Berkley? In all of her work, I never saw an areaeven in the Mystery Man series or the series she did when she got robbed at gunpoint and did some little figures based on that. Mario's retired, but theythe thing about them is they remindand that's why Jason Rhoades kept coming backthey remind everyone what it is to stay a human being in all of that. It may have impacted her growing up and her experiences. And, I understand she has since passed, but last I heard, there was an amazing cache of two floors or three floors of antiques and such that are kind of lying dormant. So there's asomewhere in there there's a healthy spot for an artist to be working in. And they were always done in pairs. "Yes, you are." NEIL WILLIAMS: It's not that I'm not good in that area. [Affirmative.] I want to make something"because if he gets anxieties or, if he starts getting PTSD or whatever he's"sitting and making," he says that does it for him immediately. But there was also part of the delight for her too because shethe magic she always felt about seeing things coming out of the kiln for the first time. NEIL WILLIAMS: On to visuals. The second piece, you don't care what the outcome is. MIJA RIEDEL: What was significant about Mario? MIJA RIEDEL: It's interesting since we've talked briefly and we'll talk quite a bit more about this going back and forth between two and 3D. MR] about Viola's plates, or the bronzes. NEIL WILLIAMS: She talked aboutwell, she talked out milking depression for all it was worth. 0000111774 00000 n It's like if you can get someone to stop, look at your work for more than 30 seconds, it's going to be successful. I started doing it around her after a while. ], MIJA RIEDEL: This is Mija Riedel with Neil Williams in the artist's home and studio in Auburn, California on June 6, 2014 for the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. MIJA RIEDEL: I thought you had said otherwise yesterday, but okay. So, survival and celebration, it might sound banal or, you knowhope it doesn't sound flippant, but it'sI think it's pretty simple. She still was immediately drawn back to building things in clay, and painting, and doing the pastels, and junk pieces. I love the ocean connections, but then I love desert connections, soand mountain connections. NEIL WILLIAMS: I know, it was great. Please join us to mourn the passing of Neil Williams. I mean, Betty Asher's, Stphane Janssen's collection wasare you familiar with him at all? MIJA RIEDEL: And you did many, many group shows [. And not that they're paying off,in terms of popularity or sales or any of that stuff. That was very wise of her. It's like the sameto me, it has a direct link to the chemical in our hearts that cause it, our cells to beat. And she bought most of them and took them home with her. NEIL WILLIAMS: Oh, some Pre-Columbian work. NEIL WILLIAMS: Well, and when you need it, like Duchamp said, if art is a drug and you need your fix, NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, Van Gogh said that, art is a jealous mistress; she doesshe prefers herself to ill health or anything else. What a shame. She showed great work. . MIJA RIEDEL: and then did you go directly to CCAC? And it was like, Viola read it, and it ended up on the floor of her truck with footprints on it, because she would embrace these things; she was, "Alright I own it," and it wasshe wasn't attached to those kinds of things. Fear of failure. And what a lovely turn of phrase to use when talking to them. And like I said, some of the most amusing moments is when he had vermouth in one hand and a cigarette in the other and he was ready to talk. I said, "I'm sitting over here doing all this work I can't afford to finish right now." A little bit of contact there. Net Worth in 2020. Toby Covich and I see each other all the time. We can talk about that more. And it was also, like I was trying to get at filling theimage filling the gap between the thought and the spoken word. This is not an easy path.". And I had some experience in color when it does fit form from making glaze, traditional glazes. It's like, "Oh, my God, I can't believe that there was human beings even thinking this way back then." September first? NEIL WILLIAMS: And to me, color is that vital energy that can bring a piece to life, or it can kill it. Interviewer Mija Riedel (1958- ) is an independent scholar and writer in San Francisco, California. It was very liberating accepting that putting myself into a period or a point that it's, like good art should ask more questions than it answers. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. . So, it's been good. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah. I wanted to ask you about [. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. But she'd alsowe're doing these bricoleur, these junk pieces out of the cast molds, that I thought were absolutely fascinating. Is there respect for it? Even though taking the time can be a sacrifice, temple attendance can provide peace, shared BYU student Jessie Ebert. