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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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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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Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman did it “their way,” designing for people like themselves, who were on a budget yet wanted to live with beautiful, well-made things. ...
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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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“Wow, it’s just one thing after another—it’s just amazing,” a passerby enthused at the American Craft Council Baltimore Show and as the event draws to a close I can think of no better way to sum up the experience. Except to say what a total pleasure it was to meet the artists, see their work up close and in many cases put a face to the names I often heard and somehow felt I already knew. Spending time with all the artists I hoped to proved impossible but nevertheless, here’s a final nod to a few more ...
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Look North Gallery
275 Conover Street Suite 4E
Brooklyn, New York 11231
(347) 721-3995
In 1991 Jim Clark , now the owner of Look North Gallery in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, left behind his life in the fishing town of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the wilds of Alaska. For the next 15 years he spent an average of six to eight months out of the year as the first mate on an Alaskan crab boat (during which he appeared on the Discovery Channel’s The Deadliest Catch) while spending the off-season in New York City. In 2007, at ...
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A collaborative effort among glass sculptor Wesley Fleming, metal artist Andrea V. Uravitch, mosaic sculptor artists Betsy Youngquist and Scott Long and jewelry artists Roberta and David Williamson. ...
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Today marked the first day of the American Craft Council’s Baltimore Show —three public days dedicated to craft-based art. For the past 33 years, this enormous show has been humming along at the city’s convention center, engaging an enthusiastic crowd with a cornucopia of talent from across the country. I arrived prior to show time and despite dire pronouncements about the economy, an eager crowd had already gathered to see their favorites, lift their spirits and get first dibs on the goods. At a sauntering pace, three days might be enough to explore every jam-packed, well-organized aisle ...
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It is indeed daunting and incredibly sustaining to sit with a blank surface trying to find exactly the right shape or rhythm or movement that brings bits of stone, fossil, glass, or porcelain to life in a way that is aesthetically relevant. Amid the sublime satisfaction of creation, there is inevitably a vital bit of delicious suffering involved as I make decisions that seek to carry the life of the piece to the viewer.
It is a thrill to come to the art of mosaic with a naiveté and purity of heart - still exploring technicalities, but trusting that the beauty ...
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