Leigh Fondakowski talks to Peter Shea about some ethical questions that arise when writing plays based on real events using oral history interviews with real people.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fondakowski, Leigh
Created:
2008-02-16
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Leigh Fondakowski talks to Peter Shea about her play, The Laramie Project, predicated upon the tenth anniversary of the killing of Matthew Shepard, and the oral history research that went into it.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Fondakowski, Leigh
Created:
2010-04-18
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Leonard Marcus talks to Peter Shea about his forthcoming book on Madeleine, L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time and many other children's fantasy novels, his recently published Annotated Phantom Tollbooth, and his work on the illustrator Randolph Caldecott.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Marcus, Leonard
Created:
2012-02-02
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Leonard Marcus talks to Peter Shea about the children's book author Margaret Wise Brown, and how her books have been regarded. He also deals with Ursula Nordstrom, and his general approach to writing.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Marcus, Leonard
Created:
2009-11-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Linda Gammel and Sandra Menefee Taylor talk to Peter Shea about their collaborative project Roots of Renewal, taking oral histories dealing with citywide food systems, and its manifestation in the WARM Gallery.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Gammel, Linda; Taylor, Sandra Menefee
Created:
2013-02-09
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Linda Levin, artist, talks to Peter Shea and Patricia Olson about the origins of her artmaking and her involvement in the 2011 and 2013 Women's Art Institutes, the latter at St. Kate's University. She identifies a need in the art world for more recognition of women's work. She exhibits four pieces she produced at the 2013 Institute which draw fr...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Levin, Linda; Olson, Patricia
Created:
2013-07-10
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Lisa Channer talks to Peter Shea about the importance of collaboration to her work as an artist and director. She also talks about pedagogy and the pleasures of teaching. In the final segmnents of the interview she talks about current directions in the American theater.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Channer, Lisa
Created:
2013-01-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Lisa Von Drasek is the Curator of the University of Minnesota Libraries’ Children’s Literature Research Collections. In this interview, she talks about "Rejoice the Legacy!", the exhibit she curated for the Kerlan Collection centered around the work of Andrea Davis Pinkney.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Von Drasek, Lisa
Created:
2014-04-01
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Louis Jenkins, poet, talks to Peter Shea about his work. As an Okalahoma transplant who settled in Duluth, Jenkins' work was deeply influenced by Minnestoa culture and landscape. His connections with other Minnesotan artists and poets have allowed him to take part in numerous meaningful collaboratives. Jenkins discusses his upbringing in Oklamho...
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Jenkins, Louis
Created:
2014-04-13
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Madelon Sprengnether talks to Peter Shea about two recent projects, a memoir and a book of prose poems, the process of choosing and developing a written form, and the power of films.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Sprengnether, Madelon
Created:
2006-11-15
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Mageen Caines talks to Peter Shea about the force that shaped her–teachers, librarians, parents, friends. A student, veteran, mother, activist, and thinker currently enrolled in the school of public health at the University of Minnesota, she discusses her experiences in the military and her work with veterans.
Creator:
Shea, Peter
Contributor:
Caines, Mageen
Created:
2012-11-30
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
