Oral history interview with Don Reitz, 2006 June 6-7

Reitz, Don, b. 1929
Art teacher, Ceramicist
Clarksdale, Ariz.

Size: Sound recording, master: 4 sound discs (6 hrs., 20 min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.
Sound recording, duplicate: 5 cassettes

Collection Summary: An interview of Don Reitz conducted 2006 June 6-7, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at the artist's home, in Clarkdale, Ariz.

Biographical/Historical Note: Interviewee Don Reitz (1929- ) is an artist of Clarkdale, Ariz. Interviewer Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a curator and writer from San Francisco, Calif.

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.

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.

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