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A p r/M a y 09
C ou n cil N ew s
American Craft Council
presents
2009 Conference
Creating a New Craft
Culture
Hear dynamic voices from the
field and beyond and engage
in provocative discussion
October 15-17 at the Radisson
Plaza Hotel, Minneapolis.
Presenters include Richard
Sennett, professor at New
York University and the Lon-
don School of Economics
and author of
The Craftsman,
Rob Walker, columnist for
the
New Turk Times Magazine
and author of
Buying In: The
Secret Dialogue Between What
IVe Buy and Who We Are,
Garth Clark, curator, scholar,
historian and gallerist, Sandra
Alfoldy, associate professor
of craft history at Nova Scotia
College of Art and Design,
and Helena Hcrnmarck, tex-
tile artist. Learn more at
craftcouncil.org or email
Awards at Sarasota
The Council presented its
Awards of Excellence at the
American Craft Show in
Sarasota, Florida, December
5-7, to several talented artists.
Guest juror R. Andrew Maass,
museum consultant, chose
jeweler Pat Pruitt, who made
Tahitian Bondage
©, of Pa-
guate, New Mexico; glass art-
ist Susan Gott, creator of
Family Grouping
©, of Tampa,
Florida; and Marcia and
Frank Phillips of Goshen,
Massachusetts, for their wear-
able art. The top award for
booth design went to Robert
Farrell of Venice, Florida,
for his display of jewelry and
metal. View work by all win-
ners at americancraftmag.org.
