01:02:49 Rachel Messerich: Introducing our host and moderator! Hrag Vartanian. Hrag is editor-in-chief and co-founder of Hyperallergic, he is an art critic, curator, artist, and lecturer on contemporary art with an expertise on the intersection of art and politics. https://hyperallergic.com/ | @hragv | @hyperallergic 01:03:00 Rachel Messerich: Read more - “Why craft matters.” American Craft. 5 May, 2020. Vartanian, Hrag (https://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/why-craft-matters) 01:05:15 Rachel Messerich: Welcome to Sarah Schultz, executive director of ACC! 01:05:52 Rachel Messerich: Thanks to our presenting partners! Critical Craft Forum, Hyperallergic, Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage, and the Socially Engaged Craft Collective. 01:06:56 Rachel Messerich: We’re happy to have the co-founder of Critical Craft Forum and director of the MA in Critical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College with us today. Welcome Namita Gupta Wiggers! @namitapdx | http://www.namitawiggers.com/ | https://www.warren-wilson.edu/programs/ma-in-craft/ 01:08:37 Rachel Messerich: Critical Craft Forum offers real time conversations about critical issues of interest to the field through multiple platforms. Anyone can participate and shape the conversation. We are energized by nearly 13,000 participating members of our 10-year old moderated Facebook Group as of June 2020. New members are added daily from places across the globe. People like you make CCF into a platform for dialogue, discussion, and debate. Join our Facebook Group,visit our website at www.criticalcraftforum.com, follow us @criticalcraftforum on instagram and iTunes (new podcasts coming this summer!) 01:09:51 Karen Baker: Good to see you Namita. 01:10:21 Wendy Maruyama: Hi everyone! :) 01:10:38 Suzanne: glad to o be here... 01:10:41 Phoebe Kuo: Hi Wendy :) 01:12:07 Carol K: Nicely put and thank you 01:12:28 Kerianne Quick: Questions for Namita and the panelists: How to we as a field recon with what social media supports financially? Should we be looking for other platforms that does not mine our data, support political / racist candidates and policies? 01:12:44 Rachel Messerich: Premier Screening: [Not] In Isolation Film Project Our first film features a look at how Zahit Mungan, a kite maker from Turkey’s southeastern province of Mardin, was affected by the closures of COVID19 and his attempt to bring his communities together through his craft. http://www.zahitmungan.com/ | @zahit.mungan 01:13:05 Sondra Sherman: hi everyone! 01:14:30 Tami Black: could you please put into the chat the questions that Hrag stated formed this program 01:14:46 Hrag Vartanian: Topic: What social experiences have and can we build together in this new space? Topic: What other areas is craft thinking applicable and what will we address next? Topic: Can we re-design what curation / voice is in all of this? 01:14:57 Tami Black: thank you! 01:15:03 Hrag Vartanian: Here you are, Tami. 01:16:52 Rachel Messerich: Read more: Turkish master of kites follows his dreams amongst the clouds. Daily Sabah. Oct 24, 2019. https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2019/10/24/turkish-master-of-kites-follows-his-dreams-among-the-clouds 01:17:18 Rachel Messerich: Welcome Darrah Bowden! Darrah Bowden, maker, ceramicist, historian and inaugural graduate of MA In Critical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College 01:17:39 christine martens: What is the name of the kite maker in Mardin,such a beautiful city. 01:17:47 Rachel Messerich: Darrah Bowden is an artist, researcher and kite flyer. Born in Maine, she cultivated an early interest in making, leading her to experiences with wood, metal, fiber, paper, food, bicycle repair, ceramics, and to her membership in the inaugural cohort of the MA in Critical Craft Studies at Warren Wilson College. She received her BFA in ceramics from MassArt in 2013. She lives in Boston and is Assistant to the director at the Ceramics Program, Office for the Arts at Harvard. http://darrahbowden.com/ | @deebalm 01:25:45 L Givens: Dara, thank you for recognizing how a simple act that most could take for granted is an act that others have to carefully plan out to insure their safety. 01:25:56 Hrag Vartanian: His name is Zahit Mungan, Christine. 