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Seagrove

by Janet Koplos
|June 04, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Ceramics, Folk Art, Travel

Along the highway and at homes and workshops hidden deep in the vine-riddled deciduous forest or tucked at the edge of gently rolling fields are well over 100 ceramic business—shops, potteries, museums—of Seagrove, North Carolina. On the outskirts of town, the main road is labeled Pottery Highway. What other highways of the world bear such a label?

Kaleidoscopic Quilts: Paula Nadelstern

by Pat Hickman and Gail Hovey
|May 31, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Exhibitions, Fiber, Folk Art

Kaleidoscopic Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelstern
American Folk Art Museum
New York, New York
April 21-September 13, 2009

Remember your own childlike wonder when you held a kaleidoscope in your hands and quietly marveled at the shifting, dissolving color patterns created by a gentle turn? The quilt artist Paula Nadelstern takes a viewer back to that wonder, the pure visual pleasure first seen in a small tube.

Four Masters on Film

by Robert Silberman
|May 29, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Ceramics, Design, Folk Art, Glass, Mixed Media, Painting, Sculpture

San Antonio, Texas: Remember the Arts!

by Shannon Sharpe
|Photography by Misty Keasler
|May 12, 2009
|Categories: Fiber, Folk Art, Mixed Media, Travel

The singular River Walk is only the half of it in arts-friendly San Antonio, Texas. Shannon Sharpe finds the pulse of creativity in this colorful Southwest city.

Nicario Jimenez and the Art of Retablo

by Andrew Wagner
|February 28, 2009
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Folk Art

Nicario Jimenez is a third generation retablista from the Andean region of Ayacucho. His work is amazingly intricate and incredibly timely. With his newest piece, on display at the American Craft Show in Baltimore took over a year to produce, his art paints a vivid picture of the turbulent recent history of the United States and a look to a hopeful future.

Awards & Celebrations

by Joyce Lovelace
|January 19, 2008
|Categories: Ceramics, Design, Fiber, Folk Art, Furniture, Glass, Metal, Mixed Media, Wood

Located in the southern Appalachian mountain region, Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, has made a specialty of celebrating the handwork of yesterday and today. In October it reunited the master ceramists Don Reitz and John Jessiman , old friends from the 1960s, for a workshop-Reitz's first since his heart surgery two years ago. The event launched the university's brand new Randall and Susan Parrott Ward Endowment Fund for Ceramics.

Shaping the Future of Craft

by Anisha Joseph
|December 14, 2007
|Categories: Web Exclusive, Fiber, Fashion, Design, Conferences, Ceramics, Architecture, Folk Art, Furniture, Glass, Jewelry, Metal, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Wood

Did you miss the American Craft Council's 10th National Leadership Conference in October of 2006? If so, you can now catch up on all the proceedings with a purchase of the just released 192-page publication, "Shaping the Future of Craft."

Thin Ice: Inuit Traditions within a Changing Environment

by Christine Kaminsky
|November 21, 2007
|Categories: Folk Art, Mixed Media

Edited by Nicole Stuckenberger
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
University Press of New England
$24.95

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