February/March 2009

Joyce Lovelace brings to light newsworthy people and places of the craft field.

John Perreault appreciates František Vizner at the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York and Barry Friedman Ltd. in New York City.

Gerry Craig catches up with the Jacquard and entrepreneurial textiles exhibit at the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design in North Carolina.

Judith Schwartz’s compendium of provocative ceramic sculpture seems just the ticket for our troubled times.

In the versatile stitch, artists find a vehicle for storytelling, painterly gesture, embellishment and more.

Like Tupac and Biggie, artist Peter Voulkos continues to impress even after death as this arresting survey deftly shows.

In London, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, Andrew Wagner finds a little of this and a little of that-but what does it mean?

A 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.

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.

The 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.

Dig 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.