01:26:24 nancybillings: I would love to teach my grandchildren to make their own kites. What are the best fabrics to use or avoid? 01:26:53 Fabio J. Fernández: To what ends did Harvard’s Graduate School of Design utilize Kites and Kite making and design? 01:27:09 Diana NDiaye: The influx of Immigrants from the Caribbean and other places in which kite flying were active traditions (with the loosening of immigration restrictions in 1965 must have made a difference. 01:30:02 elissatopol: hippies got washington d.c.to overturn law against flying kites in 1970 01:30:02 Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Otis College of Art and Design has a semi annual Kite Festival with the late 01:30:09 Sara Clugage: Darrah, this is amazing research! Thank you. 01:30:18 Matthew Rosen: Wonderful! 01:30:19 Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Tyrus Wong. 01:30:21 Wendy Maruyama: I think Penland had some great kite and hot air balloon classes 01:30:29 Heather: Great Job Darrah!! Thank you:) 01:30:30 Namita Wiggers: THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR PROJECT DARRAH!!!! 01:30:36 Neha Koonjoo: Great talk Darrah. 01:30:39 Sarah Kuhn: https://www.eamesoffice.com/the-work/charles-eames-kite-collage/ 01:30:48 Rachel Messerich: Our second film features the Women of Color Quilters Network. With more than 1000 women of color in this community, largely from the deep South, most over the age of 65 with little access to technology, one could not think of a more vulnerable community for a global pandemic to hit. The Quilters network lost several members to COVID 19 this year, and cofounder Carolyn Mazloomi speaks to ways this community stood up in support to take on the pandemic. https://wcqn.org/ | @carolynlmazloomi 01:30:51 Phoebe Kuo: Thanks, Darrah! 01:31:04 Wendy Maruyama: thank you Darrah! 01:31:19 peggy: Yes! Watch the tyrus Wong video--available via public TV--fabulous! 01:31:21 Kathy King: Thank you Darrah! 01:31:27 Tony: Thanks Darrah 01:32:19 Erin Curry: Nancy Billings, The Drachen Foundation has a great educational section on building kites. 01:33:05 Rachel Messerich: Thanks everyone for sharing all your great kite and kitemaking resources! 01:33:13 Gretchen Keyworth: Thanks Darrah. Sometime lets talk about kite flying contests in Hawaii. 01:34:18 Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Darrah how do I reach you 01:35:39 Pamela Gorgone: Thanks Darrah :) 01:35:47 Rachel Messerich: http://darrahbowden.com/ | @deebalm 01:36:43 Pat Rosen: For Darrah Bowden: One of my childhood neighbors taught us to make kites from balsa wood, newspaper, and string. He was a WWII veteran and learned to make kites during his time in the Phillipines. Do you think international travel during that time impacted the interest in kite making after the war? 01:36:44 Judith Schwartz: The late and wonderful Paul Smith did a lot of photo documentation about Kites….he was avid in attending all kite festivals 01:37:35 Jeri aujeri@webster.edu: Masks are a perfect vehicle for telling one’s story 01:37:52 B. Koiki: http://www.carolyncrump.com/ 01:37:52 Page Morahan: what website for purchasing these masks? 01:37:55 Rachel Messerich: Carolyn, and the Women of Color Quilters Network, are also working with Minnesota’s Textile Center on open call for quilts to be part of an exhibition and community events that will take place later this summer. More information is available on the Textile Center’s website: https://textilecentermn.org/wearethestory/ “Exhibitions will build upon symbols of liberation, resistance and empowerment, offering a visually compelling account of the breadth of experiences and struggles that comprise Black history in an honest and critical way.” 01:38:10 Leslie E. Young: ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS!! 01:38:22 Sara Abdelaal: https://wcqn.org/ 01:38:27 Wendy Maruyama: Carolyn Mazloomi is awesome 01:38:37 B. Koiki: i don’t see any sign of her art masks on her website though 01:38:52 Page Morahan: VERY inspiring efforts of the quilt group! 01:38:56 Namita Wiggers: Thank you for sharing Carolyn! 01:38:58 Lora Bristow: Love WCQN and Carolyn's work! 01:39:03 yoshikowada: Fantastic presentation about the African American quilt network. 01:39:03 B. Koiki: perhaps she does direct sales via social media 01:39:06 Sarah Kuhn: Will there be a way to see the mask video again? 