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Hands On in Baltimore

by Christine Kaminsky
|February 25, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Baskets, Beadwork, Book Arts, Ceramics, Design, Enamels, Fashion, Fiber, Found Objects, Glass, Jewelry, Lighting, Metal, Mosaics, Paper, Stained Glass, Wood, Workshops, Furniture, Mixed Media, Sculpture

Hundreds of exhibiting artists from all across the country (plus a few for the first time from Canada) are excitedly preparing to offer visitors to the American Craft Council's Baltimore Show an unparalleled opportunity for total immersion into everything and anything handmade at the city's convention center beginning Friday, February 27, through Sunday, March 1.

Fashion Week Deep in Alphabet City

by Andrew Wagner
|February 20, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Fashion, Fiber

The final Friday of Fashion Week seemed like a good time to tear myself away from the office and the omnipresent computer. Thankfully Natalie Chanin, founder of Project Alabama and the creator of “grown-to-sewn in the USA” clothing line Alabama Chanin, was hosting her event this afternoon deep in the heart of Alphabet City.

Living Tradition

by Beverly Sanders
|February 12, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Fiber

The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles / Recent Art
Edited by Lynn Gumpert, essays by Kofi Anyidoho, Gumpert and John Picton
Grey Art Gallery, New York University
New York, New York
$20
nyu.edu/greyart

Craft and Design Meet in the Northwest as JP Reuer Chairs New Joint MFA Program

by Christine Kaminsky
|February 02, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Ceramics, Design, Fiber, Glass, Metal, Mixed Media, Opportunities, Wood

The Oregon College of Art and Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland's two oldest art colleges, have teamed to offer a joint MFA in Applied Craft and Design. This historic program may offer a glimpse into the future of arts education in America as it explores the fusion of tradition, innovation and practice with design theory and hands-on making.

Intelligent Textiles

by Gerry Craig
|January 07, 2009
|Categories: Fiber

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

A Tale from the Dark Side

by Iain Aitch
|January 07, 2009
|Categories: Fiber

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.

Bewitched by Stitchery

by Beverly Sanders
|January 06, 2009
|Categories: Fiber

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

Maggie Casey

by Joyce Lovelace
|January 06, 2009
|Categories: Fiber

Joyce Lovelace discovers how fiber artist Maggie Casey has taken the concept of string in space to poetic heights.

Native by Design

by Beverly Sanders
|November 17, 2008
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Beadwork, Fashion, Fiber

If you happen to find yourself in lower Manhattan these days and seeking distraction from the relentless Wall Street woes, you might want to duck into the National Museum of the American Indian…

More Cheers in Chicago as United States Artists Announce Fellowships

by Christine Kaminsky
|November 11, 2008
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Ceramics, Fiber, Mixed Media, Tiles, Awards, Baskets, Found Objects, Sculpture, Stained Glass

While there were no claims of Obama sightings, sounds of jubilation rose once again in Chicago during a celebration last night at the Museum of Contemporary Art, when artists across a broad array of disciplines-architecture and design, crafts and traditional arts, dance, literature, media, music, theater arts and the visual arts-were honored with United States Artists (USA) Fellowships.

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