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MARCH CRAFT NEWSLETTER

3/1/2023

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march 2023 CRAFT NEWSLETTER
CRAFT CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS 
COMPILED BY JRACRAFT MEMBER, BRENDA ERICKSON
​Learn about craft exhibitions and events by receiving the James Renwick Alliance eNewsletter or by visiting our Community Craft Calendar. ​

GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, May 13 – April 22, 2023
Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, www.americanart.si.edu 
 
Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light? February 4 – July 1
Textile Museum, Washington, DC, www.museum.gwu.edu 

Black Like Me, thru April 15
1111 Gallery, Washington, DC, www.zenithgallery.com 

Nia Alexander Campbell, Josh Berer, Patricia Daher, March 3 – April 2
Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, https://athillyer.org 

Determined Women: collectors, artists & designers at Hillwood, Feb. 18 – June 18 Hillwood Museum, Washington, DC, www.hillwoodmuseum.org

Madayin: Bark Painting from Yirrkala, February 4 – May 14
Curated by Rebecca Cross, American University Museum, Washington, DC, www.american.edu/cas/museum/ 

Joan Dreyer: Score, January 14 – April 30
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, www.workhousearts.org 

Jewel Tones, March 14 – April 16
Sparkles and Iridescence, February 8 – March 12
Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery, Alexandria, VA, www.torpedofactory.org 

Green Madness, March 2 – April 5
Enamelists Gallery, Alexandria, VA, www.torpedofactory.org 

A Cheery Charry Jubilee, March 27 – April 23
Departures, February 27 – March 26
Scope Gallery, Alexandria, VA, www.torpedofactory.org 

Kay Thompson Sumitt, and
Helen Joyce Burroughs, January 17 – February 23
McLean Textile Gallery, McLean, VA, www.themcleantextilegallery.com  

​Annual Black History Month Exhibition,
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January 28 – March 26

Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, Art Centers | MNCPPC, MD
www.pgparks.com/2893/Exhibitions

2023 Annual Members’ Exhibition, March 31 – April 23
Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD, www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org 

Freedom, February 6 – April 23
Brentwood Arts Exchange, Brentwood, MD, Art Centers | MNCPPC, MD https://www.pgparks.com/1810/Exhibitions​​

Unfettered, February 11 – March 18
Portico Gallery, Brentwood, MD, https://www.portico3807.com 

Otis Street Arts Project, and
Deborah Reichmann, February 25 – March 26
Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, MD, www.glenechopark.org 

Gallery Artists
Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda, MD, www.waverlystreetgallery.com  

Heatworks 3.0, February 15 – April 23
Visarts, Rockville, MD, www.visartscenter.org  

Karin Birch: Surface Tension, March 3-26
NOMA Gallery, Frederick, MD, www.nomagalleryfrederick.com 

Wayman Scott: Earth and Life,
Gerald A. Brown: Care·ful/less, 
Lunar New Year, curated by Adam Chau,
January 14 – March 25

Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD, www.baltimoreclayworks.org 

Arctic Artistry, July 17 – May 4
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD, www.artbma.org

Katja Toporski: Meet Me, February 17 – March 31
Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD, www.baltimorejewelrycenter.org 

CONFERENCES & OTHER EVENTS 

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Codes, stories in Textile European Textile Network Conference, March 2-4
Lodz, Poland, https://etn-net.org 

Cabin Fever Reliever, February 27 – March 3
Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC, www.pocosinarts.org 

Collect 2023, March 3-5
Sponsored by the Crafts Council
Somerset House, London, UK, www.craftscouncil.org.uk 

Current, NCECA’s 47th Annual Conference, March 15-18
Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH, www.nceca.net 

other exhibitions & EVENTS BY REGIONS 

SOUTH 
Ginny Ruffner, March 17 – June 11    
Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL, www.mmfa.org 

Roberto Lugo: Street Shrines, November 28 – May 28
The Wolfsonian-FIU, Miami Beach, FL, www.thewolf.fiu.edu 

75 for 75: Diamond Anniversary, opens February 2
Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL, www.lightnermuseum.org 

New Expressions in Japanese Paper, November 11 – April 2
Morikami Museum, Delray Beach, FL, www.morikamimuseum.org 

Florida Contemporary, October 14 – July 16
The Baker Museum, Naples, FL, www.artisnaples.org 

Members’ Show, March 17 – April 29
Clearly Collaborative, January 27 – March 11
Florida Craft Art, St. Petersburg, FL, www.floridacraftart.org 

Karen LaMonte, opens November 13
Martin Blank, thru 2022
Imagine Museum, St. Petersburg, FL, www.imaginemuseum.com     

When Print Meets Paper, January 17 – April 21
Rbt. C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Atlanta, GA, www.paper.gatech.edu 

Envisioning the South, January 19 – August 19
Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA, www.hilliardmuseum.org 

Eri Sugimoto: Form, Pattern, Texture, March 10 – April 14
Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, www.nolaclay.org 

Knowing Who We Are, January 28 – July 23
Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, www.ogdenmuseum.org 

Katherine Choy, Radical Potter, thru April 16
Monochromes, Japanese ceramics, thru June 4
Arte Sacra: Roman Catholic Art from Goa, thru March 12
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, www.noma.org 

Alex Podesta, Sculptures, thru March 26
LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, www.lsumoa.org 

Flower Power II, February 18 – June 24
North Carolina Pottery Center, Seagrove, NC, www.ncpotterycenter.org 

Winter Resident Artists, January 21 – April 8
Emergence, January 21 – May 5
Bascom Center for the Visual Arts, Highlands, NC, www.thebascom.org 

Something earned, something left behind, and
Neo Mineralia, and
Crafting Denim, February 17 – October 21
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC, www.centerforcraft.org 

Gifts of Fleur S. Bresler, September 19 – April 24
Sherrill Roland, November 18 – March 20
Luzene Hill: Revelate, January 24 – May 15
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, www.ashevilleart.org 

Follow the Thread, thru May 3
Attributes, February 18 – May 22
Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC, www.southernhighlandguild.org 

Signe Stuart: Flux, January 20 – June 3
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC, www.tcva.appstate.edu 

Reverent Ornament: Art from the Islamic World, February 12 – May 14
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, www.columbiamuseum.org 

Art & Techniques of Bill Helwig, February 19 – May 21
Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, www.metalmuseum.org 

Artists-in-Residence, March 27 – May 9
Jason Stein, glass, February 10 – April 17
Madeline Rile Smith, glass, February 18 – April 17
Susan Bryant, January 6 – March 22
Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN, www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/ 

Matt Manalo: Philippine-Made, February 11 – May 13
TG: Transitions in Kiln Glass, February 18 – May 13    
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX, www.crafthouston.org , 

Narrative Threads: Fiber Art Today, January 13 – May 13
Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, TX, www.moody.rice.edu 

Golden Worlds: The Portable Universe of Indigenous Colombia, Nov. 5 – April 16
Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX, www.mfah.org 

Paulette Martsolf & Jo Westfall, thru May 2023
Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX, www.dentonarts.org 

