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Kathryn Pannepacker and the
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on our April/May cover.
Urban Fabric
I t h o r o u g h ly e n jo y e d y o u r
m o s t r e c e n t c o v e r s t o r y ,
“ U r b a n F a b r i c ” ( A p r i l / M a y ) .
I t is r e fr e s h in g t o s e e a n a r tis t
p r o d u c in g w o r k t h a t n o t o n ly
p u s h e s t h e e d g e s o f c r e a t iv it y
( h o w c o o l t o m ix t e x t i l e a n d
w a ll m u r a l a r t) b u t a ls o in c o r -
p o r a t e s a n in t e n t io n to c r e a t e
s p a c e f o r t o le r a n c e , u n d e r -
s t a n d in g a n d a p p r e c ia t io n o f
d if f e r e n t c u lt u r e s a n d p o in t s
o f v ie w . T h i s is a r t th a t c r e a te s
r e a l c h a n g e in t h e f a b r ic o f
s o c i e t y a n d it d o e s n ’ t g e t a n y
b e t t e r th a n th a t! T h a n k s fo r
s u c h a n in s p ir in g p ie c e !
K IL K E N N Y T R E M B L A Y
A t la n t a , G e o r g ia
I t ’ s u n d e r s t a n d a b le t h a t
p e o p le lik e K a t h r y n P a n n e -
p a c k e r ’ s f e n c e p a in t in g s
( “ U r b a n F a b r ic ,” A p r i l / M a y ) ,
b u t I w o u ld h a v e r a t h e r r e a d
a d is c u s s io n a b o u t t h e r u g s
t h e m s e lv e s in s t e a d o f t h e ir
p a in t e r ly r e p r o d u c t io n . T h e
s u b je c t a n d h e r w o r k a r e
n e w s w o r t h y b u t n o t w o r t h
t h e a tte n tio n y o u g a v e th e m .
T h e r e a r e m a n y w o n d e r f u l
p u b lic a r t w o r k s c r e a t e d b y
c r a f t s p e o p l e a n d m a n y m o r e
u n d e r w a y . I lik e y o u r c o v e r a g e
o f p r o c e s s , w h ic h I h o p e w i l l
c o n t in u e . C r a f t s e e m s t o b e
b e c o m in g m o r e p r e c io u s , le s s
r e le v a n t t o its t r a d it io n a n d
r o le in t h e a r t s . I n t h e 7 0 s
th e r e w a s th e g r e a t A r t m o b ile
e x h i b i t “ F i b e r , F a b r i c a n d
F o r m .” A r k a n s a s is a c o t t o n
s t a te a n d p a r t o f th e id e a w a s
t o e n c o u r a g e p e o p l e t o t h in k
a b o u t th e r e la tio n s h ip b e t w e e n
t h e th r e e e le m e n ts . W e h a d a
w e a v e r w h o t o o k lo o m s in t o
t h e c la s s r o o m a n d a n e x h ib it
w h i c h in c lu d e d w o r k b y L i a
C o o k a n d E d R o s s b a c h . S u r e ly
s o m e o n e is s t ill w o r k i n g w it h
t h e r e a l s t u f f .
F o r t h e p a s t s e v e n y e a r s
a g r o u p c a lle d F r ie n d s o f
C o n t e m p o r a r y C r a f t a t th e
A r k a n s a s A r t s C e n t e r h a s
s p o n s o r e d “ c o n v e r s a t io n s ”
w i t h c r a f t s p e o p le . T o s h i k o
T a k a e z u w a s o n e o f m a n y d is -
t in g u is h e d a r t is t s w h o c o n -
v e r s e d w i t h a tt e n d e e s , f o c c
p r o v id e s o p p o r t u n it ie s f o r
p e o p l e t o m e e t a r t is t s a n d
le a r n a b o u t t h e ir w o r k . S o m e
FO CC m e m b e rs h a v e d e v e l-
o p e d c o lle c t io n s . T h e u p c o m -
in g c o n v e r s a t io n is w i t h
W a r r e n M a c K e n z i e . B e t th e r e
a re o t h e r g r o u p s m a k in g a d i f -
f e r e n c e f o r t h e c r a f t a r t is t a n d
a u d ie n c e s , t o o .
JU N E FR E EM A N
L i t t l e R o c k , A r k a n s a s
Editors’ Note: I'Ve saw Kathryn
Pannepacker’s work as a pro ject
that perfectly fit our theme
—
taking the inside out, with the
intention o f enlightening a public
who might not otherwise have
access to such work. As you sug-
gest, there are certainly others
doing similar things— like the
excellent Art Stream (artstream.
com), for instance— but Panne-
packer’s work really struck us
as incredibly timely.
