36
LINDA HUTCHINS: REITERATIONS
Her “typewriter drawings” and other works combine two strong
tendencies in contemporary fiber art: a subtle formalism and a search
for poetic meaning through the use of text.
by Pamela Scheinman
40
BENCHmark
Benches, stools and settees—sitting pretty this summer at LongHouse Reserve.
44
ANNA SKIBSKA:
CARESSING SPACE
Working with slender glass rods and a blowtorch, the Polish-born artist constructs an oeuvre ranging from small sculptures to shimmering installations.
by James Yood
48
EUGENE DEUTCH:
EARLY MODERNIST
Before the Natzlers and the Wildenhains there was Eugene Deutch, a Hungarian émigré who brought to American ceramics an understanding of European modernism.
by Glenn Adamson
56
56 AWARDS OF ACHIEVEMENT/2004 BALTIMORE SHOW
DEPARTMENTS
6
CRAFT WORLD
24
COMMISSIONS
27
BOOKS
52
PORTFOLIO
Dan Mirer, Geoffrey D. Giles, K. Sarah Kaufmann, Eric Mirabito
64
REVIEWS
Steven Ford and David Forlano
Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ
by Kathleen Vanesian
65
CALENDAR
66
REVIEW
Myra Mimlitsch-Gray
Gallery 81
New Haven, CT
by David L. Barquist
Robert Archambeau
Winnipeg Art Gallery,
Manitoba, Canada
by Robert Enright
Susan Taber Avila
Charleston Heights
Arts Center Gallery,
Las Vegas, NV
by Katherine Anania
James Watkins
Huntington Museum of Art,
West Virginia
by Kay Koeninger
74
GALLERY
86
CLASSIFIED/
ADVERTISING INDEX
87
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL NEWS
COVER: LINDA HUTCHINS—Room with a View,
2003, detail, plastic barricade tape, stapled and woven in place, 7 by
9 feet, temporary installation at Sylvania Library, Portland Community
College, Oregon. Photo/Bill Bachhuber. See page 36.