth Mills, Ida Rolf, Alice Parrott, Michael Barnett, Claire Zeisler, Toshiko Takaezu, Maija Grotell, Aileen O. Webb, Nell Znamerowski, Karen Karnes, Lenore Tawney, and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ted Hallman (1933- ) is a fiber artist in Lederach, Pennsylvania. Helen Williams Drutt English (1930- ) is a professor, scholar, and founder and director of Helen Drutt Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Digital Content

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Ted Hallman, 2006 May 23-2008 June 3, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Ted Hallman, 2006 May 23-2008 June 3, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Using the Collection
System Details
Recorded on 4 cassette tapes (3 hr., 42 min.).
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Fiber artists -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews. Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Barnett, Michael Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Grotell, Maija Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Karnes, Karen, 1925-2016 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Parrott, Alice Kagawa, 1929-2009 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Rolf, Ida Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Takaezu, Toshiko Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Tawney, Lenore Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Webb, Aileen O. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zeisler, Claire, 1903-1991 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Znamerowski, Nell Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Moore College of Art -- Faculty Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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