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| Jul. 25, 2008 |
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We decided to call our second Summer in the City Salon Series “Connect/(Dis)connect” and invited jeweler, educator and writer Bruce Metcalf and Chanel Kennebrew of Junkprints, an indie craft artist, graphic designer and Etsy seller, to engage in a lively conversation that will explore the complicated relationships between the broad spectrum of craft makers.
Metcalf’s sharp-witted thinking and his ability to clearly articulate his feelings and observations about the state of craft today (and his ability to rile up an audience as demonstrated by his presentation at the Society of North American Goldsmiths conference this spring) made him an obvious choice for this discussion. Etsy suggested we invite Kennebrew, known for her engaging, playful and socially relevant work that speaks to the themes of stereotypes and social binary opposition. Her t-shirts, hoodies, bags and other collaged pieces are bright, bold, beautiful and seem to have a soundtrack of their own. These two in conversation proved to be immensely insightful and shed lots of light on what’s going on in the world of craft right now.
http://www.junkprints.com/
http://www.pewarts.org/96/Metcalf/index.html
http://www.etsy.com/
http://greenjeansbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2008/07/report-from-acc-salon-old-school-meets.html
http://www.imogene.org/blog/2008/03/09/confessions/
Comments
July 26th, 2008
This gray-head enjoyed the evening very much and I discovered that we're all outsiders and actually have a lot more in common than might be apparent at first.
I've posted some observations on FS After Hours
Posted By David Richardson
August 1st, 2008
I am very glad that the recent program with Bruce Metcalf was available online as a podcast since it was not possible for me to get to New York. This is a great way to expand the audience and inform people about these current issues.
My concern is that the recording has long pauses with no audio (or at least I couldn't hear anything.) I am inclined to believe that the speakers forgot to speak into the microphones. To avoid this problem in the future, is it possible for the audience to have a microphone for questions? If not, could the questions from the audience be repeated by the speakers before they answer the question. Thanks.
P.S. I would have answered the survey but am traveling with limited internet access.
Posted By Harriete Estel Berman
August 4th, 2008
Thanks for the comments. Harriette, our apologies about the pauses in the audio. Essentially what happened was that we did not have a microphone for the audience questions (as you note) and then were not diligent enough in repeating the questions with our microphone (as you note). In the future, this is something we will be sure to do. Anyhow, thanks for listening and, you can still fill out the survey! We'll take it any time you can do it...thanks!
Posted By Andrew Wagner
November 11th, 2008
The recording seems to be mostly fuzz and buzzing, and you can't make out any words at all now. It's the same on ETSY. any idea why, or how to fix it?
With great thanks,
-M
Posted By Maya
November 13th, 2008
Hi Maya..thanks for checking out the post. It seems to be working well from our standpoint...have you tried downloading it in I-tunes? Might get better results there. Anyhow, hope you can hear it...It's a good one!
Posted By Andrew Wagner
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