1 20 1 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/44124/archive/files/bad4a6d13ecd118c8ad1be53b040bfd5.mp3?Expires=1792627200&Signature=cv-zUcb4jS1nutoWhdQmFqMo-b9yJUZYIDpG3O1aihw8ytwIZU8O4tUuan%7EaSQ8WGcWQQXzg96t8fWuL%7E35xOLAAC4-9nyt-Br8KYNfX9Lj6R%7EbFWl47yrou3MPoMzzhtG0fxvOi8zxw95P2bRpf6ryj9uWv%7EyVTamr7FMRE-Rmv77pTLNspp9az6tJ9vt%7EvQUAcQmAUCkYgBChq1iibfdLDMLbSBAcFEMlacevbwhlIiNuY-b1POiVe1usleSxaaw3M6leEECW2tmKyttuKzR4%7EPkW8Ye5KN9cmW8OIlJqOUqBlAWrSjPCYPMf5A39fpDyR1UXsk4550c86TfyU2w__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0f3c03e7932a36db3b123f6c6edd156e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Station North Oral History Collection Subject The topic of the resource artists community activists planned unit developments Greenmount West Station North Arts and Entertainment District oral history public history Description An account of the resource This collection examines collective ownership of artists' live-work spaces in Baltimore, Maryland’s Station North Arts and Entertainment District. Interviews were conducted between October 2012 and July 2013 with artists and residents of the Cork Factory warehouse at 1601 Guilford Avenue in Station North. Topics include the history of the Cork Factory building, development of the state’s first arts and entertainment district, the process of redevelopment and neighborhood change, as well as personal histories from artists and activists involved with the project. The complete collection--which consists of 10 audio interviews, corresponding transcripts, and photographs of interviewees--is available through the <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/112">online collection guide</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aiden Faust conducted the interviews and took the associated portraits between October 2012 and July 2013. Aiden curated the exhibit in August 2014 and added it to this site in October 2019. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archivesspace.ubalt.edu/repositories/2/resources/112">Station North Oral History Collection, UB Special Collections & Archives</a> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available <a href="https://langsdale.ubalt.edu/special-collections/">University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012-2013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Use of these images is governed by U.S. copyright law. The University of Baltimore Special Collections and Archives makes digital surrogates of collections accessible if they are in the public domain, the rights are owned by the University of Baltimore, the Special Collections and Archives has permission to make them accessible, or there are no known restrictions on use. Due to the nature of archival collections, rights information is not always discernible. The Special Collections and Archives is eager to hear from any rights owners wishing to provide accurate information. Upon request, material will be removed from view while a rights issue is addressed. Contact the Special Collections and Archives for more information regarding this image. Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R0113-SNOH Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 2019-10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Transcription of the interviews in this collection was made possible through the support of the University of Baltimore Foundation's Baltimore Renaissance Seed Scholarship Fund. Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Sound Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Aiden Faust Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed John Ferguson Location The location of the interview Baltimore, Maryland Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound JF: Oh yeah. Yeah, I was a hot number in the 1980s. AF: Yeah, tell me. Tell me about your art career. JF: Well, first of all, I got involved with Henri [Henrietta Springer Ehrsam], who at that time, in the 1970s and 1980s, she was the gallery in Washington. I mean, there was Henri and then there was everybody else. She had a gallery that was on P Street, a couple blocks off Dupont Circle. Her building was a corner building. The building had a turret on the corner, so it was like rounded off, okay? And then there was this open sidewalk. She started putting my sculpture on that open sidewalk, and she was selling them like one a month. It got to the point that I had drilled so many holes in the sidewalk that the sidewalk didn’t hold up. The concrete had just turned back to sand. But she sold a tremendous amount of work. Plus the fact she got me a one man show at the Phillips Collection. And then here in Baltimore, I got involved with Barbara Kornblatt. And Barbara Kornblatt was a totally different person from Henri. Everybody called Henri, Henri, but she was a woman. Most people would tell you she was cantankerous, but I got along very well with her. Most of all I think because when I went over there I invariably took my kids with me, and she fell in love with the kids. But Barbara Kornblatt had a gallery here in Baltimore and she did very well by me. I had two hot galleries thirty-five miles apart. I mean, I was really a hot number. And then Barbara Kornblatt moved to Washington, what used to be the retail district of Washington. It was between Chinatown and the Capitol and the Mall and the Smithsonian. Is that called Constitution Mall, maybe? Chinatown was up here and then there was a retail district—Hecht’s and name another department store here in Baltimore. But it was a retail district. And this building was a building that had basically been abandoned by the retail people and a bunch of galleries took the building over. Again, from the 1980s into the 1990s, this building, it was on 7th Street. AF: Northwest? JF: Yes. It was the hot gallery scene in Washington. One of the neatest things that ever happened to me—I was taking work into the building for a show—the other thing about it is Kornblatt had a gallery right on the first floor. It would be like the elevators here and this space would be her gallery and it was all glass. While you were waiting for the elevator, you could see what was going on, which was a real sales advantage. But I was loading this work into the gallery and this guy came down the street. I didn’t know who he was. He came down the street and he said, “Wow, that’s a nice piece of sculpture.” He said, “Don’t bother taking it into the gallery.” He said, “Just leave it there. I’ll get it.” And it was Hirshhorn. It was David Hirshhorn himself. I didn’t know who he was. AF: [Laughing] That’s incredible. JF: But he went inside and Kornblatt knew who he was. And Kornblatt was stunned. She came outside and Kornblatt always had something to say. She was mumbling. She said, “You know, that was David Hirshhorn and he said don’t bother bringing the piece inside. He said. ‘I’m going to get a truck to get it and I’m going to buy it.'” There was no question of price or who I was or anything. AF: He just wanted the piece. JF: He just wanted the piece. No bullshit, you know, just bam! AF: And so now that’s part of the permanent collection at the Hirshhorn. JF: Yeah. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 4 minutes and 44 seconds Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource On Gallery Representation: John Ferguson Interview Excerpt Subject The topic of the resource Station North Arts District artists community activists Greenmount West Description An account of the resource Excerpt from an oral history interview with John Ferguson. The interview was conducted in Baltimore, Maryland on July 11, 2013. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Aiden Faust Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Station North Oral History Collection Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available University of Baltimore Special Collections & Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013-07-11 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource audio/mp3 Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Art galleries Art market Art museums Hirshhorn Museum John Ferguson Phillips Collection Washington DC