American Craft Council

Vol. 66 No. 1 February/March 2006

FEATURES

58

AKIO TAKAMORI: BETWEEN CLOUDS OF MEMORY
Addressing his own cultural identity through ceramics, the Japanese-born artist dramatically combines past and present, East and West.
by Robert Silberman

62
DE YOUNG MUSEUM
A San Francisco gem reopens in a spectacular new home, its
contemporary craft collection showcased in the Dorothy and George Saxe Gallery.
by Joyce Lovelace

64
CHIHULY AT KEW
In his first glasshouse exhibition outside the United States, Dale Chihuly, the 2006 American Craft Council Gold Medalist, installed sculptural forms as colorful and visually complex as the botanical specimens they complement and interpret.
by Giles Sutherland

68
WENDY MARUYAMA / JAMES SCHRIBER
The inspired pairing of two leading furniture makers accentuates their distinctive vision.
by Robert Long

72
CHANGING HANDS: ART WITHOUT RESERVATION
The Museum of Arts & Design puts forth Native American works as contemporary art, not ethnographic objects, in an exhibition to tour into 2008.
by Andrea diNoto

DEPARTMENTS

6

CRAFT WORLD

20

PORTFOLIO
ARTHUR HASH, JESSICA CALDERWOOD

26

BOOKS

78

CALENDAR

86
REVIEWS
KATHY BUTTERLY
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
by Thomas Piché Jr.

NANCY KOENIGSBERG/LEWIS KNAUSS
Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska—Lincoln
by Glen R. Brown

ALICE BALLARD MUNN
Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
by Kate Dobbs Ariail

92
GALLERY

102
ADVERTISING INDEX

102

CLASSIFIED

103

AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

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COVER:
DALE CHIHULY—Mirrored Hornets, 2005, one of 25 glass installations by the artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Photo/Terry Rishel.
See page 64.

Vol. 66 No. 1 February/March 2006

	FEATURES
	58	AKIO TAKAMORI: BETWEEN CLOUDS OF MEMORY Addressing his own cultural identity through ceramics, the Japanese-born artist dramatically combines past and present, East and West. by Robert Silberman
	62	DE YOUNG MUSEUM A San Francisco gem reopens in a spectacular new home, its contemporary craft collection showcased in the Dorothy and George Saxe Gallery. by Joyce Lovelace
	64	CHIHULY AT KEW In his first glasshouse exhibition outside the United States, Dale Chihuly, the 2006 American Craft Council Gold Medalist, installed sculptural forms as colorful and visually complex as the botanical specimens they complement and interpret. by Giles Sutherland
	68	WENDY MARUYAMA / JAMES SCHRIBER The inspired pairing of two leading furniture makers accentuates their distinctive vision. by Robert Long
	72	CHANGING HANDS: ART WITHOUT RESERVATION The Museum of Arts & Design puts forth Native American works as contemporary art, not ethnographic objects, in an exhibition to tour into 2008. by Andrea diNoto


	DEPARTMENTS
	6	CRAFT WORLD
	20	PORTFOLIO ARTHUR HASH, JESSICA CALDERWOOD
	26	BOOKS
	78	CALENDAR
	86	REVIEWS KATHY BUTTERLY Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY by Thomas Piché Jr. NANCY KOENIGSBERG/LEWIS KNAUSS Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska—Lincoln by Glen R. Brown ALICE BALLARD MUNN Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC by Kate Dobbs Ariail
	92	GALLERY
	102	ADVERTISING INDEX
	102	CLASSIFIED
	103	AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL

		COVER: DALE CHIHULY—Mirrored Hornets, 2005, one of 25 glass installations by the artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Photo/Terry Rishel. See page 64.