CRAFT COLLECTING TALK

DEMYSTIFYING AND DEMOCRATIZING CRAFT COLLECTING 

​TEXTILE TALK, SPONSORED BY THE SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION

September 29, 2021, 2PM ET  
Free & open to the public

Collecting is often considered a pastime of luxury but through this presentation by Jaimianne Jacobin, Director of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, we look at how collecting can be an approachable part of the craft ecosystem and a bold decision to support artists and the craft movement. By presenting several interviews with textile collectors, she will unveil the unknown of collecting to make it more accessible and look at innovative approaches to collecting that can change the field. This talk is moderated by Caroline Kipp, curator, artist, and decorative arts historian, currently serving as the curator of Contemporary Art at the Textile Museum and George Washington University Museum. Textile Talk webinars are held Wednesdays at 2pm ET and are free and open to the public; registration is required.
 
Organizational participants include The International Quilt Museum, the Modern Quilt Guild, Quilt Alliance, San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, Studio Art Quilt Associates, and Surface Design Association. The webinars are recorded and housed on the Textile Talk YouTube Playlist.

Sponsors include: MODA Fabrics & Supplies, Quilting Daily, Aurifil, eQuilter.com, Artistic Artifacts, Clover, Empty Spools Seminars, Mistyfuse/attached, Nine Patch Fabrics, Quilt Mania, Schiffer Publishing, Thai Silks, and TheQuiltShow.com.

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​About Caroline Kipp
SDA AND JRACraft board member Caroline Kipp is a curator, artist, and a textile and decorative arts historian. She holds a BFA in fibers from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, and an MA in museum studies from Harvard University. She is currently the Curator of Contemporary Art at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum in Washington, D.C. Previously, Kipp was the Curatorial Associate in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where she was responsible for the contemporary decorative arts collection, including the Daphne Farago collection. Prior to this she was part of the MFA Boston’s Textile and Fashion Arts Department where she contributed research to the exhibition Gender Bending Fashion.
 
About Jaimianne Jacobin
Jaimianne Jacobin is the Director of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering public appreciation, education and connoisseurship of American Craft. She has made it her personal mission to increase awareness about collecting craft as a source of support for artists and for documenting the history of the field. Formerly she was the Executive Officer for the Creative Crafts Council and the Executive Director of the Shenandoah Arts Council. She was originally trained as an artist with a BFA from Finlandia University and holds an MFA in Curatorial Practice from the Maryland Institute College of Art.
 This event is free and open to the public; registration is required.