Bamana Mud Cloth, thru August 6
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, www.dma.org 

Creative Splendor, Japanese bamboo baskets, thru January 2, 2024
The Ceramics of Tonalá, Mexico, thru March 19, 2023
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, NM, www.samuseum.org 

James C. Watkins, ceramist, January 7 – March 19
Carlomagno Pedro Martinez, Collecting a Master, thru March 12, 2023
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, TX, www.amset.org 

OURStory, Human Rights Stories, January 10 – March 22
Jinny Beyer Retrospective, January 10 – April 8
Star Struck: January 10 – April 29
Virginia Quilt Museum, Harrisonburg, VA, www.vaquiltmuseum.org 

Fibers of Nature, February 11 – April 1
Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA, www.floydartcenter.org 

Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body, February 24 – August 29
Preston Singletary: Raven & the Box of Daylight, March 3 – July 2
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, www.chrysler.org 

Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, October 9 – March 19
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, www.vmfa.museum 

Annual Residents Exhibition, March 10 – April 23
Visual Arts Center, Richmond, VA, www.visarts.org 

Donna Polseno, Walter Gropius Master Artist, January 14 – April 8
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, www.hmoa.org 

MIDWEST 
Kingfisher Headdresses from China, thru May 21, 2023
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, www.artic.edu 

Roe 2.0: It Ain’t Over It, January 28 – March 4
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, www.womanmade.org 
 
Celebrating Women, February 16 – March 24
Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL, www.fineline.org 

Joyce C. Scott: Messages, January 17 – April 30
Brunnier Art Museum, Ames, IA, www.museums.iastate.edu 

Soyoung Jung: Inward and Outward Bound, January 20 – May 21
Your Grandmother’s Quilts, December 20 – March 22
Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA, www.iowaquiltmuseum.org 

Dolls: Playing with Identity, August 18 – June 18, 2023
Vesterheim Museum, Decorah, IA, www.vesterheim.org 

Handstitched: The cartography of quilts, February 17 – May 16
Hansen Museum, Logan, KS, www.hansenmuseum.org 

Dynamics of Flow, March 15 – August 18
The Carnegie, Covington, KY, www.thecarnegie.com 

Breaking the Mold: European Cast Glass, October 29 – April 2
Torched Glass Pipes, April 20 – October 1
Art of Refreshment, February 25 – August 27
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI, www.flintarts.org 

Clay as Soft Power, thru May 7
Dopamine Dressing, thru August
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, https://umma.umich.edu   

Wedding China, opening online December 21
International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Ann Arbor, MI, www.dinnerwaremuseum.org 

Michigan Silversmiths Guild, March 13 – June 2
Gifts of Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI, www.med.umich.edu/goa/ 

YehRim Lee; Dopamine Dressing, December 3 – June 4
Shigaraki Ware: Clay as Soft Power, December 12 – May 7
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, www.umma.umich.edu 

In the Making: Modern & Contemporary Fiber Art, October 29 – July 16
Nightlife: Nocturnal World in African Art, thru September 10
Japanese Calligraphy Then and Now, thru April 9
Minnesota Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, www.artsmia.org 

Tom Bartel, Karin Kramer, Liz Pechacek, Doug Peltzman, March 7 – April 2
Carrier | Community, and
Breach: Logbook 23 | Carrier, March 4 – April 23
Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN, 612-339-0592, www.northernclaycenter.org  
    
2020-2021 McKnight Book Artist Fellows, January 21 – April 1
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN, www.mnbookarts.org 

Fluidity: Identity in Swedish Glass, February 1 – May 28
American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN, www.asimn.org 

Moira Bateman & Blair Treuer: 2022 McKnight Fellows, January 17 – April 8
Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN, www.textilecentermn.org 

Form | Content, February 26 – May 19
Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN, www.galleryofwoodart.org 

Tommy Simpson & Amy Firestone, January 20 – March 18
Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO, www.craftalliance.org 

Traditions of Japanese Art, August 6 – October 8, 2023
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, www.nelson-atkins.org 

Terry Winters, opens March 3
Sharif Bey, February 3 – May 6
Belger Crane Yard Studios, Kansas City, MO, www.belgerarts.org 

Future Tense 2023, February 23 – April 23
Robert Hillestad Textile Gallery, Lincoln, NE, https://cehs.unl.edu/textilegallery 

Matt Wedel: Phenomenal Debris, November 5 – April 2
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, www.toledomuseum.org 

Modern Japan, October 14 – June 18
Ancient Andean Textiles, thru December 3
Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession, April 1 – January 28, 2024
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, www.clevelandart.org 

Alchemy 6, contemporary enamel, February 4 – April 1
Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, www.ohiocraft.org 

Interwoven: The Many Voices of Fiber, April 29 – July 7
Arts Beacon of Light, January 31 – April 7
Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH, www.oac.ohio.gov/riffe-gallery/ 

Quilt National 2023, May 26 – September 17
Women of Appalachia, January 13 – March 12
Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH, www.dairybarn.org 

Global Wedding Traditions, September 16 – August 27, 2023
Songs of Memory, musical instruments and textiles, October 28 – July 23, 2023
Kent State University Museum, Kent, OH, www2.kent.edu/museum/

Jessika Edgar, February 23 – March 22
Onslaught of Desire, February 2 – March 18,
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, www.udayton.edu 

Ohio Figurative Ceramics, January 24 – June 10
Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH, www.miamioh.edu 

Roberto Lugo: Hi-def Archives, March 17 – September 24
Contemporary Ceramics, March 4-31
Contemporary Japanese Ceramics, January 14 – January 31, 2024
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org  

I Contain Multiples: 2023 NCECA Annual, March 14 – May 7
Western Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, www.westernartgallery.com 

2023 NCECA Student Exhibition, January 26 – March 18
2023 Multicultural Fellowship Exhibition, February 2 – March 18
DAAP Galleries, Cincinnati, OH, www.daap.uc.edu 

Terence Hammonds: Universal Magnetic, and
Ceramics in the Collection, February 8 – June 4
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, www.taftmuseum.org 

Tom Bartel & Richard W. James: Strange Days, February 24 – March 21
Clay Street Press, Cincinnati, OH, www.coldstreetpress.com 

Kirk Mangus & Eva Kwong: Innovation & Passion, February 17 – March 24
Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, www.solwaygallery.com 

Even More Exuberant Ornament, March 14 – April 15
Century Design Workshop, Cincinnati, OH, www.centurydesignworkshop.com 

Zeitgeist, February 24 – April 14
Artworks V2 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, www.artworksincincinnati.org 

Ceramics in the Garden, January 23 – June 18
Krohn Conservancy, Cincinnati, OH, www.cincinnati-OH.gov 

Robert Pulley + Dana Saulnier, March 12 – April 7
Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, www.manifestgallery.org 

Emergence, March 13 – August 31
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanic Garden, Cincinnati, OH, www.cincinnati.org 

This is not a coup, January 14 – March 25
The Welcome Project, Cincinnati, OH, www.wavepoolgallery.org 

