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Artists Present Their Best Original, Functional and Decorative Piecesat the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium.
Contemporary Crafts MarketSanta Monica Civic AuditoriumNovember 5-7, 201010am-6p.m. DailyAdmission: $8, children 12 and under FREE
Contact: www.craftsource.org<http://www.craftsource.org> or call (310) 285-3655(SANTA MONICA, Calif.) - The Contemporary Crafts Market will be celebrating its 50th season as the West Coast’s premiere event for one-of-a-kind ...
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This special exhibit and sale spotlights the work of local artists who utilize recycled materials in surprising and sophisticated ways. These "green" handcrafted items include fine art, furniture and fashion.
Opening reception: Second Saturday celebration, Nov 13 from 6-9 p.m.
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Our flagship show in Baltimore is now in full swing! We’re all holding our breath, but so far we’ve been spared by the snowstorm, except for a smattering of flurries this morning. Keep your fingers crossed for good weather through the weekend!
Now that I’ve had a chance to take in more of it, I’ve been struck by the wonderful balance between the old and the new at our Baltimore Show. As you wander your way through the aisles, you can find 30-year show veterans like David Bacharach and Seymour Mondshein next to up-and-coming crafters exhibiting their wares in Baltimore for ...
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From the foothills of the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa to Howard Street in Manhattan’s SoHo come the imaginative, vibrant and adventurous works created by the extraordinary talents at the Ardmore ceramic studio. I caught up with the latest from Ardmore right at the close of Amaridian’s recent exhibition and was both charmed by the works on display and disappointed to have missed many others that had already been purchased. Fraser Conlon, the owner of Amaridian, was pleased to say that the show “did incredibly well and many of the top pieces have been sold.” Conlon acknowledged ...
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Upon entering Jorge Pardo’s “House,” the viewer is greeted by an intriguing amalgam of art, design and architecture that crosses genres, defies definition and reveals the artist’s personal response to everyday objects. Adopting the premise of a home, this major mid-career exhibition presents over 60 works including sculpture, installations (such as Untitled, 2003) and paintings, organized in vignettes that represent separate areas of a house. A refrigerator and table identify one gallery as the kitchen; beds, a chest of drawers and sexy high-heeled slippers denote a bedroom and an architectural pattern establishes another area as the garden.
Though Pardo, ...
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The Los Angeles creative community and assorted other cool folk came out in force January 29 for the festive opening of two exciting shows celebrating L.A. artists at the Craft and Folk Art Museum on Wilshire Boulevard.
"A Marriage of Craft and Design" highlights the 50-year creative partnership-and love story- of modern master designer-craftsmen Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman, with a retrospective selection of weavings, ceramics and metalwork from the early 1950s to the 90s. "Crossing the Line," a site-specific space by multimedia maker Tanya Aguiniga, 32, transforms a gallery into a wonderland filled with thousands of colorful, crisscrossed yarn strands, floating ...
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By Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal and Sue Scott
Foreword by Linda Nochlin
Prestel Publishing
$39.95
Once upon a time the art historian Linda Nochlin pondered the question, “Why have there been no great women artists?” That was 1971. In 2007, as Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal and Sue Scott—prominent critics and curators who happen to be women—attest, this question is no longer relevant. Over the past 35 years, due in no small part to the feminist movement, women have become a significant presence in the contemporary art world. Posner tells us that Louise Bourgeois, with her psychosexually charged ...
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By Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal and Sue Scott
Foreword by Linda Nochlin
Prestel Publishing
$39.95
Once upon a time the art historian Linda Nochlin pondered the question, “Why have there been no great women artists?” That was 1971. In 2007, as Eleanor Heartney, Helaine Posner, Nancy Princenthal and Sue Scott—prominent critics and curators who happen to be women—attest, this question is no longer relevant. Over the past 35 years, due in no small part to the feminist movement, women have become a significant presence in the contemporary art world. Posner tells us that Louise Bourgeois, with her psychosexually charged ...
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Bravo! A lawyer, two curators and seven artists receive the American Craft Council’s 2009 Aileen Osborn Webb Awards. ...
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Considering that it's home to a long-standing community of ardent skateboarders, where else but in California might you expect to see an anthology of skate art from the 1960s to the present? In what promises to be a refreshingly fun and enlightening show, over 300 skateboard decks by artists and skaters from across the country come out of the garage, the attic or off the shelf for display in “Full Deck” at Walnut Creek’s Bedford Gallery starting July 5th until September 13th. With unique hand-painted decks, recent commercial boards, historic decks, photography, painting, prints, sculpture and video the ...
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The American Craft Council’s 2007 Aileen Osborn Webb Awards, named for the Council’s visionary founder, honor those who have demonstrated outstanding artistic achievement and leadership in the craft field.
Joining the College of Fellows, which now numbers 247 individuals, are Robert Brady, Marilyn da Silva, Mark Lindquist, William Morris, Richard Notkin, Arturo Alonzo Sandoval and, as Honorary Fellow, Nanette Laitman. ...
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Deadline to apply for the 2011 American Craft Council Shows in Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Paul and San Francisco is July 25, 2010.
Late deadline to apply: August 1, 2010. ($100 late fee will apply for all applications received between July 25 and August 1).
American Craft Council shows offer an opportunity to exhibit and sell your handmade work across the country to thousands of craft buyers, collectors and enthusiasts. Gain national exposure, enhance your online presence and join a community of makers who have been juried into these prestigious events.
Visit online for full show prospects, show dates and locations and application. ...
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Light of Cambodian Children project features textiles, videos, dance and panel discussions. ...
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