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The American Association of Woodturners, celebrating its 25th anniversary, returns to Saint Paul June 24-26, 2011, at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. The much-anticipated annual symposium, last held in Saint Paul in 2001, will bring more than 1,500 woodturners from around the world to demonstrate the latest techniques in one of the world's oldest crafts - woodturning. ...
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A series of lectures, panel discussions, demonstrations and gallery exhibitions will make up the three-day symposium.
For details, fees and registration information, call 865-436-5860 or visit online. ...
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Craft Forward examines the multifaceted practices that distinguish and blur the historically charged boundaries between craft, art, design, architecture, and writing. The symposium brings together a diverse group of makers and thinkers to explore the ethos of craft and its resurgence in the 21st century. ...
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When: Saturday, July 17, 8:30 am-4:30 pm.
Admission: $45 presale, $55 at door. Lunch and gallery tour provided.
Keynote speaker is Don Pilcher with lectures and demonstrations by Jack Earl, Bill Brouillard and Gail Russell.
For reservations, please call 330-453-7666. ...
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A coterie of South African ceramic artists representing contemporary and ancestral Zulu pottery traditions will converge at The Hotchkiss School in northwestern Connecticut on May 14 and 15, 2011, for "Clay - The Art of Earth and Fire," an international symposium organized by ceramicist and educator Delores Coan, a member of the Hotchkiss arts faculty. The two-day conference, subtitled South Africa: New and Traditional Works of Zulu Pottery, brings together vibrant modern works from the famed Ardmore Ceramic Art studio in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal with the richly somber, hand-fired Zulu ukhambas (beer vessels) created by rural ...
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Jeweler and writer, Bruce Metcalf and indy craft artist and Etsy-seller Chanel Kennebrew played to a full house during the American Craft Council’s second Summer in the City Salon Series. Tune in, turn on and pretend you were there for this wide ranging conversation that found these opposites discovering that they have a lot more in common than anyone suspected. ...
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Craft makers and thinkers will unite April 1-3 for what promises to be a weekend filled with rich discussion about the ethos of craft as the California College of the Arts hosts its Craft Forward symposium.
Mark Breitenberg, the provost of CCA, says the event is "intended to demonstrate the expanded field of craft practices and theory in the 21st century." He explains that Craft Forward originated "from our realization that craft was undergoing a resurgence in the last 10 years or so; not just in the traditional craft disciplines, but in art, design, architecture and even creative writing. I identified ...
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Why is craft seemingly less prestigious than fine art?
That's a question that often hangs in the air whenever studio craft people - artists, curators, and academics - get together to talk about the field. This weekend, at the CraftForward conference and pre-conference convenings at California College of the Arts, was no exception.
Underneath the question about craft and prestige is another question, tinged with frustration: Why won't fine art acknowledge and embrace craft the way it deserves be acknowledged and embraced?
Now, I don't want to minimize the pain of a talented artist who feels unrecognized because he or she ...
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The American Craft Council’s 34th annual flagship show at the Baltimore Convention Center this February featured the newest jewelry, clothing, furniture and home décor by 700 of the country’s leading craft artists, such as last year's winner Ani Kasten, who created Bottle Still Life. Beyond shopping opportunities, there were also new networking events on wholesale days and live demonstrations during the retail portion of the show. Other attractions included a new Lawn & Garden section and an expanded AltCraft section on retail days.
More than 225 of the nation’s most respected artists displayed their wares at the American Craft ...
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This international symposium on issues in art criticism and criticism in contemporary ceramics will feature art critics, writers, publishers, gallery owners, artists, educators and collectors - the goal of which is to deal with the broader issues of art criticism as well as establish new critical practices essential to the future of contemporary ceramics.
Participants include Donald Kuspit, Dave Hickey, Janet Koplos, Raphael Rubenstein, Roberta Smith, Paul Mathier, Gabi Dewald, Glen Brown, Garth Clark, Moyra Elliot ad Tanya Harrod plus 15 international panels of educators, galleries, artists and writers.
To register, visit online. Discounts available for early registration. Attendance limited to 200 ...
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Still buzzing from one of the most exciting presidential elections in recent (or even not so recent) memory, I jumped a plane out of LaGuardia on Thursday morning and headed to Chicago for what what would surely be one of the most exciting SOFA Chicago exhibitions in years. (For the uninitiated, SOFA is an acronym for Sculptural Objects and Functional Art.) Celebrating its 15th year, SOFA Chicago is now not only one of the longest running weekend long (from November 7th to 9th) shows featuring contemporary arts and design but can now proudly proclaim ...
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European Ceramic Context 2010 forms part of a biennial symposium for European contemporary ceramics and glass on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Through comprehensive exhibitions, workshops, master classes, lectures and an artist in residence program, opportunities will abound to discuss and present the best of both mediums. All 27 members of the European Union as well as Iceland, Norway and Switzerland will be participating.
For more information, email [email protected] or visit online. ...
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Gallery owner Leslie Ferrin emerged from Art Overload in Miami just long enough to offer up some of her thoughts on the festivities, the state of the market and many of her photographs… ...
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Hosted by the Seattle Metals Guild on Saturday, Oct. 16, from 9 am-6 pm.
For more information contact Nancy Megan Corwin at 206-781-2646, [email protected], or visit online. ...
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How does craft inform the design process? GlassLAB, a new collaboration between the Corning Museum of Glass and the Vitra Design Museum offers a live, up-close look at the eternal interplay, bringing Corning glassmakers and technicians together with leading designers for public demonstrations, in which concepts are rendered into hot-glass prototypes. The project made its debut at the Design Miami expo (December 6-9) with a series of “performances” featuring the designers Constantin and Laurene Boym, Paul Haigh, and Sigga Heimis of IKEA, and the Campana Brothers.
GlassLAB is an offshoot of Corning’s successful “Hot ...
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The lecture and panel discussion will feature Georgia fiber artist Jon Eric Riis as keynote speaker, with Liza Collins and Ann Matlock as panelists.
When: 2 pm.
Where: Russell Hill Rogers Lecture Hall, Navarro Campus, SSAC.
Free and open to the public. ...
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Tailored for the art collector and connoisseur, the symposium presenters to-date include Garth Clark, author/specialist in modern and contemporary ceramics, curator, critic and dealer; Bruce Bernstein, PhD, executive director, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA); and Ellen Bradbury, former director of Museum of Fine Arts in Santa Fe (now New Mexico Museum of Art).
For more information, visit online. ...
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For details and or to register, visit online or call 202-667-0441, ext. 64. ...
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