Apr/May 2008

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Los Angeles: Ahead of the Curve on Craft (Featuring Over 20 Photographs Not Seen in Print!)

Joyce Lovelace reports on the craft scene in Los Angeles—a rich blend of old and new and as sprawling and diverse as the city itself, from museums and galleries celebrating the city’s postwar modernist heritage to shops and young, up-and-coming artists riding a new wave of interest in the handmade.

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Technophilic Craft
TeDe Hand Design
Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette

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Featured

Blue Rain Gallery
Visions in Glass II: Tammy Garcia and Preston Singletary
Mar. 28 — Apr. 15
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art
Evolution/Revolution: The Arts and Crafts in Contemporary Fashion and Textiles
Feb. 22 — Jun. 15
Providence, Rhode Island

 

Last Chance

Ueno No Mori Museum of Arts
The Pioneers of Art Jewellery from America
May. 10 — May. 14
Tokyo, Japan
American Craft Council library
Summer in the City Salon Series: The Industrial Complex
May. 15 — May. 15
New York, New York
Blue Dome Gallery
Randy O'Brien's "Fissures"
Feb. 9 — May. 16
Silver City, New Mexico

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Brooklyn Designs: Locally Grown, Internationally Known

The weather in New York seems to have finally committed itself to spring which means a heady two weeks of design are in store for the city…

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May. 6, 2008 | 1 Comment

Design   Conferences   Furniture   Travel   Wood   Workshops  

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Summer In The City Salon Series - Inside Out: Current Conversations in Craft & Beyond

Last year the American Craft Council launched its inaugural Summer in the City Salon Series, a trio of current conversations on craft in our historic library…

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May. 1, 2008 | 0 Comments

Wood   Mixed Media   Lectures   Jewelry   Furniture   Fiber/Textile   Fashion   Design  

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Behind the Scenes Things are Heating Up! What Do You Think?

Last year I received a message from jeweler Bruce Metcalf…

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Mar. 14, 2008 | 7 Comments

Ceramics   Conferences   Design   Fiber/Textile   Furniture   Glass   Jewelry   Metal  

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Ken Ferguson: Talking with the Wheel

By Ken Ferguson, Garth Clark, John Perreault,
Ted Rowland and Peter
von Ziegesar
Silver Gate, Inc.
Arlington, Texas
$45

“How does the son of a Rust Belt worker become a world-renowned…

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Mar. 13, 2008 | 0 Comments

Ceramics  

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Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette

The Washington D.C.-based artist Elizabeth Lundberg Morisette never planned to become a weaver. In 1991 she was studying to be a graphic designer at North Carolina State University College of Design…

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Mar. 10, 2008 | 1 Comment

Fiber/Textile   Mixed Media  

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Starting Fresh

Andora Gallery
77 West Huron Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
312-274-3747

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Mar. 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

Mixed Media