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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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To Bucks County artist Kirby Fredendall, a cookbook is more than a collection of recipes-it is a form of literature written by and for women. In Add Sugar and Stir: Cookbooks and the Lives of Women, on view in the James A. Michener Art Museum's Pfundt Gallery from March 19 through June 26, Fredendall uses text and illustrations from actual cookbooks as the basis for complex and imaginative works of art. ...
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Somewhere between an Olympics medal ceremony and “Candid Camera” falls the annual Awards Walking Tour at the American Craft Council's Baltimore Show. Each year, we invite two specialists in the craft field to jury the show, selecting six Award of Excellence recipients and two winners in the Booth Design category. This year's jurors were Jane Milosch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Josephine Shea, curator of the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, a historic home near Detroit.
On Friday afternoon at 2pm, show attendees gathered together with the jurors and Council staff for a walking tour of the award winning ...
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At the recent American Craft Show in San Francisco the American Craft Council presented its Awards of Excellence to a select few artists. Chosen from among 250 exhibitors by guest jurors Ted Cohen, an exhibition designer, Mike Holmes, co-owner of Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco and Julie M. Muniz, the Imogene Gieling Curator of Decorative Arts at the Oakland Museum of California, the recipients are representative of the vibrant American craft scene. Honored were jeweler Petra Class of San Francisco, Eric Silva, a jeweler from Whittier, ...
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Visit the gallery:Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, and by special appointment
Open late on First Thursdays:August 5, open until 8:00 pmSeptember 2, open until 8:00 pm
Artists Carrie Iverson, Richard Parrish, Nathan Sandberg and Jeffrey Sarmiento respond to author Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities in a group exhibition featuring individual and collaborative works.
"Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else." - Italo Calvino ...
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Featuring work by Terry Boddie, Gautam Kansara, Shani Peters, Ginger Brooks Takahashi and James Walsh. ...
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Application deadline: Oct. 15, 2010.
Up to five New York-based emerging artists will be offered space, time and support to explore the production of artist's books and related work for a full year. The purpose of this program is to promote experimentation in book arts, thus artists from all disciplinary backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
For more information and application guidelines, please visit the "Opportunities" section of the Center's website. ...
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The Craft in America Study Center will feature works from book artists including, Julie Chen, Kathleen Walkup, Harry Reese, Sandra Reese, Carolee Campbell, Rebecca Chamlee, Barbara Maloutos, Katherine Ng, Joanna Drucker, and more. These artists showcase the art form in all its diversity, from fine press books to flag books. Their three-dimensional pieces, blend text, image and format and engage with themes as diverse as the environment, family legacy, and play. ...
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Splashlife, a social media network for the under 30 crowd, recently launched a new monthly series highlighting 30 people (under 30) for excellence in a particular field - and the first list is the nation's top young crafters. Most of these artists work across a variety of mediums, and many sell their works on Etsy. Here are some of our favorites from the list:
Julia Stotz is a book artist and photographer based in Chicago. Her artist books and handmade invitations have a simple, modern feel. She also collaborates with other artists ...
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For more information, call 203-562-4927 or visit online. ...
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Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and DesignDVD, 65 minutes, Director, Faythe Levine$19.95
Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and DesignBy Faythe Levine and Cortney HeimerlPrinceton Architectural Press$24.95
Ah, youth! It is impossible to watch Handmade Nation and not be affected by its spirit: passionate, upbeat, idealistic and above all energetic. The frenetic pixilated opening credit sequence almost suggests that the title might be Over-Caffeinated Nation. It is also impossible not to be struck by déjà vu all over again, for most of the ...
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Craftsmanship is the watchword of the North Bennet Street School in Boston, which offers rigorous training in eight disciplines. Located in an early-19th-century brick building near the historic Old North Church, the school has been training people for employment for 125 years, pioneering the concept of placing students in a classroom with a master to learn a trade. The Boston philanthropist Pauline Agassiz Shaw opened the school as the North End Industrial Home in 1880 to serve immigrants, and in 1885, when the focus shifted from employment opportunity to education, it was renamed the North Bennet Street Industrial School. Historical ...
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