October/November 2016

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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Featured Articles

Read. Roar. Repeat.
How our readers – delighted, dismayed, or disgusted – helped shape the craft field with their letters.

Masters: Edward S. Cooke Jr.
Yale professor Edward S. Cooke Jr. looks for the stories embedded in everyday objects.

Masters: Chris Gustin
Learn more about the ceramist in this profile and exclusive video.

Masters: Hank Murta Adams
Learn more about the glass artist in this profile and exclusive video.

Masters: Francoise Grossen
Learn more about the fiber artist in this profile and exclusive video.

Masters: Michael Cooper
Meet the imaginative sculptor in this profile and exclusive video.

Masters: Nick Cave
Learn more about the Chicago artist and watch and exclusive video interview.

Masters: Myra Mimlitsch-Gray
Learn more about the master metalsmith and watch an exclusive video.

Masters: Gerhardt Knodel
Learn more about this year's Gold Medalist and watch an exclusive video interview.

Masters: CERF+
Learn more about the Craft Emergency Relief Fund's work.

Masters: Sara S. Morgan
Meet the 2016 Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy honoree.

Masters: 2016 American Craft Council Awards
Profiles and exclusive videos of ACC's 2016 honorees...
In This Issue

Alicia Scardetta
Alicia Scardetta's candy-colored textiles...

Black and Gold
Sumptuous goods for your house and wardrobe.

Citywide: Omaha, Nebraska
From established arts districts to fledgling venues, the craft scene in this Midwestern city is booming.

Devotion
Reviews of Moving Sam Maloof, People Knitting, and Subversive Ceramics.

Edgewood Made
Edgewood Made is on a mission to fill every room in your home with deliberate, simple housewares.

Enamel Re-emergent
“Little Dreams in Glass and Metal: Enameling in America, 1920 to the Present” features 121 pieces by 94 makers.

High-Touch, High-Tech
As math and science scholars, Martin and Erik Demaine operate at the leading edge of technological innovation.

Jewelry to Think By
Collector Lois Boardman on her donation of provocative jewelry to LACMA.

Looking Ahead
In Michigan, an expansion of the Flint Institute of Arts is under way.

Resistance Is Fruitful
How masters not only endure, but thrive.

Sacred Harvest
Pat Kruse collaborates with son Gage to carry on traditional Ojibwe birch-bark techniques.

Shows to See: October / November 2016
The fall’s top shows.

Special Edition
Donna Ruff's 2.23.13.

The Invisible Hands
Jenni Sorkin offers a compelling look at three iconic figures of the modern ceramics movement.

Treadway Toomey
Treadway Toomey on the auction business.

Tribute
Artists honor the good, the bad, and the questionable.

What's the Best Lesson a Mentor Ever Taught You?
Readers share their best lessons learned from mentors.