Marine Life in Glass, December 23 – June 16
Antique French Paperweights, January 6 – July 23
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass, Neenah, WI, www.bmmglass.com 

Fabulous Fads, February 1 – May 14
Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI, www.wiquiltmuseum.com  

Resource & Ruin: Wisconsin’s Enduring Landscape, December 19 – March 26
Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI, www.chazen.wisc.edu  

Cultural Currency, March 4 – June 4
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI, www.lywam.org 

Sarah Zapata, thru March 19
Andrea Chung, January 28 – October 1
Creative! Growth! Thru May 19, 2023
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, www.jmkac.org 

Gathering Voices: 20 Years of Collecting, February 8 – July 15
Vignettes, February 1 – August 19
Focus on Glass, thru May 27
Surveying Women in Glass, thru July 23, 2023    
Women & the WPA, and
Exploring Contemporary Art Jewelry Design, March 1 – September 23
Four Jewelers of Color, March 1 – January 13, 2024
Racine Art Museum, Racine WI, www.ramart.org  

WEST 
Protection: Adaption and Resistance, October 21 – April 9
Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK, www.anchoragemuseum.org 

Brenda Mallory: The North Star Changes, opens April 23
Substance of Stars, ongoing
Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ, https://heard.org 

Making Visible, January 14 – July 23
A Pattern, A Trace, A Portrait, January 14 – June 8
ASU Museum of Art, Tempe, AZ, www.asumuseum.asu.edu  

Howard Werner, December 16 – March 19
44th Annual Contemporary Crafts, February 10 – April 23
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ, www.mesaartscenter.com 

The Curious World of Seaweed, January 28 – April 30
Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA, www.gracehudsonmuseum.org 

Michael Garlington: Totem Dirosa, opens March 2
Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art, Napa, CA, www.dirosaart.org 

Art of the African Diaspora 2023, January 18 – March 18
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, www.richmondartcenter.org 

Fight & Flight, April 15 – September 10
Bull. Miletic: Proxistant Vision, November 19 – March 19
San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design, San Francisco, CA, www.sfmcd.org 

Nampeyo and the Sikyátki Revival, thru September 15, 2024
Michelle Erickson: Wild Porcelain, thru April 2
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, www.famsf.org 

Quilt National ’21, thru April 16
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, 
San Jose, CA, 408-794-1000, www.sjquiltmuseum.org  

Meditations in Glass, opens on March 2
Philip K. Smith: Light + Change, November 25 – May 7
Palm Springs Museum, Palm Springs, CA, www.psmuseum.org 

Nick Vest, Artist-in-Residence, March 17-26
Igal & Diane Silber Collection, April 1 – September 17
American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA, www.amoca.org 

78th Scripps College Ceramic Annual, January 21 – April 2
Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA, https://rcwg.scrippscollege.edu     

Alicia Piller: Within, and
Strings of Desire, January 29- May 7
Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA, www.craftcontemporary.org 

Inspiration and Home, December 10 – March 11
Pinatas, October 28 – April 30
Craft in America, Los Angeles, CA, www.craftinamerica.org 

The Five Directions: Lacquer in East Asia, December 11 – April 16
Conversing in Clay, August 7 – May 21
Scandinavian Design & the United States 1890-1980, October 9 – February 5
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, www.lacma.org 

Eliza Day-Green: The Memory of Trees, December 10 – February 4
Studio 203, Los Angeles, CA, www.thestudio203.org 

Joan Takayama-Ogawa: Ceramic Beacon, January 28 – September 10
Beliz Iristay: Tracing Acculturations, thru April 30
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, https://riversideartmuseum.org 

Nancy Callan & Katherine Gray, February 4 – March 31
Fullerton Museum of Art, San Bernadino, CA, www.csusb.edu/raffma

Contemporary Perspectives in Fiber Art, January 7 – March 18
Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA, www.carlsbadca.gov 

Connective Threads, January 28 – April 15
Palos Verde Art Center, Rancho Palos Verde, CA, www.pvartcenter.org 

Jeanie Kashima: Topaz Collages, and
Ree Nancarrow: Consequences, and
Art Quilts: Playing with a Full Deck, thru May 27
Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA, www.visionsartmuseum.org 

A World of Beads, November 19 – August 27
Pinatas, October 28 – April 30
Common Level Installation, thru August 20, 2023
Mingei Museum, San Diego, CA, www.mingei.org 

Art Quilters with Altitude | Elevated Threads, and
Recent Acquisitions, January 16 – April 16
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO, www.rmqm.org 

Perspectives, March 13 – April 14
Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO, www.carbondaleclay.org 

Rebecca Louise Law: Awakening, September 17 – September 10, 2023
Moemoeā, November 3 – July 27, 2023
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI, www.

‘Ike Kanaka, January 17 – March 18
Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI, www.mauiarts.org 

Jacob Hashimoto: The Fractured Giant, January 21 – January 21, 2024
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID, www.boiseartmuseum.org 

Transilience, January 20 – March 30 
Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, www.holtermuseum.org 

Nicole Aquillano, and
Life’s Rich Textures, March 10 – April 29
Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, MT, www.redlodgeclaycenter.com 

Adaline Kent: Click of Authenticity, January 28 – September 10
Rachel Hayes, Someday When We Are Dreaming, May 23 – May 23, 2023
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, www.nevadaart.org 

Here, Now, and Always, Thru July 2024
Painted Reflection: Isometric Design in Ancestral Pueblo Pottery, thru March 2, 2023
Virgil Ortiz: ReVOlution, thru April 1, 2023
Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Santa Fe, New Mexico, www.indianartsandculture.org 

California Stars, February 11 – January 14, 2024
Wheelwright Museum, Santa Fe, NM, www.wheelwright.org 

The Nature of Glass, February 25 – December 31
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM, www.nmartmuseum.org 

Architecture for the Birds, March 23 – May 5
Ann Johnson: Unseen Traces, September 15 – March 11
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND, www.plainsart.org 

Weaving Data, January 24 – April 29
Joseph Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland, OR, www.pdx.edu/museum-of-art/ 

Plateau Pictorial Beadwork, February 12 – May 14
Ubuhle Women: Beadwork and the Art of Independence, February 3 – April 30
Dancing with Life: Mexican Masks, September 3 – April 16
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, Spokane, WA, www.northwestmuseum.org 

Janne Tuunanen: Alvar Aalto’s Jyväskylä, thru March 19National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, www.nordicmuseum.org 

Ikat, A World of Compelling Cloth, March 9 – May 29
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, www.seattleartmuseum.org 

Preston Wadley: Abstract Truth, February 25 – October 8
Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA, 425-519-0770, www.bellevuearts.org 

She Bends, redefining neon legacy, February 11 – October 15
Maestro Alfredo Barbini: Nature, Myth, and Magic, thru April 9
Out of the Vault: Soundtracks, June 18 – June 18
Boundless Curiosity: A Journey of Robert Minkoff, April 2 – March 2023
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, www.museumofglass.org 

Northwest Studio Art Jewelry, ongoing
Art in the Era of the Pilchuck Glass School, ongoing
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA, www.tacomaartmuseum.org 

