Kate Vogel and John Littleton talk about the importance of the Midwest to glass. Oral history interview with Kate Vogel and John Littleton by Barb Elam and Caleb Weintraub-Weissman, conducted via telephone, December 12, 2019, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 00:52.

Kate Vogel: And there’s been some pretty amazing people who have come out of Madison [University of Wisconsin-Madison] and, you know, the different schools in the Midwest over the years that have influenced people. I mean, if you start doing a—I don’t know what you want to call it, a family tree or whatever, and look at who was a student of who, the Midwest had a huge impact across the country. Because, I mean—people like Marvin Lipofsky, Mark Peiser is originally from the Midwest, he’s from Chicago area. I mean, if you look at how those people spread out across the country, whether they were teaching art or residents, or became part of a glass community someplace, it’s pretty significant. Pretty much in the early years, if you were involved with glass, you had some connection to the Midwest in some way.

John Littleton: Yes.