The ACC has provided me with a scholarship to attend this conference. I am stoked to have the opportunity to spend the weekend meeting, thinking, and discussing with the range of artists, craftspeople, and designers that are attending. It is my hope that this experience will help me clarify my own direction, or perhaps just confuse me more, in a good way.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Creating a New Craft Culture
I just arrived in Minneapolis for the American Craft Council (ACC) conference "Creating a New Craft Culture" taking place this weekend. Looking over the list of speakers I'm especially excited to hear about Natalie Chanin's clothing company Alabama Chanin, Lydia Matthews perspective on craft in relation to current social and economic change (see "new models of marketplace"), and Julie Lasky's ideas about the relationship between artists and craftspeople and industrial 'design' culture (see "men in white"). The complete list of speakers is here.
The ACC has provided me with a scholarship to attend this conference. I am stoked to have the opportunity to spend the weekend meeting, thinking, and discussing with the range of artists, craftspeople, and designers that are attending. It is my hope that this experience will help me clarify my own direction, or perhaps just confuse me more, in a good way.
The ACC has provided me with a scholarship to attend this conference. I am stoked to have the opportunity to spend the weekend meeting, thinking, and discussing with the range of artists, craftspeople, and designers that are attending. It is my hope that this experience will help me clarify my own direction, or perhaps just confuse me more, in a good way.
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