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. She talked about her connection with the grandmother or with the grandfather who had the pile of junk and nobody moved it, or they stayed away from it because it was his pile of junk, and. I know some of them first-hand, which is a shame, because there are still some younger, great, vital artists or some, even some older established ones that have a lot to say and make really good, important contributions, because it fits into what we talked about earlier, about continuity, consistency, cultural identity, and, in a sense, it keeps the certain, whatever medium, alive, and it's the whole idea of immortality. NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean another couple of angels who. MIJA RIEDEL: So [. NEIL WILLIAMS: She would decide. MIJA RIEDEL: Okay. NEIL WILLIAMS: They becameno, they were in sections. NEIL WILLIAMS: She waswhen I first got to Arts and Crafts, she saw that I was very disciplined through will, any scale wasshe was working on me, on surface. NEIL WILLIAMS: Because you want to take that experience into the next one, and you don't want to be hung up by it. They're nothing if not curvilinear. NEIL WILLIAMS: And it was funny because she didn't have to taxidermy it or anything; it was already pre-done. NEIL WILLIAMS: And I thought that that was a great example of what could drive an artist to greatness and to madness. Consider following President Eyrings example, Elder Andersen told students. . Did you need a portfolio back then, or no? NEIL WILLIAMS: I mean, it's just like, when I was taking care of my grandmother, and she had Alzheimer's, and we would go out to lunch and visit and talk. MIJA RIEDEL: There was a wheel in the high school that nobody was using. NEIL WILLIAMS: And she started to eventually, but she thought, "Oh my gosh, they're going to go around me and sell," and so it was ironic because, 20-something years later, I would meet somebody like Sandy Besser in Santa Fe, who donated the work to the de Young Museum, or someone would say, " Oh gosh, I've been buying your work for 26 years." And I thought that was interesting, to think about her work with that in mind. So, that could bea metaphor for such. Do a four-week summer workshop. NEIL WILLIAMS: Sing Shakespeare sonnets, and we used to go around and perform at different groups like Lions Clubs or Soroptimist, and sit through Shakespearean sonnet performances in third grade. Neal Currey likes to say adventure is in his blood. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, I think there was a physical aspect of it, that they were simplified into color field from some of the early detailed work, and I also think that there was a conscious effort, that she thought there was something more powerful on big blocks of color. And they're the pairone of the pairs of several that she gave to the Smithsonian. NEIL WILLIAMS: So, there was physicality. But the lack of detail in thatthe simplicity of it just being this eruption of massive form and color, right in your face. Other than Viola, of course. And insights ofhow the mind works, how the creative mind worksyou know, how the primitive mind works in relation to creativity. I mean he's my best friend; what can you say? NEIL WILLIAMS: But at the same time, she certainly relied on andI know she appreciated my help. But it's still there and it's still really highly motivational soI'm sorry, what was the original question? "Paul Baker - Executive Creative DirectorThe Marketing Practice, "I have worked with many different Creative Directors at a variety of top agencies, and Neil is one that I would definitely recommend. They were really good. The Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Her mother was a dancer and used to tour with Arthur Murray in that era. Said he knew he had no problem at all diving into somebody's chest who was wounded, to try and save him, when they were trying to shoot him, too. But at the same time, I try and push it a little bit each time so that theyI mean, I'm going to obliterate the image completely but, like I said, it has to stay alive and interesting. And so, that was just overwhelming to me, that some of those same people wereI mean, like, Betty Asher and her cup fetish, NEIL WILLIAMS: that Asher formand I remember, because meeting her through installing Viola's show and realizing she had the cup fetish, and, "Oh my gosh, I make little cups." NEIL WILLIAMS: You can drive yourself nuts and. NEIL WILLIAMS: There was a local community college here that we stopped sending students to because therethey weren't doing anything. So there was a. There's a directness, a quickness to it. You know, making art and celebrate safely. Racing and