Oral history interview with Michele Oka Doner, 2007 Aug. 20-Nov. 17

Doner, Michele Oka, b. 1945
Sculptor
New York, N.Y.

Size: Sound recording, master: 2 sound discs (3 hr., 19 min.) : digital ; 2 5/8 in.

Collection Summary: An interview of Michele Oka Doner conducted 2007 Aug. 20 and Nov. 17, by Josephine Shea, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Oka Doner's studio, in New York, N.Y.

Biographical/Historical Note: Michele Oka Doner (1945- ) is glass artist and sculptor, in New York, N.Y. Josephine Shea (1968- ) is a curator in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.

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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