01:39:36 Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Please publish the name of the mask video speaker. Perhaps her name could be on the video? Sorry, I do not know her personally. 01:39:41 Sara Abdelaal: We will release the whole video series with info 01:39:45 Rachel Messerich: From Nancy Billings: Thank you Carolyn, I am a SAQA member and love your work. 01:39:58 Muir: Great inspirational marketing video, Carolyn. 01:40:03 Sara Abdelaal: https://carolynlmazloomi.com/ 01:40:30 L Givens: That was awesome. If Dr. Mazloomi isn’t a the call. A Big thank you to her!! 01:41:01 Heather: Thank you for saying their names. 01:41:15 Katrin Zimmermann: thank you for saying this, Diana! 01:41:28 Carolyn Mazloomi: Thank you everyone! 01:42:00 Emma Efkeman: Yes! 01:42:00 Rachel Messerich: Dr. Diana Baird N’Diaye, quilter, folklorist, cultural specialist and curator at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage | https://folklife.si.edu/ | @dndiaye 01:42:01 Heather: Yes 01:42:07 Marina Joyce: yes 01:42:36 Rachel Messerich: Read more: Diana Baird N’Diaye: “A Measure of Worth. Boundaries of Taste: The folklorist and curator on self-expression through adornment in African-American communities, and fashion as a political act.” Guernica. Gemma de Choisy. June 15, 2015. https://www.guernicamag.com/author/gemma-de-choisy/ Retrieved from https://www.guernicamag.com/a-measure-of-worth/ 01:42:59 Dorothy : thank you Dr Mazloomi! You are incredible 01:49:02 Namita Wiggers: Thank you, Diana. 01:50:23 Sheila McMath: Diana - can you share slide 9 (starts with food deserts) with me after this webinar? smcmath@execulink.com 01:51:22 Aram’s iPhone: love 01:51:35 lesley roberts: This is stunning 01:52:07 kbeeler: So incredibly insightful. Thank you. 01:52:14 Pat Rosen: very timely and informative. I will never view a hunters blind the same way again! 01:52:41 Ellen Hoverkamp: Just wear a mask when in there with someone or you 01:52:41 Mya Lewis : I love this transformed idea of the hunting blind into a mending blind! 01:52:43 Sharon Page Ritchie: Interesting to think of the two meanings of “tears” being mended. 01:52:44 Matthew Rosen: Absolutely brilliant. Thank you Dr. N’Diaye. 01:53:40 Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Fantastic presentation Dr. N'Diaye. Insights and scholarship blended. 01:53:56 Ellen Hoverkamp: Wear masks while together in that Mending Blind to protect against Covid 01:54:21 Namita Wiggers: A critically important way to reframe mending — which is popular to address in contemporary craft makers 01:54:26 Wendy Maruyama: really loved this, Diana. 01:54:42 B. Koiki: Thank you Dr. N’Diaye beautiful explorations of the metaphors found in language and definitions. 01:54:47 Sarah K Khan: so rich and layered, thank you. 01:54:51 Amy Meissner: So pleased to learn from a fellow mender! 01:54:51 Heather: Another WW Critical Craft student here, I've been conducting a mask research survey. If you or anyone you know is or has made masks, I'm still collecting responses here: https://bit.ly/3hnskt1 01:54:58 Carol K: strong imagery, thank you. 01:55:09 Rachel Messerich: Premier Screening: [Not] In Isolation Film Project Our third film features social practice artist, Aram Han Sifuentes, who used this time to retreat and prepare for the next potential crisis, the 2020 election, and then the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis happened. This short takes a look at how Aram has been using craft thinking to produce two bodies of work - Voting Kits for the Disenfranchised - a toolkit for artists, activists, educators, students, and others to produce imaginative voting stations that will bring attention to voting barriers or restrictions in the United States - as well as revisit the Protest Banner Lending Library. https://www.aramhansifuentes.com/ | @aramhansifuentes 01:55:09 Heather: Thank you so much Diana, so much to dig into that you shared. 01:55:27 Tami Black: will the mending blinds be exhibited at the Smithsonian? 01:55:53 Rachel Messerich: Aram was also one of the ACC’s shortlisted artists for the 2019 Emerging Voices Award https://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/emerging-voices-announcing-2019-awards 01:57:22 Jeri aujeri@webster.edu: Immediate turning violence into mending. 