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Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery
New York, New York
January 8 – February 5, 2009
Jeanne Quinn: “Everything Is Not As It Seems”
Anyone in search of art in Greenwich Village could do worse than come in out of the cold at the Greenwich House Pottery’s cozy Jane Hartsook Gallery, where the ceramic artist Jeanne Quinn has grabbed the concept of the chandelier and run with it, filling the intimate space ceiling to floor with a surreal white chandelier—actually a grouping of eight chandeliers—created out of porcelain, wire and electrical hardware. There are ...
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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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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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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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For a first-time visitor, the American Craft Council’s Baltimore Show can be somewhat overwhelming - in the best possible way. I experienced that today when I entered the Baltimore Convention Center for a sneak peek at the exhibitors in our 34th annual show. I was immediately struck not only by the sheer number of artists, but also by the eclectic variety of the work on display. It’s an incredible sensory experience to encounter exquisitely handcrafted goods in such a range of colors, shapes, textures and materials. I found it hard to make any progress through the show - I kept ...
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The biggest and most joyous craft event of the year is staged every September on a gigantic playa, a clay lakebed over 30,000 years old, in the middle of Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada. This is the site of the Burning Man festival (Aug. 31-Sept. 7, 2009). I have wanted to attend for 10 years. Having regularly read about it and discussed it with veteran “burners,” I thought I had a good idea of what to expect. But it was a hundred times more than I imagined. It cannot be fully explained; it can only be experienced. Here ...
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While the jury is still out on whether rainy weather attracts or detracts crowds from trade shows, I alighted on the Architectural Digest Home Design Show on Sunday, March 29th, prepared for a day of interiors… ...
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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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An eclectic, somehow quintessentially L. A. fusion of art, design and fashion (with a dash of politics and showbiz) marked the coming-out bash for Kristen Lee and Joe Cole’s store TenOverSix on October 16, during Los Angeles Fashion Week.
Fashionistas flocked to inaugurate the new multi-label accessories boutique, a corner space on trendy Beverly Boulevard (a decidedly “blue” neighborhood, as demonstrated by the store’s several large displays celebrating Barack Obama). Guests browsed the merchandise (think high-end, high-concept shoes, bags and jewelry) then partied in the moonlit courtyard of the eccentrically configured building, which also houses a ...
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This craft-focused furniture company works with American artisans to give its customers exactly what they’re looking for. ...
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HandMade: The Western North Carolina Craft, Architecture & Design Expo will bring together craft entrepreneurs, architects, builders, designers and the public to experience the possibilities and access the resources for purchasing or commissioning an original work for the home. Through model rooms, home tours, workshops and presentations, participants will be inspired and educated about integrating craft in the built environment.Tickets at $15 per day or $25 for both days will be available online, along with information on the event. ...
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Hundreds of exhibiting artists from all across the country (plus a few for the first time from Canada) are excitedly preparing to offer visitors to the American Craft Council’s Baltimore Show an unparalleled opportunity for total immersion into everything and anything handmade at the city’s convention center beginning Friday, February 27, through Sunday, March 1.
Discover first-time exhibitors and rediscover returning artists, including past Award of Excellence recipients Petra Class, Peter Czuk, David D’Imperio, Steven Ford and David Forlano, Eric ...
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From furniture and products to objets d'art, works by the most influential artists from Western European countries trace the evolution of design. ...
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At Jim Schatz’s creek-side home and studio in upstate New York, the trees bear the fruits of his labor: glossy, egg-shaped earthenware bird houses and feeders, including Red Hot, in a rainbow of colors, tended daily by the artist and product-tested by chickadees, grosbeaks and cardinals.
“There’s experience attached to these items,” says Schatz, 38. “Everything I make gets into my living space, because designs need to be fine-tuned.” His line, J Schatz, also includes lighting, hanging planters, ceramic curtains and salt and pepper shakers, all sophisticated and playful.
“I sit and I ponder shapes,” he says. “I need a concept or ...
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Josh Urso’s furniture and lighting designs are moments frozen in time that invite us to stop, observe and wonder.
“Confuse, amaze and entertain your guests” is the pitch on Urso’s website for his aptly named Specter chairs. To make them he takes fabric, infuses it with resin, then hand-molds it into the form of a seat casually draped with a sheet or blanket. Frameless, hollow, lightweight, the result is indeed ghostly (especially when done in see-through, openwork mesh) and deceptive in more ways than one. At once soft and solid, animated and inert, ethereal and sturdy, it’s a trompe-l’oeil sculpture ...
Wide World of Craft
Featuring Over 20 Photographs Not Seen in Print! ...
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Day two and after a dose of rest I hurried back to the convention center, thanks in part to a stiff wind carrying me along, for another look at the fantastic work on display at the American Craft Council’s show. After 33 years, word gets around and once again, the crowds showed up, keen to see more high-end craft. The weekend seemed to draw more people so it was a bit of a challenge to navigate through the aisles but the anticipation of meeting and speaking with the artists spurred me on. Without further ado, here’s more ...
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