Interactive Timeline

Great moments in craft: that’s what we set out to capture when we decided to mark American Craft’s 70th anniversary with a 70-year timeline of making in the United States. But set aside any ideas you might have of a linear chronology with clear-cut categories and tidy edges. What we found, working with 16 contributors and (literally) a library of reference books, is a fascinating tangle of people, institutions, exhibitions, technologies, economic history, and culture – high and low.

We tried to capture the gloriously messy interplay of events as well as the visual vibrancy of the past seven decades. But this is a work in progress. Help us build the ultimate craft timeline. Send suggestions to [email protected].~The Editors

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1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s