Mark Peiser discusses the creative environment of Penland. Oral History Interview with Mark Peiser by Catherine Whalen, February 25, 2020, Bard Graduate Center. Clip length: 00:55.

Mark Peiser: Just the energy, you know, the aspiration of all the people that worked there in all the media, you know, was just infectious, you know. It was—it was—it was really something special. I mean I’ve been a few places, you know, where—you probably all have—where you get off the plane, say, ‘Wow, it’s different here.’ You can just feel it in the air. I mean, people would show up at Penland [Penland School of Craft, Penland, North Carolina] then and do that. It was just really, really special.