Ceramics
Steeped in Teapots
Teapots, I’d say, are the Beatles of household objects. Okay, bit of a stretch...
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Focusing on Japanese woven bamboo, over 70 beautiful pieces will be displayed in this installation, including baskets, screens, trays, containers, accessories, hand warmers, and a chair. Among the works on view are pieces by basket makers who have been designated Living National Treasures.
"Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place" showcases contemporary fiber art by 15 Minnesota artists who work in a variety of fiber media including felting, tapestry, weaving, batik, basketry, art quilting, beading, mixed media, sculptural fiber and more.
Eun-Kyung Suh's solo exhibition, "Sympathies-Anchae" will be featured at the Weisman Art Museum's Grand Opening, Minneapolis on October 2nd 2011. Weisman Art Museum will reopen to the public following a major expansion designed by Frank Gehry.
University of Minnesota art professor emeritus and master potter Warren MacKenzie co-curated "Conversations about Ceramics" with director Lyndel King. MacKenzie had an important role in the development of the museum's extensive collection of ceramics. Selections illuminate his more
personal thoughts on the entire and diverse collection.
Gathering showcases a collection of super-sized Venetian-style goblets created by Miller between 1996 and 2011 in collaboration with some of his colleagues and friends. Miller selected these artists based on their contributions to the advancement of the contemporary glass movement.
The Mint Museum acknowledges the vital role of collectors, past and present, in making its North Carolina pottery collection one of the largest and most important in the country in the special exhibition A Thriving Tradition: 75 Years of Collecting North Carolina Pottery.
Beauty Beyond Nature presents more than 50 of Paul Stankard's intricately flame-worked still-life sculptures encased in clear crystal from the Robert M. Minkoff Collection. The collection spans more than 40 years of Stankard's career, from his earliest attempts at paperweights in 1969 to a monumental eight-inch Honeybee Swarm Orb commissioned for this exhibition in 2010.
The finalists for the 2011 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize, established in 1997 in honor of Elizabeth Raphael, founder of the Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC), have been selected and will be included in the biennial juried exhibition, Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals.
The capstone exhibition of Museum of Contemporary Craft’s 75th Anniversary Year, Generations: Betty Feves is a comprehensive retrospective of work by this important Northwest Modernist ceramic artist.
The Textile Museum is home to an extraordinary collection of historic textiles. For the exhibition “Sourcing the Museum” these pieces provided inspiration for eleven fiber artists to create new works.
Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop has produced exquisite silks for more than 500 years for uses which include Imperial garments and Noh theater costumes.
Bullseye Gallery is pleased to exhibit work by finalists from Emerge 2012, Bullseye Glass Company’s seventh biennial juried competition for rising talents in kiln-glass.
Ohio Designer Craftsmen's annual juried members' exhibition, featuring works in clay, glass, fiber, metal, wood and mixed media.
In an ongoing investigation into a post-minimal futuristic landscape, Matthew Isaacson combines industrial manufactured porcelain tiles and fabricated steel to create ‘A Grandiose Numerical Equation’. “While the idea of creating a city boggles my mind; images of the post-modern landscape continuously evolve in my imagination as I work with a “fixed” yet flexible medium.
Hooked on Wood: The Allure of the Fish Decoy
Curated by Richard "Dick" Walters, Adviser Gene Kangas
Garth Johnson presents vintage films.
"A Steampunk Reliquary...A Cabinet of Curiosities: The Jewelry of Ann Pedro" features fifty one-of-a-kind jewelry designs by noted steampunk jewelry designer Ann Pedro.
This class will be held at the American Craft Council Library
Teapots, I’d say, are the Beatles of household objects. Okay, bit of a stretch...
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American Craft sat down with Mira Nakashima to talk about her father, George Nakashima, his legacy, designing furniture, and running a craft business.
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The First World Congress of Craftsmen took place in June 1964.
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This month, the ACC becomes official, receives a momentous award, takes a European tour and more... all in the name of championing craft!
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We talked to curators Ursula Ilse-Neuman and Julie Muñiz about jewelry artist Margaret De Patta's retrospective.
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Scholar Gloria Dunlap writes about her experience researching the exhibition "OBJECTS: USA" in the ACC Library.
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As the ACC’s show in St. Paul nears, one artist on my list to see is Fred Kaemmer...
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