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Nature Extracted - Sue Amendolara article in American Craft Magazine

Story by Brigitte Martin, crafthaus Editor

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Added by Brigitte Martin on May 3, 2016 at 10:43am — No Comments

Call for Entry: "Jewelry & Objects 2016" Michigan Silversmith Guild Exhibition

The Michigan Silversmith Guild is pleased to issue this call for entry for our upcoming Jewelry & Objects exhibition, juried by Billie Theide. The exhibition will be held at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center Birmingham, MI from Sept 9-Oct 15, 2016. For more information and application (see attachment) or go misilversmith.org or contact janice.degen@gmail.com. Deadline: May 13, 2016

Added by Janice A. Degen on May 3, 2016 at 10:30am — No Comments

Application for Clay National XI

Added by Brigitte Martin on May 3, 2016 at 9:35am — No Comments

COOPER HEWITT: Rip Van Winkle on Wallpaper

SOURCE: http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2016/05/03/rip-van-wallpaper/

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Added by Brigitte Martin on May 3, 2016 at 9:00am — No Comments

On Creativity: ‘Isn’t This Funnier?’ New Girl Creator Liz Meriwether Recalls the Making of the Prince Episode

This article by Liz Meriwether is pure gold. It catapulted me back…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 30, 2016 at 8:30am — No Comments

Altered Wooden Books WORKSHOP with Daniel Essig May 13-15, 2016

The Society for Contemporary Craft Pittsburgh, is happy to welcome visiting artist Daniel Essig, May 13-15, 2016.

Explore the techniques of creating a handmade book while utilizing a binding…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 28, 2016 at 10:35am — No Comments

Rent-A-Pro at SNAGneXt 2016

We see it almost every day: questions and comments pop up online about copyright abuses, gallery-artist relationships gone sour, and insurance not doing what they are supposed to do. Not to speak of questions around accomplishing more website hits and the eternal…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 28, 2016 at 9:36am — No Comments

A Musical Week

This week kicked off with a visit to the Birmingham Rep theatre to hear the Music Theatre Wales production of a new opera by Scottish composer, Stuart MacRae, with a libretto by popular crime-writer, Louise Welsh,…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on April 24, 2016 at 2:00pm — No Comments

"Paperfolding" Doesn't Even Come Close

2016 American Craft Council Rare Craft Fellowship Awards: Fellows Martin and Erik Demaine…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 22, 2016 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Added by Ana M. Lopez on April 19, 2016 at 10:10am — 1 Comment

Bish Bosch

No blog post last weekend as I didn't get home from being in the Netherlands until late on Sunday night.

The…

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Added by The Justified Sinner on April 17, 2016 at 3:18pm — No Comments

Thom Browne Selects @ Cooper Hewitt, NYC

Photo: B.Martin for crafthaus

Currently…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 15, 2016 at 12:00pm — No Comments

2016 ACC Conference at Kaneko - Register Now

Since the first American Craft Council conference nearly six decades ago, ACC has served the community of contemporary craft by bringing…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 14, 2016 at 12:30pm — No Comments

How A Color Designer Creates The Perfect Backdrop For Famous Art

At major museums around the world, the color experts at Farrow & Ball train their discerning eye on the walls behind the artwork.

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 14, 2016 at 10:15am — No Comments

Year of the Harlan!

Hello friends and colleagues,

Some of you might be aware that this Fall marks the 40th year Harlan will have taught at the University of North Texas. In celebration of this, we are working hard to raise enough funds to permanently endow the student scholarship that Harlan started. Part of this effort is the creation of a Harlan-inspired activity book that is now…

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Added by James Thurman on April 5, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

Craftspeople In Their Own Words - BOOK Project

Craftspeople In Their Own Words brings together 75 stories written by 70 craftspeople telling of their lives in the studio, on the road, or at American craft shows from the 1960s to the present.

Covering a wide range of topics, from selling leather work at the Woodstock music festival in…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on April 1, 2016 at 8:29am — 3 Comments

MEMBER MAKEOVER OPPORTUNITY AT ACC ST. PAUL SHOW

As part of the American Craft St. Paul Show's new program Style Slam,

four lucky ACC members at the…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on March 30, 2016 at 11:51am — No Comments

Call: Workshop with Ruudt Peters - Selfie Now

A workshop by RUUDT PETERS assisted by KOEN JACOBS

After the successes over the last 15 years, this year Ruudt Peters begins his summer workshop under the title SELFIE NOW. Peters has been professor at three of the most prestigious…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on March 30, 2016 at 11:30am — No Comments

Crafthaus featured in film "JUNK: Rubbish to Gold"

JUNK: rubbish to gold is a playful exploration of community economies (exchange, giving, bartering, gathering, earning, harvesting); putting on display the process of creating the ‘work of art’.…

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Added by Brigitte Martin on March 29, 2016 at 9:09am — No Comments

"Maker Moxie"

The "Maker Moxie" exhibition at the Peters Valley School of Craft opened last night, so wish I could have been there. None the less, I am honored to be exhibiting with 54 other amazing makers who have been impacted by their Craft School Experience. This cocktail ring was made last spring at the Haystack Mountain School of Craft during a short…

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Added by Cara Romano on March 27, 2016 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment