College of Fellows
Mark Burns
Mark Burns is a ceramic artist and educator who creates narrative, personal works with a pop sensibility and sardonic humor. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2018.
Mediums
Clay
Recognition
College of Fellows
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood is a fiber artist who creates large wall installations and woven works informed by border regulation and migrant experience. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2018.
Mediums
Fiber
Recognition
College of Fellows
Beth Lipman
Beth Lipman is an artist known for her sculptural installations in clear glass. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2018.
Mediums
Glass
Recognition
College of Fellows
Jun Kaneko
Jun Kaneko is a mulifaceted artist and art advocate whose work encompasses numerous mediums. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 1996 and received the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship in 2018.
Mediums
Clay
Recognition
Gold Medalist
College of Fellows
Pat Hickman
Pat Hickman is a fiber artist and educator known for creating sculptural installations using natural materials including gut and sinew. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2005.
Mediums
Fiber
Recognition
College of Fellows
Louis Marak
Louis Marak is a ceramic artist who explores paradox and illusion through his studio practice. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2009.
Mediums
Clay
Recognition
College of Fellows
Kurt Weiser
Kurt Weiser is a ceramic artist and illustrator known for his highly detailed china-painted porcelain vessels. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2003.
Mediums
Clay
Recognition
College of Fellows
John Garrett
John Garrett is an experimental fiber artist who works with found materials. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2010.
Mediums
Fiber
Mixed Media
Recognition
College of Fellows
Jason Pollen
Jason Pollen is a fiber artist and professor emeritus at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2006.
Mediums
Fiber
Mixed Media
Recognition
College of Fellows
Carol Shaw-Sutton
Carol Shaw-Sutton is a fiber artist and professor emeritus at California State University, Long Beach. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2009.
Mediums
Fiber
Recognition
College of Fellows
Wendy Maruyama
Wendy Maruyama is a furniture designer, installation artist, and professor emeritus of woodworking and furniture design at San Diego State University. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2008 and Gold Medalist in 2024.
Mediums
Mixed Media
Furniture
Wood
Recognition
College of Fellows
Gold Medalist
Toots Zynsky
Toots Zynsky is a pioneering studio glass artist known for developing a technique known as filet de verre technique. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2008.
Mediums
Glass
Recognition
College of Fellows
Richard Notkin
Richard Notkin is a politically minded ceramic artist based in Helena, Montana. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2007.
Mediums
Clay
Recognition
College of Fellows
Nick Cave
Nick Cave is a multidisciplinary artist who has achieved widespread recognition throughout the contemporary art world. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2016.
Mediums
Fiber
Mixed Media
Recognition
College of Fellows
Gold Medalist
Benjamin Moore
Benjamin Moore is a glass artist known for the timeless quality of his creations. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2009.
Mediums
Glass
Recognition
College of Fellows
Gerhardt Knodel
2016 ACC Gold Medalist Gerhardt Knodel is a celebrated fiber artist and educator.
Mediums
Fiber
Recognition
Gold Medalist
College of Fellows
Walter Hamady
Walter Hamady was a book artist, educator, publisher, and poet known for his tactile and witty approach to bookmaking and collage. He was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2006.
Mediums
Paper
Recognition
College of Fellows
Rosanne Somerson
Rosanne Somerson is a furniture designer and the president of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. She was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 2009.
Mediums
Furniture
Recognition
College of Fellows