Italo Scanga: Permanent Immigrant, and
Italo Scanga at Pilchuck Glass School, February 18 – May 14
Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA, www.monamuseum.org 

A Precarious Edge, March 23 – June 3
Schack Art Center, Everett, WA, www.schack.org 

Salley Maver: Bedtime Stitches, February 1 – April 30
Pacific Northwest Quilt & Fiber Arts Museum, La Conner, WA, www.qfamuseum.org

EAST
Norma Minkowitz: Body to Soul, January 27 – April 6
Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT, www.fairfield.edu/museum/ 

Art & Science in Europe, 1500-1800, February 17 – June 25
Thinking Small: Dutch Art to Scale, February 17 – July 23
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, www.artmuseum.yale.edu 

Eva LeWitt, thru November 11
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, www.nbmaa.org 

Alexander Calder: Collaborative Creations, March 23 – June 4
Matt Paweski: Matrix 191, February 3 – May 7
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, www.thewadsworth.org 

Frederico Uribe: Plastic Reef, January 13 – May 28
The Delaware Contemporary, Wilmington, DE, www.decontemporary.org 

Evelyn & William De Morgan: A Marriage of Arts & Crafts, Oct. 22 – Feb. 19
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, www.delart.org 

Turning It All Around, January 20 – April 19
Messler Gallery, Rockport, ME, www.woodschool.org 

Erin Seggers: Explorations, thru March 26
Center for Maine Craft, West Gardiner, ME, www.mainecrafts.org 

David H Masury, Furniture, March 3-26
Maine Craft Portland, Portland, ME, www.mainecrafts.org 

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, thru April 23
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME, www.portlandmuseum.org 

Quilts in Canada, January 17 – May 16
Southern Quilts, January 17 – April 15
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, www.nequiltmuseum.org 

Konstantin Dimopoulos: The Blue Trees, April 20 – June 1, 2023
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, www.pem.org 

Material Systems: Design & Fabrication, January 30 – March 
Gallery 224, Allston, MA, Gallery 224 | Office for the Arts at Harvard 

Taylor Davis Selects, January 31 – January 7, 2024
ICA Boston, Boston, MA, www.icaboston.org 

Stitching Stories: Textiles in Conversation, September 23 – September 4, 2023
Lexington Historical Society, Lexington, MA, www.lexingtonhistory.org 

Creative Alloys: Boston Metal Scene, January 28 – June 4
Daniel Jocz: Permission Granted, thru May 14
Food Justice, November 12 – April 24
Riotous Threads from Gateway Arts, December 17 – June 25
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, 508-588-6000, www.fullercraft.org 

Yarn/Rope/String: Fiber Art Now, December 8 – June 26
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA, www.newbedfordart.org 

Wampum: Stories from the Shells of Native America, March 15 – April 16
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, www.cahoonmuseum.org 

Interconnected: A Fiber Show, February 2 – March 18
Mary Cosgrove Gallery, Worcester, MA, www.worcester.edu 

Paper Town, February 4 – June 4
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, www.fitchburgartmuseum.org 

New/Now, January 28 – July 30
D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA, www.springfieldmuseums.org 

Lily Cox-Richard: Weep Holes, Thru January 2023
Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA, www.massmoca.org 

Unbroken: Native America Ceramics. Sculpture, & Design, thru April 4, 2023
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH, www.hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu 

Continuing the Tradition, January 26 – March 30
New Hampshire Craft Gallery, Concord, NH, www.nhcrafts.org 

Gee’s Bend Quilts, thru April 2023
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, www.currier.org 

Liz Mitchell, March 11 – April 30
Cristina de Gennero: Sage Drawings, January 22 – April 26
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ, www.hunterdonartmuseum.org  

2023 International Juried Exhibition, January 20 – April 1
Center of Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ, www.ccabedminster.org 

Chip McKenney & Cherie Horning: Abstract/Organic, February 11 – March 18
Schacht Gallery, Schuylerville, NY, www.saratogaclayarts.org 

Hoop Dreams: Basketball & Contemporary Art, February 4 – May 21
Neil Tetkowski: Common Ground, November 12 – April 9
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, www.everson.org 

Homespun, February 4 – April 2
Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY, www.newpaltz.edu/museum/ 

Through the Eye of the Needle, thru April 22
Hudson Valley MOCA, Peekskill, NY, www.hudsonvalleymoca.org 

Homecoming: 25 Years of Artists-in-Residence, and
Homage to Henry Okamoto, March 3 – April 10
Clay Art Center, Port Chester, NY, www.clayartcenter.org 

Abigail Deville, October 12 – April 9
Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY, www.bronxmuseum.org 

Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo, thru March 30
Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY, www.urbanglass.org 

Duke Riley: Death to the Living, Long Live Trash, thru April 23
Brooklyn, Museum, Brooklyn, NY, www.brooklynmuseum.org 

GHP Artists, March 17 – April 21
Jane Hartsook Gallery, New York, NY, www.greenwichhouse.org 

Tricia Treacy: Scaffolding, and
Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo: Rituals Here, and
Reshaping the Legacy of Artists’ Books, January 13 – March 25
Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, www.centerforbookarts.org 

Designing Women, November 30 – May 14
FIT Museum, New York, NY, www.fitnyc.edu 

Funk You Too! and
Generation Paper, March 18 – August 27
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY, www.madmuseum.org 

Weaving Worlds of the Southwest, February 17 – July 19
Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY, www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/ 

Water Memories, thru April 4, 2023
Jegi: Ritual Korean Objects, thru October 15, 2023
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, www.metmuseum.org 

Hector Guimard, November 17 – May 26
Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, www.cooperhewitt.org 

Guillermo Del Toro: Crafting Pinocchio, December 11 – April 15
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, www.moma.org 

Blown Away Season 2, thru September 5
Fire and Vine, thru September 5
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, www.cmog.org 

William Underhill: Casting a Legacy, opened April 21
Alfred Ceramic Art Museum, Alfred, NY, www.ceramicsmuseum.alfred.edu 

Three Lakes Sampler 2023, February 5 – March 12
Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY, www.schweinfurthartcenter.org 

Taeyoul Ryu Royalty, thru March 19
Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo. NY, www.burchfieldpenney.org 

Alteronce Gumby: Dark Matter, October 29 – April 9
Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, www.allentownartmuseum.org 

The Mashrabiya Project, March 3 – July 23
Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA, www.centerforartinwood.org
 
Figuring Space, January 12 – April 6
The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA, 215-925-3453, www.theclaystudio.org 

Rose B. Simpson, October 7 – March 26, 2023
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA, www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org 

Art & Design of Drift, thru April 23
Ghosts and Fragments, thru summer 2023
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, www.philamuseum.org 

Regional Juried Spring Open, March 27 – April 29
Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, www.wayneart.org 

Undefined, February 3 – July 20
Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA, www.pittsburghglasscenter.org     

Brian Fleetwood, March 31 – June 24
Self, April 14 – August 19
C3: Cloth, Culture, Community, December 16 – April 16
Everything but the Kitchen Sink, January 13 – March 11
Transformation 11, contemporary glass, September 9 – March 18
Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, www.contemporarycraft.org 

