The JRA Craft Quarterly

The Craft Quarterly is a craft magazine published by the James Renwick Alliance. All issues are digitally available below by clicking on the individual image of the issue you are interested in. To receive a hard copy of the JRA Craft Quarterly, become a member at the DONOR level or higher. 

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2021 SUMMER Craft Quarterly COLLECTING ISSUE FEATURING

• Contemporary Craft Builds a Home on Midwest Main Street, an article about the largest public craft collection in the US by Bruce Peplich, director of the Racine Art Museum
• An article about the oldest craft collection in the country and the man who man who made it possible, The Legacy of Paul J. Smith: Artist, Curator, MAD Museum Director written by Samantha De Tilio, Curator of Collections, Museum of Arts & Design
• White House Collection of Craft by Michael Monroe, former Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery
• Next Generation of Collectors, featuring 3 collectors under 40 by our Director, Jaimianne Jacobin
• An article about the Vicente Lim and Robert Tooey collection by Heath Ballowe titled the Momentous Hoard: A Life of Love and Craft 
• Bisa Butler: A Collection of Stories in Textiles by Caroline Kipp, Curator of Contemporary Art at the George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum
• Capturing Dreams: The Captivating World of Christina Bothwell by Rebecca Ravenal, ceramic artist, JRACraft board member and chair of the Distinguished Artist Series 
• Gifting Your Collection by Lee Eagle, appraiser, attorney, arts advocate, collector, and principal of Eagle Associates LLC

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