Interview with Michael and Magdalene Frimkess, 2000 Feb. 27 - Apr. 30

Collection Information

Size: 6 sound cassettes (9 hrs.), analog.

Summary: This collection contains six (90 min.) audio tapes of interviews of Michael and Magdalena (Suarez) Frimkess conducted by Magdalene Mills on 2000 Feb. 27, Mar. 15, and April 23. Also included in this interview is Celia Frimkess (Michael's mother). Mills was studying ceramic sculptor Michael Frimkess for her MA thesis at California State University, Fullerton. The donated tapes are part of her research that came to include Magdalena Frimkess, as well as her better-known husband, Michael Frimkess.

Biographical/Historical Note

Magdalene Mills is an actress and ceramist. Michael Frimkess (1937-) was a leading innovator of the California fine art clay movement that grew up around Peter Voulkos and his "pot shop" at Otis Art Institute in the late 1950s. He often collaborated with his wife, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess (1929-), a Venezuelan-born ceramist.

Provenance

Donated 2001 by Magdalene Mills.

Language Note

English .