58th Carnegie International, September 24 – April 2, 2023
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, www.cmoa.org 

Social Fabric and Contemporary Issues, December 3 – June 11
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, www.newportartmuseum.org 

Helina Metafaria, July 2 – June 25, 2023
Trading Earth, April 9 – January 28, 2024
RISD Museum, Providence, RI, www.risdmuseum.org 

INTERNATIONAL 

Op Art Textil, December 17 – March 12
Reverse, December 3 – March 26
Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, www.museotextildeoaxaca.org 

Jessie Fraser: I hope you are both doing well, January 19 – March 12
Centre for Craft and Design, Halifax, NS, www.craft-design.ns.ca 

Double Vision, March 9 – March 31, 2023
Textiles and the Environment, April 27 – March 29
Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, Canada, www.textilemuseum.ca 

Karine Giboulo: Housewarming, October 20 – May 7, 2023
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada, 416-586-8080,  www.gardinermuseum.on.ca 

Caroline Monnet: Holding Up the Sky, January 13 – April 23
Fausta Facciponte: Little Tragedies & New Beginnings, December 2 – March 5
Art Gallery of Burlington, Burlington, Ontario, www.artgalleryofburlington.com  

Ariel Hill: Lunar Reflections, and
The Decorated Surface, January 28 – May 21
Essence, January 16 – May 14
Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, www.theclayandglass.ca 

Weaving Cultural Identities, February 18 – April 15
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum, Almonte, Ontario, www.mvtm.ca 

Liquid Landscapes, January 14 – March 4
Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, AB, Canada, www.albertacraft.ab.ca/

Albirda, January 21 – April 28
Alberta Craft Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada, www.albertacraft.ab.ca 

Joanna Rogers: The Chorus, February 23 – April 26
Craft Council BC Gallery, Granville Island, BC, www.craftcouncilbc.ca 

Land/Marks, February 14 – May 20
National Design & Craft Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland, www.dccoi.ie 

Maria Bartuszová, thru June 25
Magdalena Abrakanowicz, thru May 21
Tate Modern, London, UK, www.tate.org.uk 

Africa Fashion, thru April 6
Hallyu! The Korean Wave, thru June 25, 2023
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, www.vam.ac.uk 

Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern, September 23 - March 12, 2023
Fashion & Textile Museum, London, UK, www.fashiontextilemuseum.org 

Cotton, Land and Body, September 21 – March 4
Crafts Council Gallery, Islington, UK, www.craftscouncil.org.uk 

Huguenot Silver, thru July 30, 2023
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK, www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk 

Naomi Singer, February 4 – April 18
Amanda Glendenning, March 3 – April 15
Making It 2023, January 21 – March 18
Make Southwest Craft, Bovey Trace, UK, www.crafts.org.uk 

Feather & Fur, February 4 – April 20
In Celebration of Mugs, January 14 – April 15
Craft Centre and Design Gallery, Leeds, UK, www.craftcentreleeds.co.uk 

Glass, December 3 – January 8
Ceramics with Narrative, November 26 – March 19
Gunn Ceramics: Bypass, November 26 – March 5
HUB - National Centre for Craft & Design, Sleaford, UK, www.hub-sleaford.org.uk 

Rezia Wahid: dancing in the womb, January 10 – May 13
A Private View, curated by Magdalene Odundo, November 8 – August 19, 2023
Craft Study Centre, Farnham, UK, www.csc.uca.ac.uk 

Neil Wilkin & Rachael Woodman//Harvest: Fruit Gathering, and
Jennie Moncur//Interrupted Views, March 25 – June 18
Anne Kelly // Well Travelled, January 18 – March 3
Harley Gallery, Welbeck, UK, www.harleygallery.co.uk 

Catherine Forsyth and Helen Pailing, and
40 Years of Glass and Ceramics, October 6 – March 12
National Glass Centre, Sunderland, UK, www.nationalglasscentre.com 

Anne Montgomerie: Hand Me Down, thru February 28
Leonardo Drew, March 18 – October 29
Made, jewellery, October 10 – March 31
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, UK, www.ysp.org.uk  

Marlow Moss: Modern Conversations, thru May 1
Tate St. Ives, St Ives, Cornwall, UK, www.tate.org.uk 

On Your Table, domestic ceramics, January 14 – April 16
Margaret Brampton, thru January
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Wales, www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk 

Eleanor Glover, and
Julia Griffiths Jones: Kitchen, and
Thread of a Story, January 21 – March 19
Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales, www.makersguildinwales.org.uk 

In Their Element, January 26 – March 26
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales, https://ceramics-aberystwyth.com 

Kaffe Fassett: The Power of Pattern, March 31 – July 8
Collaborate, Part III, March 4 – June 24
21st Century Commissions and Creations, September 23 – March 17
Knitwear: Chanel to Westwood, October 15 – March 11, 2023
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, Scotland, www.dovecotstudios.com 

Bernat Klein: Design in Colour, November 5 – April 23
Japanese Contemporary Design, thru March 5, 2023
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, www.nms.ac.uk 

Jerwood Makers Open, November 19 – March 4
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland, www.jerwoodarts.org 

The 1980’s: Fashion, Design, Graphics in France, October 13 – April 16, 2023
10 ans/Design 10. Ans du Cercle Design 20/21, June 23 – March 5
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France, www.madparis.fr  

Vocation, 70 Years of History, and
Connections, and
Migration(s), September 13 – March 19, 2023
Musee Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland, www.institutions.ville-geneve.ch/ariana 

Alessandra Betrames: GOLD_Room #0, and
100 Shades of White, March 3 – September 10
8th European Quilt Trienniale, October 7 – April 10
Textilmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland, www.textilmuseum.ch 

Masters of the Future, March 21 – May 31
Ancient Abattoirs of Mons, Mons, Belgium, www.becraft.org 

Royal Embroidery, December 1 – May 29
Textiel Museum, Tilburg, Netherlands, www.textielmuseum.nl 

Celebrate! October 15 – August 20, 2023
Handle with Care, November 26 – October 20, 2023
Alexandra Engelfriet, Van Achterbergh Prize 2022, September 10 – April 9 
Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands, www.princessehof.nl 

Keramische Signalen, January 20 – May 7
Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur Tegelen, Tegelen, Netherlands, www.tiendschuur.net 

Afghan Design, online
From Buteh to Paisley, online
Textile Research Center, Leiden, Netherlands, www.trc-leiden.nl 

Made in China! Porcelain, October 2 – August 20, 2023
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, www.mkg-hamburg.de 

Deep-Seated, November 24 – March 26
Modern Goods, November 5 – October 8, 2023
Grassi Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig, Germany, www.grassimuseum.de 

All Hands On: Basketry, thru May 26, 2024
Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Berlin, Germany, www.smb.museum 

Uli Aigner: The Porcelain Code, October 6 – May 28
Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany, www.smb.museum 

Margit Jäschke – Kairos, December 10 – April 16
Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany, www.schmuckmuseum.de

Strolling in textile spheres, March 19 – July 16
Max Berk Textile Museum, Heidelberg, Germany, www.museum-heidelberg.de 

Archaeioptemix, March 3 – April 15
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany, 
www.bayerischer-kunstgewerbeverein.de 

Entangled State: 17th International Triennial of Tapestry, October 8 – April 15
Central Museum of Textiles, Łódź, Poland, www.cmwl.pl 

In the Making, January 14 – April 16
Glasmuseet, Ebeltoft, Denmark, www.glasmuseet.dk 

Keramikkens Sprog, January 21 – August 20
Morten Løbner Espersen, Triumph and Catastrophe, September 4 – May
Naja Utzon Popov: Continuum, November 24 – June 4
Keramik Museum, Middelfart, Denmark, www.claymuseum.dk 

Lap-See Lam: Raining Dragon Scales, November 26 – March 26
Röhrsska Museet, Gothenburg, Sweden, www.rohsska.se 

Textile Layers, February 24 – May 14
Retro Mania, Swedish Textile Design 1920s – 90s, May 21 – February 19, 2023
Textil Museet, Borås, Sweden, www.textilmuseet.se 

The Studio Glass Revolution, ongoing
Hans Frode: Gas in Glass, ongoing
Long Live Kosta, 275 Years, ongoing
Swedish Glass Museum, Småland, Sweden, www.kulturparkensmaland.se 

Antti & Vuokko Nirmesniemi, October 28 – April 9
Design Museo, Helsinki, Finland, www.designmuseum.fi 

Nanny Still: Glass, Design, Art, and
Glass – Hand-Formed Matter, February 11 – April 23
Finnish Glass Museum, Riihimaki, Finland, www.suomenlasimuseo.fi 

A Mysterious and Real World, March 4 – June 18
Onomatopoeia in Glass Art, November 19 – June 4
Toyama Glass Museum, Toyama, Japan, www.toyama-glass-art-museum.jp 

Teacup Teacup, March 11 – June 25
Ceramic Art Museum, Shizaraki, Japan, www.sccp.jp 

Suji Park: Noise Collector, November 5 – April 2
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, NZ, www.dowse.org.nz 

Chili Philly: Crochet Social 2023, and
Unravelling Queerly, February 7 – March 22
Object, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia, www.australiandesigncentre.com 

Liz Williamson: Weaving Eucalyptus, March 4 – June 25
Carole Mules, October 8 – March 19
Ararat Gallery TAMA, Ararat, Australia, www.araratgallerytama.com.au 

Mala-lukmarama (to gather together), February 5 – March 26
Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, Australia  www.sturt.nsw.edu.au  

TexStyle 2023,March 5 – April 28
Gallery 76, Concord West, Australia, www.embroiderersguildnsw.org.au  

Material Metamorphosis, February 25 – April 16
Manymak girri’ ngarraku, December 17 – February 19
Jam Factory Barossa, Seppeltsfield, Australia, www.jamfactory.com.au 

Blake Griffith: Glass Beach, January 28 – April 9 
Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, Australia, www.waggaartgallery.com.au 

New Exuberance, textile design, and
Built Worlds, February 17 – April 16
Jam Factory, Adelaide, Australia, www.jamfactory.com.au 

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SLOPPY CRAFT CONVERSATION

2/9/2023

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COFFEE & CONVERSATION: SLOPPY CRAFT
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L.J. ROBERTS, MINDY SOLOMON AND SUSAN SURETTE
JANUARY 25, 2023


Coffee & Conversation is a JRACraft program series dedicated to advancing the field of American contemporary craft through conversation with some of the top voices in the field. 

ABOUT L.J. ROBERTS

L.J. Roberts is a visual artist and writer who creates large-scale textile installations, embroideries, artist books and collages. Their work investigates the overlap of queer and trans politics, activism, protest and craft. Currently, Roberts' artwork The Queer Houses of Brooklyn is on display at the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in the exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World​.

ABOUT MINDY SOLOMON

Mindy Solomon has dedicated her life to the visual arts as a practicing artist, educator, advocate and collector. In 2009 she opened the eponymous Mindy Solomon Gallery specializing in contemporary emerging and mid-career artists in addition to art advisory services. Located in Miami, Florida, the gallery is well known for exploring the intersection of art and design by representing artists working in a variety of mediums.

ABOUT SUSAN SURETTE
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Susan Surette is a ceramic artist, craft historian, professor and the co-editor of Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts. Her research interests include textiles, craft and decorative art, as well as the application of an interdisciplinary approach that addresses the relationships among the object, maker and consumer.
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FEBRUARY CRAFT NEWSLETTER

2/1/2023

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FEBRUARY 2023 CRAFT NEWSLETTER
CRAFT CONFERENCES AND EXHIBITIONS 
COMPILED BY JRACRAFT MEMBER, BRENDA ERICKSON


​Learn about craft exhibitions and events by receiving the James Renwick Alliance eNewsletter or by visiting our Community Craft Calendar. ​

​​GREATER WASHINGTON, DC AREA CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World, May 13 – April 22, 2023
Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC, www.americanart.si.edu 

Anne Lindberg: what color is divine light? February 4 – July 1
Textile Museum, Washington, DC, www.museum.gwu.edu 


Our Universes: Traditional Knowledge, thru February 14
Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC, www.americanindian.si.edu 


Black Like Me, thru April 15
1111 Gallery, Washington, DC, www.zenithgallery.com 

Yasmine Dabbous, February 4-26
Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, https://athillyer.org 

Determined Women: collectors, artists & designers at Hillwood, Feb. 18 – June 18 Hillwood Museum, Washington, DC, www.hillwoodmuseum.org

Madayin: Bark Painting from Yirrkala, February 4 – May 14
Curated by Rebecca Cross, American University Museum, Washington, DC, www.american.edu/cas/museum/ 

Joan Dreyer: Score, January 14 – April 30
Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA, www.workhousearts.org 

Food in Fiber, January 10 – February 4

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THE LEGACY OF LLOYD HERMAN

1/6/2023

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We are deeply saddened by the passing of Lloyd Herman (1936 - 2023), JRACraft founder and founder of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

As founding director of the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery in 1972, Lloyd’s dream was to have craft, art, and design join its rightful place among the Smithsonian’s family of museums in the heart of the nation’s capital for all to learn and enjoy.

In the early eighties, Lloyd and a number of frequent visitors to the Renwick Gallery were invited to the home of Charles and Ann Gailis for a get-together. From this meeting, the James Renwick Collector Alliance was founded in 1982, later known as the James Renwick Alliance for Craft. In our most recent communication with Loyd this fall, he had this to say "I’m very proud of what is now the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, and its importance nationally."
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Lloyd received our One-of-A-Kind award in 2009. He was elected as an honorary fellow by the American Craft Council in 1988. Additionally, he was an Honorary Lifetime Member of Northwest Designer Craftartists, a member of the American Alliance of Museums, an honorary member of the American Society of Interior Designers, and was decorated by the monarchs of Denmark and Belgium for exhibitions that he organized on the crafts of their countries.

WE INVITE JRACRAFT MEMBERS AND FRIENDS TO LEAVE TRIBUTES AND RECOLLECTIONS OF LLOYD HERMAN BELOW.
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Lloyd was preceded in death by his life partner Dick Wilson who passed away in 2021. Further details including his obituary and any memorial details will be added to this page as they are made available.
LLOYD HERMAN THE ACCIDENTAL CURATOR
In 2021, the Northwest Designer Craftartists released "Lloyd Herman, The Accidental Curator," a film about his life and accomplishments. The Living Treasures Project is an ongoing series of video profiles documenting the Northwest's most important and influential craft professionals. JRACraft was a proud sponsor of the film.

LLOYD HERMAN ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
In 2010 Lloyd Herman was interviewed by Paul Smith for the Archives of American Art as part of the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. From 2000 to 2012, the project recorded and transcribed 235 oral history interviews with key figures in American craft. The American Art Archives started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators, including Lloyd Herman. 
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COLLECTOR INTERVIEW - THE STEVENS

11/5/2022

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Partners in Life and in the Arts
an interview with rebecca and gary stevens
By Clara Nartey
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Ghanian-born writer and figurative artist working with digital tools, threads, and textiles to celebrate Black hair in contemporary art.
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Rebecca and Gary Stevens are partners in life and in the arts. These high-school sweethearts have been friends for sixty plus years. They have shared interests in many things including contemporary and ethnic crafts and have both been members of the same organizations for decades. Although they each have their own individual hobbies, their joint interest in collecting art, which was initially started by Rebecca, has resulted in an extensive collection. I had tons of questions about their collection and they had answers for me. Let’s meet The Stevens. 

CN: Can you give us a little background about who you are?
The Stevens: Gary and I [Rebecca] are high school sweethearts from Oklahoma. We met in ninth grade Latin class in 1961 in Tulsa. We have been married for 54 years. The Latin has faded but not our relationship. We are still best friends.  
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WELCOMING NEW LEADERSHIP!

10/12/2022

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REBECCA RAVENAL STEPS INTO THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT AT JRACRAFT!
JRACraft thanks J.G. Harrington for his service as Board President and welcomes Rebecca Ravenal! 

"As President for the last two years, I am very proud of the commitment that our members and friends made to helping build the Renwick Gallery's collection for the 21st century through our acquisitions fund and of how well JRACraft responded to the pandemic, bringing programs online and reaching audiences around the country and the world. I'm excited by the possibilities for JRACraft to match the evolution and innovation of the world of craft going forward." says J.G.

During his time as President, J.G. led JRACraft's efforts to provide over $157,000 in contributions and direct donations to the Renwick Gallery to purchase works primarily from women artists and artists of color. He also led the organization through a transition to online programs during the pandemic and oversaw new efforts for diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility. 

"I’m thrilled to be the new President of JRACraft. Thanks to the efforts of the outgoing President, the Executive Director and other hard-working members, we’ve maintained a high level of engagement in our wonderful programs over the past few years, despite having to pivot to mostly online events. I hope to continue growing our national presence in that virtual sphere while also reviving the valuable in-person community that is the heart of JRACraft. I look forward to seeing many of you at a JRACraft event soon!" says Rebecca.

Rebecca Ravenal is an artist, businessperson and long-time member of JRACraft. As a studio artist, Rebecca works in ceramics and mixed media. She has exhibited in galleries and shows across the country and has taught in several schools and art centers in the DC area. She splits her time between the studio and running her family’s commercial real estate business. Rebecca is a longtime resident of the DC area and supporter of many art organizations, most significantly JRACraft.

Welcome Rebecca at President@jra.org.
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​big welcome to new staff member, lila Stone!
JRACraft welcomes new full-time staff member, Lila Stone as Programs and Operations Coordinator. 

Lila holds a master's degree in Art History and her research focuses on Modern & Contemporary fiber arts practices. In addition to her position at the Alliance, she also is an Adjunct Professor of Art History at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). "I am thrilled to be joining the Alliance at this very exciting time in the craft world" says Lila "and I am very much looking forward to connecting with you all."

As part of her position at the Alliance, members will be able to rely on Lila as a source of help with membership and information about upcoming events. Her interest in craft and strong nonprofit skills makes her a welcome addition to JRACraft.

​Question and warm welcomes for Lila can be sent to Lila@jra.org.
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JRACRAFT BLOCK PARTY

10/5/2022

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thank you to everyone who joined us!
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Thank you to all of those who joined us for our JRACraft Open Studio Block Party + Annual Meeting in honor of our 40th anniversary. Over 100 guests enjoyed 7 open studios, demonstrations by the Mobile Woodshop, live mural painting by Muoro and nourishment from Luv Plates. Special thanks to Tim Tate, Michael Janis, Erwin Timmers and Christina Helowicz at the Washington Glass School and Nobody who made the event possible. 
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2022 CHRYSALIS AWARDEE

9/26/2022

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Morgan Hill ANNOUNCED AS 2022
JRACraft CHrysalis AWARDEE
Sculptor and jewelry designer Morgan Hill has been selected for the 2022 Chrysalis Award, an award given annually to an emerging artist by the James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRACraft).
 
Morgan Hill is a sculptor and jewelry designer whose work draws on a wide range of aesthetic and conceptual influences from 90's pop culture, cult films, and costume design, to her traditional Southern upbringing. Her longing to break the silence surrounding culturally censured topics drives her to create work on themes of death, abuse, depression, and suicide, as well as their counterparts of rebirth, healing, and empowerment. On the lighter side, her jewelry brand Bad Habits by Morgan Hill celebrates the pleasure of excess and indulged desires. 

Hill was a Core Fellow at the Penland School of Craft from 2015-2017. In 2018, she was an ITE Windgate Fellow at the Center for Art in Wood. Her work is carried in galleries across the US and internationally. She creates her work at Treats Studios in Spruce Pine, NC, a studio cooperative she co-founded.
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COLLECTOR INTERVIEW - SLOAN SCHAFFER

9/9/2022

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COLLECT WHAT YOU LOVE
​AN INTERVIEW WITH COLLECTOR SLOAN SCHAFFER
By Clara Nartey
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Ghanian-born writer and figurative artist working with digital tools, threads, and textiles to celebrate Black hair in contemporary art.
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Architect, master jeweler, art dealer, and collector, Sloan Schaffer, started collecting art as a young boy at the age of 15 years. His emotional connection with objects first manifested itself in music. As a way to extend the memories and experiences he had at musical concerts, he started collecting music posters. Over the years, he’s come to center his love for collecting more around 3D objects rather than wall-hung art. He ONLY collects what he loves and loves what he collects. Art has always been a part of Sloan’s life. It’s influenced his life and career in many ways, taking him from Miami to New York, and to Los Angeles and now back to New York again.

I caught up with Sloan to learn more about his passion as an art collector.
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CN: Sloan, can you give us a little background about who you are and how you got started in collecting?
SS: I’m an architect by training. Before that I was a master jeweler. I’ve always been drawn to the arts in many different ways. My love for art and collecting began at a very early age with exposure to great collections that I was lucky enough to be around and to spend intimate time with. After graduating with my masters in Architecture, I practiced as an architect in Florida for about a dozen years and began to hone in on my love for ceramics, sculpture and design and more specifically figural and narrative painting. And that’s when I really started to collect extensively. 
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At the same time, I opened a commercial exhibition space in Miami that ended up becoming a significant passion project for me that carried me to NY and then Los Angeles, and to the Hudson Valley Area in New York. I’ve always been involved in the arts in various ways and collecting has been the common theme throughout all the different artful practices that I’ve endeavored throughout my professional career thus far.
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​"I am a very emotional based collector..."
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CN: So, was art something your parents encouraged growing up?
SS: Both of my parents were collectors. My stepfather was a significant collector in ceramics and had a pretty notable collection in the metro Detroit area. So, I was privileged enough to grow up living and surrounded by a world-class collection such as the one he had built.
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CN: How long then have you been building your own personal collection and what specifically do you collect?
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​"I'll never ever buy based on value or potential value ..."
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SS: I’ve been collecting since I was about 15 or 16 years old. I started collecting concert posters because it was the thing that was most accessible to me. It was the thing that had the most impactful touch point. Music has always been a big part of my life. That was sort of the obvious thing to start collecting. Because I’ll go to concerts, I’ll experience the music and I’ll  want to participate in extending those experiences and those memories. So that was sort of the entrance into collecting. 
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​In terms of what I collect now, I’m a very, very emotional-based collector and so I respond to things and when that happens that’s an indicator to me that this should be in my collection. I have a love of objects. So, I’ve always been drawn to things that are three dimensional. I think that probably explains my love for architecture and creating spaces. You know, three dimensional objects - they hold space and they carry volume, and they command presence in a way that something on the wall might not. So I love objects and I love all different mediums. It could be metal, clay, glass, porcelain. I’m a very broad collector. My collection is somewhat eccentric.


​At the end of the day, I’m drawn to work that makes me feel something. I need to have an emotional reaction. I need to feel something. To me, that’s the work that’s most exciting, most compelling, the work that I only want to be involved with at a personal level - a collecting level- but certainly the only criteria I’ll want to consider at a professional level. I would rather feel a strong emotion from a painting or piece of art than feel nothing at all. I never ever buy based on value or potential. Never is that a consideration. I buy what I love and what speaks to me and what makes me feel something from the artist or something within myself and really that’s the only thing that I pay attention to.
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​"Art is a soulful, intimate, special practice that allows people inside other people and inside their genius, and inside their gifts."
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CN: That’s really nice to hear. As an artist, I love to meet collectors who collect art based on the work itself and not simply on the perceived value of the art.
SS: Never have I done that. It’s not how I’m wired. It’s not how I want art to be in my life. We are stewards for these objects. We are the caretaker or the lucky person who gets to live with this thing and I think there’s a responsibility to connect to that object and connect to that thing in a really intimate way, same way we would form a bond or connection to another human being. I think that art is in a lot of ways synonymous with that kind of connection. At least for me it is. So, I’ve never been interested in something for its value, or for its potential for it to be some sort of commodity or in any form of speculation.
CN: Since this is how you feel about art, will you ever consider exhibiting your collection?
SS: Absolutely. The mindset that I have as a collector is these things are meant to be seen, to be enjoyed, and to be experienced. It’ll be selfish for me to think that these things are just meant for me. Or are just meant for my eyes only.  I think that we are meant to hold on to these things for a moment. I’m all for showing the collection, letting people see the collection, bringing people into my home and showing folks work that they might not have seen or a side of me as a collector that they may not have seen.
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​"Everything I have is meaningful or significant in some way.."
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CN: Do you have any favorites in your collection?
SS: No. I don’t. Everything that I have is meaningful and significant in some way. And so the only thing that I could potentially say is what’s made it the newest thing that’s come into my collection. But even then, that is unfair. Because that will give priority or importance to something based on a timeline and that’s really not how it works.

​No. I don’t really have a favorite. Everything that I own or is exhibited in my home is done so because it has its own inherent qualities and special characteristics to me, that’s why it’s there. And I also move things around. I’m constantly changing paintings and bringing sculptures in and out. I want it to be fluid and dynamic. I don’t want things to be stiff and stale. So I’m always trying to adjust and modify my environment so I’m stimulated in new ways.
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CN: So, do you have room for all your collection to be on display in your home or do you store some of them and does that affect your purchase decisions?
SS: No. I don’t even have close to room for everything. I would say maybe 10% of my collection is currently on view and the remaining 90% is in a warehouse where I keep the rest of my collection.
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But that doesn’t affect my purchase decisions. I don’t buy works because I have a place to put them or because I’m decorating a room and something is going to go with something. I buy work based on … almost like a carnal desire to have something. 
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The only thing I can liken it to is … if you were hunting and you saw a prey and you had to have it. Whether you had a stockpile of meat in the freezer or your den was filled with food to get you through the winter, it’s a carnal desire, it’s instinctual. It can’t really be explained in practical terms. It’s just innate as to who we are. It’s this one-on-one interaction between me and that object. The only thing that I’m paying attention to is … what is this thing doing for me and simply can I afford it. That’s the only real criteria. If I can, then everything else will figure itself out.
CN: Do you then miss the works that you have in storage? Is that why you re-arrange or decorate?
SS: No. When I do miss them, then I go and get them and bring them into my home or go look at them. I make sure that dialogue is always available and present. When I feel like I want to see something or hey that sculpture I’ve been thinking about I just go and get it. And that’s sort of the beauty of having this additional space to keep things safe and protected but also have access in a relatively convenient way to my collection
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​"The relationship  of large scale objects to the human form and human body is so powerful..."
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​CN: Where do you see your collection in say 10 years from now.
SS: Lately, I’ve been focused on large-scale exterior work. It’s something that I’ve never had the room for in my life. I’ve always lived in places that were sort of cities or places that not a lot of land is available. So, one of the things I’ve loved about being where I am now is having land to not only experiment with sculpture and large-scale sculpture but simply have space for works that I never could have considered in my collection before. And so I’ve been focused on large-scale objects of all mediums that can live outside. So right now that’s where I’m focusing my energy and attention in terms of my collection.

Large scale objects command space, volume, and your attention in a different way than small scale objects in that their relationship to the human form and human body is so much more powerful and impactful. Because you can walk up to something and you experience not only  its presence and volume but your own. For me I’ve never experienced that in an intimate way and so that’s super exciting for me.
CN: What’s your advice to someone who’s starting or wanting to start their own art collection.
SS: Buy what you love. It’s as simple as that. Buy what makes you feel something. We’re emotional creatures and we’re on this planet to feel things. Art is a soulful, intimate, special practice that allows people inside other people and inside their genius, and inside their gifts. And that’s what makes it so special and makes it so powerful, and makes it a tool to do so many different things.
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