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Feb/M ar 10
Council News
Coming Changes
The American Craft Council
has announced plans to relo-
cate from New York City to
Minneapolis by July 2010.
Citing the high cost of doing
business in Manhattan and
the vibrancy of the Twin Cit-
ies craft community, Leilani
Lattin Duke, board chair,
said, “The move ensures that
the Council can achieve its
mission of championing con-
temporary American craft
throughout the U.S. while
effectively managing opera-
tional costs.”
Andrew Glasgow, who
joined л ес in October 2007,
resigned as executive director
effective Nov. 1 for health
reasons. Duke acknowledged
Glasgow’s contributions
to the organization. The
Council has begun a national
search for a new director.
Helene Blieberg remains in-
terim executive director.
Education
In October 2009, ACC gath-
ered over 315 attendees in
Minneapolis for three days of
engaging presentations, lively
debate, tours and in-depth
consideration of the future
of craft. Organized by Monica
Hampton©, ACC’s education
director, the conference,
“Creating a New Craft Cul-
ture,” focused on the hand-
made in a shifting marketplace.
Keynoter Richard Sennett,
professor and author of
The
Craftsman,
prepped the crowd
for the panels, which included
examinations of new models
for the marketplace as well as
the
d i Y
community. A book
of transcripts is in preparation.
Podcasts, photos and over-
views of presentations are
available online at craft
council.org/conferenceoo.
The first in a series of “Mak-
ing, Meaning and the Market-
place” symposiums took place
on Nov. 6 in Savannah, where
over 150 people attended a
program on methods of pro-
duction and collaboration in
craft. The event was present-
ed by ACC in partnership with
the Savannah College of Art
and Design and funded
through the Windgate Chari-
table Trust. The work of 12
SCAD students, featured in
“Currency of Craft,” a concur-
rent show at the college, will
be on view at the Council’s
Baltimore Show, Feb. 23-28.
The works of Nicole Schle-
singer and Jamie Galloway
were awarded Best of Show
and Honorable Mention, re-
spectively. The next programs
will be at the Rhode Island
School of Design and the Uni-
versity of Minnesota.
American Craft Council
E-Newsletter
A C C offers a free monthly
e-newsletter with updates
on the shows, workshops,
seminars and events. To re-
ceive all the news, send your
e-address to Anne Henry at
www.journal-plaza.net & www.freedowns.net
Hampton photo Greg Hegelson.
