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Architecture and Arts Oral History Project

This collection contains sound files and transcripts of oral history interviews conducted with former Art and Architecture faculty members. The collection was created by Eileen Broido, working on a celebration of the history of the College in 2007. It also contains some biographical information compiled by Broido.

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Ast, Bruno and Rocah, Louis. Interview. March 13, 2006.
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Professors Bruno Ast and Louis Rocha reflect on their years teaching at the college of architecture. Topics include renowned architects who visited or taught, notable students, establishing college of architecture curriculum, its strengths, and state of the college at the time of interview.
Date:
2006-03-13
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Ast, Bruno. Interview. August 17, 2006.
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Professor Bruno Ast interviewed by Hasassah Adler. Interview conducted in the Port Center, University of Illinois at Chicago. Ast recounts his early days as an architect, how he was recruited to teach at the university, the ways the college and the architecture program evolved and changed over time. He discusses relationships between faculty and the administration over the years.
Date:
2006-08-17
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Barazani, Morris. Interview. March 31, 2006.
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Interview with Morris Barazani conducted by Eileen Broido for 60th anniversary of the college. Morris Barazani arrived at the school in 1969; he speaks about the program's growth and development over the years. Gail Barazani also contributes during interview.
Date:
2006-03-31
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Boyer, Wayne. Interview. February 20, 2006.
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Wayne Boyer interview conducted by Eileen Broido. Boyer, a filmmaker, began teaching film, animation, and some photography shortly after the college moved into the new building. He speaks about the early years (teaching without a curriculum), the interdisciplinary character of the department, accomplishments of his students, challenges his department faced over the years, and the future of the program at the time of his retirement.
Date:
2006-02-20
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Bramson, Phyllis. Interview. June 19, 2006.
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Phyllis Bramson interview conducted by Eileen Broido. Bramson, a painter, joined the department in the 80's when the Studio Arts graduate program was starting. She speaks about what it was like to teach during her time at UIC including faculty relations, administrative leadership, the talent and prospects of her students through the years.
Date:
2006-06-19
Collection:
College of Architecture and the Arts -- Office of the Dean -- Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Butler, Jerome and Kostopulos, Gus. Interview. March 6, 2006.
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Architects Jerome Butler and Gus Kostopulos describe student life at the University of Illinois at Chicago during the Navy Pier days. Highlights include descriptions of their careers, accomplishments, working for noted Chicago architect Harry Weese, professional and life lessons learned along the way.
Date:
2006-03-06
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Deam, Edward. Interview. June 6, 2006.
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Interview with Professor Edward Lee Deam, FAIA. Deam joined the faculty in 1962 and helped develop the School of Architecture's undergraduate and graduate programs. Professor Deam describes the early years of the program, his work as Faculty Representative for Intercollegiate Athletics, his teaching style and philosophy.
Date:
2006-06-06
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Dimmitt, Donald P. Interview. February 14, 2006.
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Professor Donald P. Dimmitt describes his education at the Institute of Design in Chicago where László Maholy-Nagy taught. He also describes teaching at UIC, his product design work (accessibility), and solving problems with design.
Date:
2006-02-14
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Duignan, James. Interview. March 27, 2006.
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Professor and visual artist Jim Duignan describes his experiences as an undergraduate and graduate student at UIC. Discussion includes the structure of the graduate program in the early 90’s, pedagogy, the Chicago art scene, and UIC’s program in relation to other art programs in the city.
Date:
2006-03-27
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Feldman, Roberta. Interview. June 13, 2006.
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Professor Emerita Roberta Feldman discusses how she arrived at the School of Architecture, her tenure there, the history and future of the architecture program at the university. Topics include her co-founding of the City Design Center at UIC, her curation of the show Out of the Box: Design Innovations in Manufactured Housing at the Field Museum, architectural activism, participatory design, and action research practices.
Date:
2006-06-13
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Garofalo, Douglas. Interview. March 17, 2006.
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Professor Douglas Garofalo, who began teaching at the UIC School of Architecture in 1987, speaks about how he came to the school and the many roles he’s held during his tenure. Topics discussed include courses taught, needs of students through the years, Chicago as a place to study architecture, and the future of the program.
Date:
2006-03-17
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Gelick, Michael. Interview. June 13, 2006.
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Michael Gelick shares his over 30 years’ experience as an educator at UIC and architect at his own firm. He discusses architecture and specifically the curriculum at UIC including faculty, administrators, and trends over the years.
Date:
2006-06-13
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Haar, Sharon. Interview. April 3, 2006.
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Professor Sharon Haar discusses restructuring the curriculum at the college of architecture, design and the arts, women in higher education (architecture), and drawing more underrepresented groups to the field. Regarding UIC’s influence in Chicago, she compares Chicago to New York and schools of architecture in each location. Haar voices her desire for the future of materials donated to the university archives.
Date:
2006-04-03
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Houlberg, Klindt. Interview. March 27, 2006.
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Professor Klindt Houlberg discusses the early days of the studio arts program through its current iteration (at time of interview). Topics include curriculum design, groups of artists active in the 60's and 70's, and how the school's focus on intellectual discourse over craft was initially due to lack of resources like materials and space. Interview concludes with discussion of studio arts program, its identity and impact in the arts world.
Date:
2006-03-27
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Hurtig, Martin. Interview. March 3, 2006.
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In an extended interview, Professor Martin Hurting talks about the development of the art program at UIC including the move to the new campus from the Pier, switching from quarters to semesters, faculty who taught at the college, and student life. Hurting also discusses the gallery system and art scene in Chicago.
Date:
2006-03-03
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Rocah, Louis. Interview. August 17, 2006.
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Professor Rocah shares his thoughts about the college’s leaders through the years (he’d been teaching since the Navy Pier days). He also briefly mentions some of the architects with whom he collaborated, including his work on Marina City.
Date:
2006-08-17
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Salomon, Larry. Interview. March 13, 2006.
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Professor Larry Salomon discusses his experience as a student in the University of Illinois art program at Navy Pier and later being among a group of former students invited back to teach. Salomon describes how faculty conceptualized the curriculum in the 60’s and how its changed into the program at the time of the interview.
Date:
2006-03-13
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Sandin, Daniel. Interview. April 3, 2006.
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Professor Daniel Sandin, a video and computer graphics artist, joined UIC to bring computers to the art curriculum. Saladin shares his thoughts about art, computers, and virtual reality via several videos highlighting his work from the 70’s and 90’s like, the Photobooth installation, Spiral Five, and the Cave Automatic Virtual Environment. Other topic discussed include Sandin’s inventions, student experiences in the program at UIC, and the Chicago Circle Graphics Habitat (now the Electronic Visualization Laboratory) role in original Star Wars movie.
Date:
2006-04-03
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Siegel, Irene. Interview. March 22, 2006.
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Artist Irene Siegel discusses her experiences teaching art at the college (1970-1982) including courses taught, the nature of relationships between faculty, and the college’s educational philosophy. She also talks about her life after leaving UIC.
Date:
2006-03-22
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access
Wilson, Charles. Interview. April 14, 2006.
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Artist Charles Wilson joined the college in 1972 and speaks about the school’s connection to the new Bauhaus at that time. Wilson also discusses artistic influences, his contribution to the undergraduate and graduate curriculum, and relationships with other faculty at the college.
Date:
2006-04-14
Collection:
Architecture and Arts Oral History Project
Access:
Public access

Collection Details

Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
University Archives
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Subject--Name
College of Architecture, Design and the Arts--School of Architecture
Theme
UIC History & Administration
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