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Council News
Save the D ate
“ 2009 N ational Conference
Building Bridges: Creating
N e w C ra ft C u ltu re” M ark
your calendars for O ctober
15-17 in M inneapolis, when
the Am erican C raft Council
w ill offer thought-provoking
dialogue on the future o f
craft. Planned keynote speak-
ers include Richard Sennett,
sociologist and author o f
The
Craftsman,
and Rob W alker,
a colum nist for the
New fork
Times Magazine
and author
o f
Buying In: The Secret Dia-
logue Between IVhat We Buy
and Who We Are.
T o learn
more, contact education®
craftcouncil.org.
A w a rd in g the B e st at
C h arlotte
A t the A m erican C raft Show
in Charlotte, North Carolina,
held O ctober 31-November 2,
Aw ards o f Excellence w ere
presented to a select few art-
ists. Chosen by guest jurors
Bobby Gold, an Asheville-
based broker o f craft, art and
design, and Barry Huffm an,
co-founder and past president
o f the N orth Carolina Folk
A rt Society, the recipients
w ere ceram ist X iaosheng B i,
maker o f the porcelain
Lotus
Pond
©, o f M aryland, jew eler
Sandra M cEw en o f N orth
Carolina, and furniture maker
Peter C zu k o f M ichigan.
M arcella and A lberto T oro
won the award for outstand-
ing booth design. V ie w all
winners at www.am erican
craftm ag.org.
M a k in g M e a n in g in the
M arketplace Sym posia
T h e second in a series o f pro-
grams focusing on the next
generation o f makers took
place on October 23 at the U ni-
versity o f the A rts, Philadel-
phia, where over 275 people
attended a panel on alternative
econom ic strategies featuring
Andrew W agner, editor in
ch ief o f Am erican C raft, and
Daniel M ichalik, U A rts Fac-
ulty and furniture designer;
Claudia M ills, fiber artist
and member o f 100% Blast, an
online cooperative; Judith
Schaechter, U A rts faculty and
stained glass artist; and
Adam W allacavage, cross-
disciplinary artist.
Panelists from the Pacific
R im -D erek Chen o f San
Francisco, D avid Trubridge
o f N ew Zealand and M arc
Harrison/Husque P ty Ltd.
o f Australia— discussed coop-
erative design practices, new
technologies and traditional
craft processes at the final pro-
gram on N ovem ber 19 at C ali-
fornia College o f the A rts.
T h e series w as presented
by the Am erican C raft
Council in partnership w ith
each institution and funded
through the W indgate Chari-
table Trust.