Sports is a Registered Trademark. So, she was inviting, you know, "Do you like that? But, there was stuff that got taken. MIJA RIEDEL: What kinds of storieswere they related to politics, or gender, or social issues, personal narratives? It's in the family partnership and it's been a rental on and off since then. 750 9th Street, NWVictor Building, Suite 2200 MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. It wasn'tthey weren't being offensive. I think she had two full-time and another part-time at the same time afterwards, so, NEIL WILLIAMS: It was I was really proud because I had felt really honored to be able to work with her. What was your take on that? I've always known it's good. ", "Neil is a great person to work with on every level. R&S takes all care in the preparation of information appearing on the site, but accepts no responsibility nor warrants the accuracy of the information displayed. And you can keep records on it. MIJA RIEDEL: Okay. And how itthe electromagnetic attraction to the profound impact of what color can have on a person. New York,NY10010, Dedicated to collecting and preserving the papers and primary records of the visual arts in America, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 2023 Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Terra Foundation Center for Digital Collections, Guidelines for Processing Collections with Audiovisual Material, Washington D.C. Headquarters and Research Center, Publications Using Material from the Archives of American Art, Oral history interview with Neil Williams, 2014 June 5-6. MIJA RIEDEL: Mm-hmm. But they make sense. She understood her. NEIL WILLIAMS: Spent time in some of Thiebaud's early workshops. What do I do now? NEIL WILLIAMS: there wasn athere was a celebration of life. Two weeks ago, Damar Hamlin fell to the ground, seemingly lifeless, during an NFL football game. But also, for some reason, I remember us thinking I knew what was coming just from her firstthe first day of class there. MIJA RIEDEL: When I look at the list of different galleries you've been affiliated with over 20 or 30 years, there are many galleries, [that included your work MR] in a group show here or a group show there. NEIL WILLIAMS: Yeah, and a few that have gone through his program that have gone on to study at Davis or,Berkeley or elsewherethat yeah, I still stay in touch with them. I mean, it would have been great, but it's not important to me. $ 249.99 Sold Out. There's no need to wrap it all up in a nice little bow and put it to bed just yet. I would certainly buy it as a reader but. How can you ever live up to doing anything to honor all this past great art history? NEIL WILLIAMS: So, that carried on. They surrounded her, and there was this big huddle, and then I guess they got her calmed down, and then she said a little something like "Okay, I'll," you know. So, there's a technically, it has its demands, which can be very frustrating. And, like I said, the exposure and the whole role of gallery and public places, it completes the circle of experience for an artist. I'm thinking of a story that someone told [me MR]something happened to Charles and he was in the hospital, and, MIJA RIEDEL: a couple of friends came over to visit Viola, and they said there was just no conversation, nobody was talking. NEIL WILLIAMS: right up until the day she died. NEIL WILLIAMS: It's mind and body. Many trials come not because of anything an individual did or didnt do. NEIL WILLIAMS: But that's whomy childhood friend Noel Loughlin who I mentioned was theunfortunate accident is. He was like, "You know, palace-and-cottage, it's likeMichelangelo was a palace artist; Van Gogh was a cottage artist." MIJA RIEDEL: How about the female figures? I think about little quotes and stuff all the time about, you know, some from Charles or some from other artists orthey stick with me. NEIL WILLIAMS: Nothing that's going to be profound or, MIJA RIEDEL: [Laughs.] Lovecraft as writers had landed here. NEIL WILLIAMS: I always thought the bottom line, Viola just did them because they were flipping fun for her to make. NEIL WILLIAMS: So I think that was a goodreal healthyshe needed to be in a teaching environment too. In speaking to a packed arena in the Marriott Center on the Provo, Utah, campus on Tuesday, Elder Andersen asked students: What are your hopes and plans for your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ in the next 50 years? The Utah native, former Army Ranger with the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, and founder of Ready Did she study textiles? Brisbane Jockey Premiership Past Winners Year Winner 2015 Jim Byrne 2014 Michael Cahill 2013 Michael Cahill 2012 Chris Munce 2011 Chris Munce 2010 Stahthi Katsidis 2009 Scott Scriven 2008 That's why I haven't had the solo shows in so long. 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