October/November 2016
October/November 2016
![American Craft, October/November 2016 American Craft, October/November 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_two_three_large/public/2016-09/American-Craft-October-November-2016.jpg?itok=O1Aw4b7M)
Welcome to the mastery issue, which features the 2016 American Craft Council Awards, a look back at 75 years of American Craft, and more. Articles will become available online throughout the next few months.
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Feature Articles
More from This Issue
![Alicia Scardetta Alicia Scardetta](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-10/Alicia-Scardetta-Hero.jpg?itok=U8hjf0dg)
Alicia Scardetta
Alicia Scardetta's candy-colored textiles...
![Limited-edition Stoneware Pitcher Set by mpgmb Limited-edition Stoneware Pitcher Set by mpgmb](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/mpgmb-stoneware-pitcher-set.jpg?itok=4yZOoNPl)
Black and Gold
Sumptuous goods for your house and wardrobe.
![Kaneko Exhibition Kaneko Exhibition](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-09/Kaneko-Exhibition.jpg?itok=xQ5AIqHl)
Citywide: Omaha, Nebraska
From established arts districts to fledgling venues, the craft scene in this Midwestern city is booming.
![Spreads from Moving Sam Maloof Spreads from Moving Sam Maloof](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Moving-Sam-Maloof-spreads_1.jpg?itok=GYpm7Kig)
Devotion
Reviews of Moving Sam Maloof, People Knitting, and Subversive Ceramics.
![Edgewood Made Porcelain Pitchers Edgewood Made Porcelain Pitchers](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Edgewood-Made-Porcelain-Pitchers_0.jpg?itok=OXi_p3HY)
Edgewood Made
Edgewood Made is on a mission to fill every room in your home with deliberate, simple housewares.
![June Schwarcz Vessel 2193 Dancer June Schwarcz Vessel 2193 Dancer](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/June-Schwarcz-Vessel-2193-Dancer_0.jpg?itok=5334rUlW)
Enamel Re-emergent
“Little Dreams in Glass and Metal: Enameling in America, 1920 to the Present” features 121 pieces by 94 makers.
![Martin And Erik Demaine Art Through Words I Martin And Erik Demaine Art Through Words I](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Martin-and-Erik-Demaine-Art-Through-Words-I.jpg?itok=Qgbafsh9)
High-Touch, High-Tech
As math and science scholars, Martin and Erik Demaine operate at the leading edge of technological innovation.
![Lois Boardman Illustration Lois Boardman Illustration](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-10/Lois-Boardman-Illustration.jpg?itok=IDMaPkPu)
Jewelry to Think By
Collector Lois Boardman on her donation of provocative jewelry to LACMA.
![Flint Institute Of Arts 1 Flint Institute Of Arts 1](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Flint-Institute-Of-Arts-1.jpg?itok=g1BgaN6P)
Looking Ahead
In Michigan, an expansion of the Flint Institute of Arts is under way.
![Gerhardt Knodel Gerhardt Knodel](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-10/Gerhardt-Knodel_0.jpg?itok=m3cOxBhi)
Resistance Is Fruitful
How masters not only endure, but thrive.
![Pat Kruse Wall Hanging 2 Pat Kruse Wall Hanging 2](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-10/Pat-Kruse-Wall-Hanging-2.jpg?itok=k5RzEY50)
Sacred Harvest
Pat Kruse collaborates with son Gage to carry on traditional Ojibwe birch-bark techniques.
![Gere Kavanaugh Sculpture Gere Kavanaugh Sculpture](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Gere-Kavanaugh-Sculpture_0.jpg?itok=p2usyhuJ)
Shows to See: October / November 2016
The fall’s top shows.
![Donna Ruff, 2.23.13 Donna Ruff, 2.23.13](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-10/Donna-Ruff-2-23-13.jpg?itok=I1r7JIgB)
Special Edition
Donna Ruff's 2.23.13.
![Jenni Sorkin Live Form Women Ceramics And Community Jenni Sorkin Live Form Women Ceramics And Community](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Jenni-Sorkin-Live-Form-Women-Ceramics-And-Community.jpg?itok=ahbzaCyC)
The Invisible Hands
Jenni Sorkin offers a compelling look at three iconic figures of the modern ceramics movement.
![Deborah Butterfield Hero Deborah Butterfield Hero](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-10/Deborah-Butterfield-Hero.jpg?itok=gefYErl0)
Treadway Toomey
Treadway Toomey on the auction business.
![Jaydan Moore Platter Jaydan Moore Platter](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Jaydan-Moore-Platter.jpg?itok=JXDGbN1L)
Tribute
Artists honor the good, the bad, and the questionable.
![Ani Kasten Ani Kasten](/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_large_5_4/public/2016-11/Ani-Kasten-in-studio.jpg?itok=MMFIda2k)
What's the Best Lesson a Mentor Ever Taught You?
Readers share their best lessons learned from mentors.