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The Week in Craft: August 2, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing

The Week in Craft: August 2, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing
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Check out work by emerging artists – including handmade baskets by Lisa Young – at our 2017 American Craft Show in San Francisco this weekend.

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Check out the selection of handcrafted, American-made wares available from more than 230 incredible makers at our American Craft Show in San Francisco this weekend.

If you ever wanted to live in a 17th-century log cabin, now may be your chance. Prospective buyers should note that they'll be required to care for the home and its current octogenarian owners.

Peruvian artist Ana Teresa Barboza takes embroidery out of the hoop.

Check out the Crafthaus interview with Haystack’s executive director Paul Sacaridiz and ACC's Michael Radyk to read their thoughts about the field and advice for makers.

Nick Cave's mammoth "Until" closes this month. If you haven't been able to see it up close at Mass MoCA, check out this account of the project.

A new database catalogues the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Craft, the Portland, Oregon, museum that closed in 2016.

Here's more evidence that the impulse to collect may have skipped the Millennial generation. What's a Boomer to do?

Here's an inspiring video: An artist arranged 66,000 cups of water to draw attention to impurities in water around the globe.

“Digital craft” seems to be the new term popping up everywhere to describe the convergence of technology and the handmade. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is exploring this concept through fashion and architecture during their “Comme des Garçons” exhibition (up through September 4).

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design is celebrating the work of artist, CCCD board member, and former ACC trustee Stoney Lamar on August 10 – tickets for the dinner are only available through today. 

Betye Saar turns "toxic kitsch" into "trenchant tokens of power." Her exhibition "Betye Saar: Keepin’ It Clean" is on view at the Craft & Folk Art Museum through August 20.

The Minnesota Center for Book Arts recently announced the recipient of the 2017 MCBA Prize – congratulations to London-based book artist, Tim Hopkins.

 

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