Open House/Open Studios at North Bennet Street School
Visit one of the country's oldest schools of traditional craftsmanship during the grand opening of North Bennet Street School's new facility in Boston's historic North End. Watch and interact with...
View ArticleExpanded UrbanGlass Facility Opens
UrbanGlass operates as a school, gallery, and studio space in Brooklyn for more than 200 glass artists. Today marks the reopening of the facility, which has been undergoing renovation for two years....
View ArticleScience, Art, and the Joys of Making
Americans, AnnMarie Thomas has observed, tend to fall into three categories: those who took either shop or home economics in school, those who took both, and those who took neither.The engineering...
View ArticleA Lifetime Of Making
Portraits of the American Craftsman By Tadd Myers Text by Eric Celeste Lyons Press, $30 Five years ago, Tadd Myers went on assignment, photographing craftsmen who were creating moldings for a historic...
View ArticleWhat’s the Best Educational Experience You’ve Had?
One of my memorable educational experiences was turning 21 at Penland School of Crafts. Beyond the obvious reasons why this was a blast, it was the first time I connected to a craft community that was...
View ArticleA Material Question
A 3D printer in everyone’s home is just around the corner. Craft departments in universities are shrinking or closing. Design is on the rise, some say, while popular interest in DIY and small-batch...
View ArticleMaking Meaning in the Marketplace: SCAD 2013
This fall the American Craft Council partnered with the Savannah College of Art and Design for the most recent presentation of the ACC Making Meaning in the Marketplace Symposia, a series of programs –...
View ArticleTen Must-See Craft Research Collections
Here at the American Craft Council Library, we pride ourselves on maintaining and continuously cultivating a unique collection of research materials on the history of contemporary craft in America....
View ArticleCraft Resource Lists
Are you looking to see more craft? Learn more craft? The American Craft Council can help with that! We have lists of craft resources with website and contact information to get you started.If you are...
View ArticleFive Questions with Haejung Lee
Recently I had the pleasure of hosting ceramist Haejung Lee during her three-month McKnight Artist Fellowship at the Northern Clay Center. Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Lee came to the United States...
View ArticleThe Year in Craft: 10 Noteworthy Trends & Events
The American Craft Council's education and library staff members took a look back at the newsmakers, noisemakers and, well, just plain makers who made headlines in 2013. Here are 10 topics that...
View ArticleFive Questions with Marsha Gold
While she might not look it on paper, Marsha Gold is one of craft's great advocates. The renowned health policy expert may spend her days researching better ways to deliver and finance healthcare, but...
View ArticleExhibitions of the Small But Spectacular Kind
Back in the days when the Museum of Arts and Design in New York was known as the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, it was located in a brownstone at 44 West 53rd Street (a space now occupied by the MoMA...
View ArticleCommunity Know-How
The Kinfolk Table: Recipes for Small Gatherings By Nathan Williams Artisan, $35Founded in 2012, Kinfolk magazine promotes the art of gathering, providing ideas and ample inspiration for what – in all...
View ArticleTabletop as Springboard
When your theme is the tabletop, as ours is for this issue, food can’t be far behind. The artists we’re featuring who make work for the table have more than aesthetic and functional goals in mind as...
View ArticleFood for Thought
The food movement is big, mainstream business these days. Farmers’ markets are springing up like mushrooms – and small farms and artisanal producers are also on the rise. Meanwhile, farm-to-table...
View ArticleEducational Programming: 2014 Baltimore and Atlanta Shows
Year after year, the American Craft Council Baltimore and Atlanta shows dazzle attendees with work by some of the best contemporary craftspeople in the country. Besides browsing the booths, be sure to...
View ArticleThe Journey So Far
First broadcast on PBS in 2007, the award-winning documentary film series Craft in America is the centerpiece of a nonprofit project that encompasses a book, a traveling exhibition, educational...
View Article50 Years of Building Community
Craft Alliance Delmar Loop 6640 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63130 314-725-1177Grand Center 501 N. Grand Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63103 314-534-7528 In 1964, a group of 15 makers in St. Louis opened Craft...
View ArticleFive Questions Salon Edition with Library as Incubator Project
On Wednesday, April 2, the ACC Library Salon Series will welcome Laura Damon-Moore and Erinn Batykefer, cofounders of the Library as Incubator Project (LAIP), to speak about their forthcoming book, The...
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