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Audio Recording Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

About this Item

Title

  • Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1

Names

  • Klymasz, Robert Bogdan, 1936- (Collector)
  • Huminiak, Michael (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1977

Headings

  • -  Ukrainian Americans
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

  • Ethnography
  • Interviews

Notes

  • -  Mr. Michael Huminiak, part 1
  • -  Part 1 of a 3-part interview with Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, conducted in Ukrainian; the first segment of this interview was conducted on June 7, 1977, at about 8 pm the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, 2353 Iowa Ave., Chicago; about various people who run and instruct at the School; the administrator, wood work, embroidery, weaving, Easter egg ornamentation; Huminiak himself concentrates on painting the ceramic forms; has published 2 workbooks on the subject; born in western Ukraine in 1911, arrived in the US in 1946; now retired, formerly worked in a dental lab; the second segment of the interview recorded on June 10, 1977, at Huminiak’s home at 316 Pinecroft St.,Roselle, Illinois, about his folk art school: staff, specialities, purpose and aims of the school; cost of courses offered; sponsorship and subsidies from Ukrainian credit union; Huminiak got interested in this school program upon retirement, a hobby; the school has financial difficulties; his daughter Natalie helps support the work; about the ages of the students; about collaboration with the Ukrainian Museum, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art; the need to preserve and develop cultural assets; arts schools like his are important and should be established in other Ukrainian communities; about his recent publications on Ukrainian ceramic ornamentation designs; his favorite patterns and the need to retain traditional motifs; his approach to his work; about ceramic trends in the Old Country, production methods, styles; currently popular Trypillian ceramic motifs, origin of same in Chicago; about archeological finding re Trypillian ceramics; motifs must talk and reflect thought; about the difficulty in producing the desired red color; Huminiak’s favorable opinion about Ukrainian ceramic decalomania, commercially successful.

Medium

  • audiocassette, C-60

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Call number: AFC 1981/004: AFS 20712a
  • MBRS Shelflist: RYA 0732
  • Field Project Identifier: CH77-T189-C

Source Collection

  • Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit line: Chicago Ethnic Arts Project collection (AFC 1981/004), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Klymasz, Robert Bogdan, and Michael Huminiak. Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1977. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20712a/.

APA citation style:

Klymasz, R. B. & Huminiak, M. (1977) Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, June 7. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20712a/.

MLA citation style:

Klymasz, Robert Bogdan, and Michael Huminiak. Interview with artist Michael Huminiak at the School of Ukrainian Folk Arts, Chicago, Illinois, part 1. Chicago, Illinois, June 7, 1977. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc1981004_afs20712a/>.