What's New? March 18 Newsletter

“I went to the Yuma Art Symposium and all I got was this life changing experience” Day Two

- blog by Danielle James

After a jet lagged deep sleep, we were up and ready to take on whatever Yuma had in store for us! Our group piled into the rental car we affectionately nick named the “Pri Pri” (Short for Prius) and headed down town. One of the interesting things Yuma is its location, West of the Colorado River and a hop skip and a jump from the Mexican and California border, if you have a passport you can squeeze in a ton of adventuring in between scheduled presentations and social events.  Also, a surprising amount of bratwurst hauses and German restaurants are peppered in between the droves of Mexican restaurants and taco shacks. The reason being, this is Snowbird country, and many retired Mid Westerners with German heritage flock here. Yuma has an average temperature of 80 degrees during the fall and winter months (very different from the 120 degree summers) making this the perfect climate to spend a few months dodging the rain and snow elsewhere.

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Can production craft be judged?

- blog post by Bruce Metcalf

After the recent ruckus about my “abstract crapola” remark on my Facebook feed, a number of interesting issues emerged out of the blizzard of outrage. I want to consider two of the more controversial of them. The first is that production craftspeople should be exempt from judgment. The second is that the advancing age of many makers has no relevance to anything whatsoever, and is politically incorrect to talk about. Well, I absolutely disagree with both propositions. In this essay, I want to look at the question of judgment. I will explore age in another essay.

One of the ideas that lurked in my Facebook thread was that production craft should not be subject to the same kinds of judgments as art. The logic goes something like this. The craftsperson who works in the production world is just trying to make a living, and he or she does so by making objects that cater to a certain clientele. The work must be appealing. Otherwise it doesn’t sell. Therefore, in a sense, the taste of the audience dictates what the maker produces. Being dictated by an audience, the work shouldn’t be judged by the same standards as art. There was a further, unstated, implication that the work shouldn’t be judged at all. Its success in the marketplace is the only legitimate measure.

Continue reading Bruce Metcalf's essay and comment....

Please welcome our new crafthaus members:

Elizabeth Johnson, Boulder, CO

Susan Lister Locke, Nantucket, MA

Painting in Yarn, Crochet as Art - Arrowmont

Jo Hamilton • Painting in Yarn; Crochet as Art • June 15 — 21 

Crocheters with an interest or background in art, or who simply want to explore an unusual and contemporary approach to this traditional craft, will learn how to translate their artistic visions of yarn into a tactile and rich reality.

Planckscale thinking

- blog by John Lunn

Throughout the next few postings, I’m going to include some reprinting from a hard science fiction blog I wrote over four years ago. While it may sound like I’m filling space, I think there is a relevance. I’m coming to the realization that my discussion here can’t be objective. I can’t instruct, only inform, about how my various skills and interests become part of my work. Looking over what I’ve written this past year, there are themes that obviously concern me more than others, but rather than offering answers, I seem only to raise more questions. So let me share another facet of my thought process to bring you further into my world with an eye to you being able to see your own complexities and how they shed light on your own creative process. Continue reading ...

Call: 2014 Windgate Museum Interns

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design administers the Windgate Museum Internship program which provides $5,000 stipends to four undergraduate or graduate students. The selected interns work under the direction of curators or directors in decorative arts or contemporary crafts collections, exhibitions and programs in museums or organizations nationally. 

After reviewing a strong application pool demonstrating a high level of interest in craft-related projects in museums and institutions across the nation, the Center is pleased to announce the 2014 Windgate Museum Internship Host Institutions: American Museum of Ceramic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Crafthaus Members Kathy Maves has been awarded am NCECA blogger scholarship for the NCECA conference taking place this week in Milwaukee. Kathy has started to blog her experience and all are invited to follow along.

Thank you NCECA for providing this generous opportunity to one of our members!

Kathy's first blog is already up: NCECA scheduling. How to make the most of NCECA in Milwaukee

Figurative Association: The Human Form Symposium • Sept. 10 - 13, 2014 - Arrowmont

Figurative Association: The Human Form Symposium is a recurring event that takes place at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Plan now to attend Figurative Association: The Human Form Symposium,
at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

Save the dates — Sept. 10 through 13, 2014. Registration begins April 8, 2014.

March Onwards

- blog by Dauvit Alexander

In the workshop, I've managed to complete "Die Entführung aus dem Serail", the piece I started to showcase a piece of custom-cut quartz by Jamie Slade. 

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New listings:

  • Executive Director @ Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Curator for the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University
  • Art Adminstration/Studio Management Internship, Chicago, IL

View details of these and other job listings .... (member sign-in)

Danaca Enamel Workshop 2

- blog by Melissa Cameron

kiln forks at 2 paces…

My enamel practice for 2014 started in January with teaching a Saturday mini-workshop at a local jewellery studio here in Seattle. The owner of the studio, Dana, was holding this class for a bunch of her close friends and so most of the attendees were acquaintances, if not actual friends of mine.

So what was I to do when shenanigans ensued?  Continue reading ...

Threads of Splendor - Simply Crochet Magazine

Call for Artists: Mari Funaki Award for Contemporary Jewellery

The last word....

You Can Look, but You Can’t Check In

FEB. 28, 2014 NY TIMES

While “The Grand Budapest Hotel” is busy with smaller design elements, one of its most striking designs is the hotel itself. Outfitted in shades of pink and purple and situated atop a hill, the hotel is grandiose and picturesque. It also happens to be nine feet tall. For wide shots of the hotel, the director Wes Anderson and his team decided to use a handmade miniature model.

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