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Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
Demo Days at the Spokane Art Supply store in Spokane, Washington (all photos by the author) SPOKANE, WASHINGTON — Two weekends ago, I volunteered for Speedball printmaking inks at my local art supply...
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UK’s Controversial Declassification of Crafting as a Creative Industry
Card making, one of many crafts industries deemed no longer creative in the UK (via Crafts Council UK) A proposed declassifying of crafting as a creative industry in the UK has the the country’s...
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How One Regional Craft Museum Is Expanding Its Horizons
William Blake, “Jerusalem” (facsimile printed 1974, original printed 1804), relief etching or “Illuminated Printing” (Bingham Collection of Modern Literature, Rare Books, Archives and Special...
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Transformative Touch: Photographs Laced with Thread
Hinke Schreuders, “Works on Paper #37” (2014), embroidery and ink on paper and linen, 10.25 x 7 x 2.2 in, and “Works on Paper #36” (2014), embroidery and ink on paper and linen, 10.25 x 7 x 2.2 in (all...
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The Teddy Bears and Soda Cans of Clare Graham
Installation view, ‘Clare Graham & MorYork: The Answer is Yes’ at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (photo by Jody Miller, courtesy CAFAM) LOS ANGELES — The term “craft,” especially in the context of...
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In Bushwick, an Exhibition Tears Down Walls Between Art and Craft
Installation view of ‘Neo-Craftivism,’ with a textile piece by Robin Kang at left (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Neo-Craftivism, a group show at the Parlour Bushwick, brings together...
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Wondering About the Future of the Smithsonian’s Craft Museum
The entrance to the Renwick Gallery (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) WASHINGTON, DC — As a professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, I regularly bring my students to...
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