01:57:34 Darrah Bowden: so powerful. Thank you Dr. N’Diaye 01:59:33 Rachel Messerich: We’re also excited to share another opportunity and call for participation. In the wake of the tragic death of George Floyd, Minnesota makers, Maggie Thompson, Makwa Studio (http://makwastudio.com/), and Jaida Grey Eagle (https://www.jaidagreyeagle.com/), collaborated on a project making masks for protesters. They are looking for volunteers to help sew masks either at home or in the Makwa Studio. Check out more information here: http://makwastudio.com/the-protest-mask-project 01:59:38 Sara Clugage: Aram <3 01:59:49 Diana NDiaye: Aram, these are incredible. Thank you! 01:59:54 Rachel Messerich: Welcome, Andres Payan Estrada! Andres Payan Estrada, visual artist and curator of public engagement at Craft Contemporary in L.A. https://www.craftcontemporary.org/ | https://andrespayan.com/ | @andres_payan 02:00:24 Rachel Messerich: Born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Andres Payan Estrada currently lives and works in Los Angeles. An artist and curator whose practice focuses on issues revolving around contemporary craft and material practices with a focus on ceramics, he is currently the curator of public engagement at Craft Contemporary and visiting art faculty at the California Institute of the Arts. 02:00:39 B. Koiki: Aram, that was wonderful and moving! Still looking forward to meeting you some day<3! 02:00:53 Rachel Messerich: Read more: Dirty Looks Names Curators for Closely Watched Los Angeles Queer Art Event. Art News. Claire Selvin. October 31, 2019. https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/dirty-looks-on-location-2020-13496/ 02:03:38 Holly Hanessian: Is it possible to see a list of the artists included in this show again? 02:04:08 Namita Wiggers: Holly - you can find it on the ASU Museum website 02:04:32 Hrag Vartanian: Holly, here is a link: https://alumni.asu.edu/events/moved-online-total-collapse-clay-contemporary-past-38 02:04:46 Holly Hanessian: Thanks! 02:07:42 Darrah Bowden: Thank you for bringing this into view, Andres. 02:07:44 Namita Wiggers: Yes, Andres! 02:08:05 Namita Wiggers: Diversifying IS a corporate strategy, thank you! 02:08:28 Namita Wiggers: Make the change. Do the work. 02:08:32 Caroline Liou: 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 02:08:34 Diana NDiaye: Andres! Powerful work, strong installation and messages. Thank you for introducing me to this work. 02:08:46 Aram Han Sifuentes: F YES!!! 02:08:54 Mya Lewis : Incredibly important!! 02:09:11 Lisa Bayne Astor: Andres - thanks for this very important work! 02:09:14 Kristin Kazamaki: Mr. Estrada, Well said, thank you 02:09:14 Heather Hodges: Excellent talk! Thanks! 02:09:45 Sarah K Khan: Andres, soon o=point, each participant offers layered-ness that defies stereotypes 02:09:45 karenhampton: Excellent Talk! 02:09:56 Soma A: Will today’s talks be available for viewing again later? 02:10:00 Kathy King: Thank you so much. What a wonderful presentation and discussion. 02:10:02 Sara Clugage: Andres ++++++++++ 02:10:03 Heather: Thank you Andres! Histories as they are linked to craft, so engaging! 02:10:07 Jeri aujeri@webster.edu: Keen thought. People of color make art in the world of craft. Craft begins with a story. 02:10:29 Rachel Messerich: Yes! This panel is being recorded and will be available very soon! 02:10:33 kbeeler: Fantastic. Thanks Andres. 02:10:38 Soma A: Thank you. 02:10:39 American Craft Council: Please send any questions that you have in via this chat window 02:10:48 Kerianne Quick: thank you for your very welcome insight’s Andres. 02:11:23 Carolyn Mazloomi: Excellent talk Mr. Estrada. 02:11:36 Judith Schwartz: Andreas…so well said and such important dialog—yes, we need more references and learn more….ACC must get this information out to all of us interested 02:11:36 Katya Oicherman: Any thoughts on curating which suggests other modes of presentation/discussion other than objects in white cube spaces? 02:11:37 Muir: Good session. A lot to explore on each presentation. 02:11:42 Page Morahan: What is the contact info for the mask maker in Texas, who is doing artistic masks? 02:12:02 Kerianne Quick: My question from earlier: Questions for Namita (and the panelists): How to we as a field recon with the infrastructures we are relying on - for example with what social media supports financially? Should we be looking for other platforms that does not mine our data, support political / racist candidates and policies? 02:12:15 Indira Patnaik: Hi Andreas I am working on indigenous craft my work is based on Indian Temple what would you advice . 02:12:47 Namita Wiggers: Sorry Keri - had missed that. Social media is hugely problematic. I see it right now as a way to fight within the system — not 02:12:54 Caroline Liou: Question: how can we get the gatekeepers aka people who are in positions in power to see what you’re saying, Andres, and not just see diversity as corporate strategy? 02:12:55 Marsha Macdowell: Love your work Diana 02:13:16 orlad: This has been so excellent! Thank you! 02:13:35 Wendy Maruyama: thank you Andres! 02:13:36 Sarah K Khan: I’m here 02:13:45 Namita Wiggers: Not unlike systemic racism in academia and museums, too. If I knew another platform I would switch — but I don’t. So in the meantime I use the power structure to my ends. It’s not a great option 02:13:56 Rachel Messerich: Welcome, Sarah Khan! Sarah K. Khan, multi-media maker and scholar and ACC Trustee, Board of Directors | http://sarahkkhan.com/ | @sarahkkhan 02:13:59 George Ciscle: Andres: thanks for calling out the responsibilities and role curators have 02:14:05 Darrah Bowden: YES! 02:14:26 Rachel Messerich: Sarah K Khan (b. Mangla, Pakistan) is a US multi-media maker and scholar. She uses photography, films, video art, print-making, maps, and writing to explore food, culture, women, migration, and identity in urban and rural environments. She utilizes food to provoke thought about injustice towards people and the planet. 02:14:34 Rebecca Kate Uchill: Would it be possible if — when the recording of this program circulates later — the chat file could also be linked? So many interesting threads of this multifaceted conversation and I don’t want to miss any 02:14:40 Wendy Maruyama: Hi Sarah Khan!!! 02:14:55 Rachel Messerich: Read more: Thinking with your hands. American Craft. Interview by Sarah K. Kahn. June/July 2020. Illustrations by Dan Bransfield. https://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/thinking-with-your-hands 02:14:57 Jan’s iPad: Thank you to all the presenters, and ACC for this program. 02:15:10 Pat Rosen: I posted a question for Darrah Bowden earlier in the chat. 02:15:39 Indrani de Silva: What a thrill to you Sarah and Diana!! Thank you both for your incredible work. 02:15:48 Sondra Sherman: Thank you all for an excellent important conversation 02:15:49 susan owens: Keri and Namita, have you tried LIKER.com as an alternative? 02:16:03 Hrag Vartanian: Hi Pat, I can’t find your question. Perhaps if you ask here again Diana will see and respond. 02:16:29 Hrag Vartanian: I’m sorry, I meant Darrah will respond. 02:16:46 Darrah Bowden: Hi Pat, good question - maybe so! 02:16:52 Rachel Messerich: We will look at trying to include the chat conversation in our summary of this program when we post the video and summary next week. Great suggestion! 02:17:04 Namita Wiggers: YES! Not new. Hoping people can hear now 02:17:46 Darrah Bowden: Thank you, Sarah. 02:17:50 Katrin Zimmermann: so true. what an amazing event! thank you! 02:17:50 Pat Rosen: I was introduced to kite making as a child by a neighbor who had learned the craft while stationed in the Phillipines during WWII. Do you think the resurgence of interest in kite making after the war might be linked to international travel of military personnel during that period? 02:17:54 Heather: Beautifully wrapped up Sarah! 02:18:00 Diana NDiaye: Sarah! Thank you! Real rather than performative allyship. Yes!!!! 02:18:04 Namita Wiggers: Thank you Sarah! 02:18:10 Keelin Burrows: Thank you! 02:18:11 Rachel Messerich: IMPORTANT NOTE! Continue this conversation with Anna Metcalfe and the Social Engaged Craft Collective next week on Wednesday. Join them to explore some of the themes and topics started here in more depth: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81806500479 02:18:19 Janet Kawada: This was wonderful. Thank you 02:18:21 kvhawes: thank you everyone of you! 02:18:25 AliceFrench: Thank you for another excellent discussion. 02:18:25 kbeeler: Amazing. Thank you all. 02:18:27 Jennifer Datchuk: Thank you for today! 02:18:28 Amy Meissner: So nourishing, thank you everyone.