vol.60 no.2 April / May 2000
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Howard Ben Tré: Interior / Exterior
Throughout his career the artist has created glass works that suggest the archaic and the futuristic, archaeology and science fiction. by Robert Silberman

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New Metal / Emerging Views
Young artists show their metal in a competition sponsored by the Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

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Material Taken Beyond
Transformation was the theme, wood the medium, in the second Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize exhibition at Pittsburgh's Society for Contemporary Craft. by Robert Raczka

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Get Out Your Handkerchiefs!
The stylish printed linen squares from the 40s and 50s by designer Tammis Keefe evoke an era when hankies were an indispensable accessory. by Phoebe Ann Erb

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The Pot is Betty Woodman's Central Idea
The artist celebrates her 40-year career with three New York exhibitions. by Barry Schwabsky


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PORTFOLIO
Ingrid Hendrix / Portland, OR
Tetsuya Yamada / Galesburg, IL
Steven Roberts / Newcastle, ME
Charles Timm-Ballard / Claremont, CA

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Craft World Guise and Dolls: Defining the Art

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commissions

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BOOKS
Sigrid Wortmann Weltge reviews Anni Albers; Louise J. Kaplan reviews Storylines:
Craftartists' Narratives of Identity; Gretchen Adkins reviews Essential Passions: Fairbanks-Salmenhaara Letters 1959-1986

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Paula Winokur / Helen Drutt: Philadelphia / PA / reviewed by Robin Rice

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Gallery

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Threads of Dissent / Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum / Boston, MA / reviewed by Beth Frankl

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Calendar

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Advertising Index

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Classified


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American Craft Council

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Cover:
Betty Woodman-Garden Wall #2, 1999, glazed earthenware, lacquer, paint, epoxy,431/2 by 56 by 15 inches, courtesy of Max Protetch Gallery.
Story on page 64. Photo/ Dennis Cowley.