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Get your popcorn ready. The third season of Craft in America kicks off two weeks from today, Tuesday evening, May 24, with the episode "Messages," featuring jeweler/sculptor Thomas Mann, santero Charles Carrillo, bead artist Joyce Scott, and glass artist Beth Lipman. For anyone not acquainted, the series, which airs on PBS, is just one arm of the Los Angeles-based Craft in America nonprofit, which also runs a public Study Center, works with educators, has published a book, and organized exhibitions. (We're proud to see lots of ACC member-artists in CIA's slick virtual exhibitions, too.)
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Previously, we recounted the winners of the Awards of Excellence at the 2011 American Craft Council show in St. Paul. Juror Mark Pharis did the honors this year. Pharis is a former student of Warren MacKenzie, and he teaches ceramics at the University of Minnesota, where he's been an instructor since 1985. Susan Mahlstedt, Lynn Joris Reintsema and K. Meta Reintsema, and B.J. Christofferson were all honored for outstanding work, and Ikuzi Teraki and Jeanne Bisson of Romulus Craft were honored for exceptional booth design.
If you missed the show, but would like to hear Pharis' remarks about each winning ...
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We had a chance to chat with longtime ACC show exhibitors Sara Mathews and Molly Grant of Cordwainer Shoes at the San Francisco show. Their handmade shoes are beautifully crafted, made out of fine leather and free of synthetic materials and toxic glues typically found in footwear. Here's what they had to say about shoes, shows, and the council's pet policy.
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We caught up with first year ACC show artist Gerald Patterson right before the doors opened at the San Francisco show today. His glass work for the wall is extraordinarily colorful, appearing like it might even be backlit (though it's definitely not). Take a look below to hear how he got into glass and what his ACC show experience has been.
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Swedish-born textile artist Helena Hernmarck makes large-scale tapestries. She stopped by the office on her way to the American Swedish Institute, where she's working on a tapestry installation. Here's what she said about her mentors and the first time she met ACC founder Aileen Osborn Webb. You can view some of her work at browngrotta, too.
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We had a chance to talk to jewelry artist Lou Ann Townsend before the opening of the San Francisco show this morning. She and Mary Filapek are known as Mary and Lou Ann, and their sterling silver jewelry, inlaid with polymers (and inspired by the mighty atom), is breathtaking. Check out the video below for more from Lou Ann.
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