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Essay “Once Upon A Time A Man Named Peter Voulkos,” 1962 |
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"ONCE UPON A TIME A MAN NAMED PETER VOULKOS," a satirical essay by Bernard Pyron about Voulkos and the art of throwing pots, February 3, 1962, 2 p. According to Clayton Bailey this “fable” refers to a Voulkos workshop held at the University of Wisconsin at Madison in February 1962. More than 100 ceramic students and their professors came from a five-state radius to see the workshop in the tiny University of Wisconsin ceramic studio. Bailey wrote: "It was my introduction to California ceramics, and it gave me the idea of moving to California to seek my fortune as a teacher and artist. I remember those questions and the responses Voulkos made. He made a very strong impression on me, and I patterned myself after him as a teacher and an artist. (I was a graduate student and student assistant in ceramics at U.W. at the time.) The idea of breaking the rules, of trying to be funny were reinforced in me through the Voulkos workshop experience." Clayton Bailey papers. Gift of Clayton Bailey, 1979. |
"Once Upon A Time A Man Named Peter Voulkos", 1962 Feb. 3.Printed Material, 2 p. 28x 22 cm. Clayton Bailey papers, ca. 1960-1979. Archives of American Art. |
