Abstract Ellen Chase, PhD, is the second-generation operator of the Folk Music Center (FMC) in Claremont, California. Founded in 1958 by Ellen’s parents, Charles and Dorothy Chase, the FMC is a non-profit educational and cultural corporation offering music instruction, cultural programming, and a museum of antique instruments to the community of Claremont. In addition, Ellen is an active musician and music instructor at the FMC.Born in Exeter, New Hampshire, on February 19, 1947, Ellen...

Abstract Barbara Beretich was born in March 25th, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois. During her childhood, she moved a lot with her parents. She has lived in many places including Chicago, San Diego, and Ohio. She got her bachelor degree at the University of Illinois in 1958, majoring in art. After the graduation, she moved back to California and traveled to Europe in 1960, when she met Françoise Gilot for the first time. From 1962 to 1965, she studied at Claremont Graduate School majoring in sculpture and...

Abstract Beverly Benjamin is artist Karl Benjamin’s wife. The interview took place in the dining room of her house in Claremont, California. The length of the interview is one hour and ten minutes. The interviewee Beverly Benjamin was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota in 1929. She moved to Iowa with her family and grown up in a famer house. She enrolled at the University of Redlands in 1945, majoring in Education, and soon met with her husband Karl Benjamin (was an American painter of vibrant geometric...