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February/March 2009
Volume #:
69
Issue #:
1
Issue Articles
The American Craft Council builds bridges and awards excellence.
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Joyce Lovelace brings to light newsworthy people and places of the craft field.
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Past the sense of play and wonder, Sanchez’s colorful jewelry fashioned from Lego bricks gives evidence of expert technique. Joyce Lovelace takes us through the artist’s innovative journey.
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Maria Porges explores "The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf," at the Palo Alto Art Center.
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Gerry Craig catches up with the Jacquard and entrepreneurial textiles exhibit at the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in North Carolina.
moreJohn Perreault appreciates František Vizner at the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York and Barry Friedman Ltd. in New York City.
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On the River through the Valley of Fire: The Collaborative Ceramics of Frank Boyden and Tom Coleman
Essay and commentary by Daniel Lamberton,
foreword by David W. Armstrong
American Museum of Ceramic Art
Pomona, California
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Judith Schwartz’s compendium of provocative ceramic sculpture seems just the ticket for our troubled times.
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Nancy Margolis brings a love of clay and savvy as a gallerist, both honed in Maine, to her Chelsea showplace for international ceramics and other art.
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Like Tupac and Biggie, artist Peter Voulkos continues to impress even after death as this arresting survey deftly shows.
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In the versatile stitch, artists find a vehicle for storytelling, painterly gesture, embellishment and more.
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Joyce Lovelace discovers how fiber artist Maggie Casey has taken the concept of string in space to poetic heights.
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In London, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, Andrew Wagner finds a little of this and a little of that-but what does it mean?
moreEd Carpenter's glass and steel Vessel entwined with vegetation embodies the optimism of the institution that commissioned it. Suzanne Beal sheds light on the project.
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Hanging out with stained glass artist Judith Schaechter in Philadelphia, Robert Sullivan observes her passionate devotion to her medium, her punk/pop tastes and her predilection for death-related subjects.
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Using glass as her medium, the Los Angeles artist Alison Berger moves easily between the worlds of art, craft, design, architecture, fashion and film. Observing her at work and play, Joyce Lovelace learns what fueled her prodigious career path.
moreA London exhibition features an international group of artists who are looking to tapestry as a vehicle for controversial issues. In conversation with the project's sponsors, Iain Aitch discovers what prompted this meeting of art and craft.
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Shannon Sharpe explores the city with her pen while Adam Wallacavage hits the streets with his lens.
moreThe Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, discovers a Renaissance treasure in storage; Marc Kristal follows a curator/sleuth on the trail of authentication.
moreBlack Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in Asheville is devoted to preserving the legacy of the legendary but short-lived avant-garde North Carolina school. Sally Hansell reports on the museum's collection, archives, exhibition program and prospective partnership.
moreDig through the stacks with us as we look back at the American Craft Council’s 67-year publishing history. Here Christine Kaminsky takes a backward glance at the December 1956 issue of Craft Horizons in which Fred Miller demonstrates making a bowl.
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A spirited project galvanized potters and clay enthusiasts and may have contributed to electing a president. Sarah Archer takes us inside the Obamaware Project and places its campaign in the historical context of politically charged ceramics.
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