Rand Carter, November 17, 2023
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Title
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Rand Carter, November 17, 2023
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interviewee
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Rand Carter
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interviewer
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Carli Mandel
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Date
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2023-11-17
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Subject
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Architecture
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Art
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Art History
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Artists
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Artists-in-Residence
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Artworks
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Baroque Art
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Board Member
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By-Laws
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Chamber Music Society
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Clinton Symphony
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Community Support
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Contemporary Art
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Courtauld Institute
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Events
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Funding
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Hamilton College
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Historic Preservation
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Housing
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Landmarks Society of Greater Utica
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Machinery
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Metal
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Metalwork
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New York City
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Players Theater of Utica
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President
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Residencies
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Sculptors
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Sculpture
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Sculpture Space
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Utica, New York
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Utica's Scenic and Historic Preservation Commission
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Utica Steam and Boiler Works
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Utica Symphony
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Description
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Rand Carter is a retired art history professor and longtime board member of various arts organizations throughout the greater-Utica region of New York. He worked as an art history professor at Hamilton College for 47 years, specializing in architecture and the larger art movements of the 17th, 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. In addition to his distinguished academic career, Carter served as a longtime board member and two-term president of Sculpture Space, Inc. during its fledgling years as an organization.
The Utica Steam and Boiler works had been in the process of downsizing operations for several years when Sculpture Space Inc. was given the use of the Federal Building. Established by metal sculptors Charlie Fisher and John von Bergen in the 1970s, the Utica Steam and Boiler Works foundry was acquired and repurposed into an art studio for contemporary metalwork sculptors, thereafter appropriately named Sculpture Space. The organization centers around providing paid residencies to artists from around the world, particularly metal artists, to come and practice their craft in Utica. Sculpture Space continues these paid residencies to this day and is now approaching their 50th anniversary as an organization.
During his time with Sculpture Space, Carter worked to revise and update the traditional bylaws defined within the organization’s original mission, in addition to trying to secure permanent housing for the artists traveling to Utica to partake in Sculpture Space’s artists-in-residence program. Carter continued to serve on other Utica-based art organization boards throughout his tenure as an art history professor and board member/president of Sculpture Space, including the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica, Players Theater of Utica, Utica Symphony, and Utica's Scenic and Historic Preservation Commission. He continues to serve on the Clinton Symphony board and Chamber Music Society of Utica board today.
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Time Summary
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Track 1, 0:00- Background in Architecture and Art History
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Track 1, 6:45-Moving to Utica and Hamilton College
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Track 1, 11:29-Sculpture Space Origins and Carter's Early Involvement
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Track 2, 0:00
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Track 2, 2:35-Board Membership and Presidency at Sculpture Space
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Track 3, 0:00
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Track 3, 1:27-Artists-in-Residence Program
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Track 3, 13:48-Major Projects and Contributions to Sculpture Space
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Track 3, 21:12-Changes to Sculpture Space Over Time
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Track 3, 25:46-Departure from Sculpture Space and Arts Involvement Across Utica
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Track 4, 0:00
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Creator
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Carli Mandel
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Publisher
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Cooperstown Graduate Program, State University of New York at Oneonta
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Rights
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Cooperstown Graduate Association, Cooperstown, NY
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Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
