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American Craftsmen in the

post-World War II decades.

Published by the Memorial Art

Gallery of the University of

Rochester and edited by Bar-

bara Lovenheim, Suzanne

Ramjlak and Paul J. Smith,

it features original interviews

with master craftsmen Wendell

Castle, Albert Paley, Michael

Taylor and Wayne Higby (mag,

rochestcr.cdu).

NC/Bakersville

Crimson Laurel Gallery

Contiguous: Ceramic

Sculpture by Cristina Cordova

and Jerilyn Virden

July i-Aug. 31

crimsonlaurelgallerv.com

Cordova’s figures convey depth

while Virden’s modernist

sculpture explores soft angles,

altered geometric forms and

terra sigillata surfaces.

launches at the North Carolina

Arboretum in Asheville June

25-26 (handmadeinamerica.

org).

.. The Museum of New

Mexico Foundation hosts a

member preview on opening

night of the SOFA West:

Santa Fe 2010 expo (July 8-11).

Museums

Sara and David Lieberman

have pledged a gift of some 50

pieces, incuding Skokosai

Hayakawa’s bamboo work©,

from their collection of contem-

porary baskets and woven

objects to the Museum of Arts

and Design, New York (on

view there through Sept. 12).

Lena Vigna has joined the Ra-

cine Art Museum as curator

of exhibitions. Formerly with

the Miami University Art Mu-

seum, she has a special interest

in jewelry and adornment.

Gretchen Keyworth, who guid-

ed the transformation of the

Fuller Museum of Art in Brock-

ton, m a , into the Fuller Craft

Museum, has retired as director

emeritus to consult and pursue

her own artmaking.

.. “State

of Craft” at the Bennington Art

Museum (May 22-Oct. 31)

explores the evolution of the

movement in Vermont from

i960 to the present. The center-

piece of a statewide craft cel-

ebration coordinated by the

Vermont Crafts Council, the

show presents modern and con-

temporary works along with

historical decorative arts from

the museum’s holdings, and

highlights key people and

events, such as American Craft

Council founder Aileen Osborn

Webb and early craft fairs (ben

ningtonmuseum.org).

.. M rs.

Webb’s pioneering advocacy

also figures in

Breaking Ground:

A Century of Craft A rt in West-

ern New V>rk,

a new book on

the region’s rich craft history,

from the work of Stickley and

Steuben in the early 1900s to

the influence of the School for

Passings

Robert Hart, a crafts marketing

expert known for his work on

behalf of Native American arti-

sans, died January 30, aged 88.

He became involved with hand-

crafts as manager of the South-

ern Highlanders, Inc. from 1946

to 1952, and served from 1962

to 1993 as head of the Indian Arts

and Crafts Board of the

U .S .

Department of the Interior in

Washington,

D C .

He was

named an Honorary Fellow

A C C

in 1993.

.. Laura Russo,

who ran her eponymous art gal-

years, died of cancer on Febru-

ary 11. She received a Gover-

nor’s Arts Award, and was

honored for her sendee by the

Portland Art Dealer’s Associa-

tion. The gallery continues

under the ownership of its long-

time manager, Martha Lee.

Memorial donations may be

made to the Portland Art

Museum or the Pacific North-

west College of Art.

OH /Oberlin

for the Visual Arts

The Artist as Quilt maker X W

to July 31

fayagallery.org

A juried biennial highlighting

the fusion of materials and

techniques in the contemporary

art quilt movement includes

Rebecca Cross’s

Silhouette.

O K / Oklahoma City'

Individual Artists of Oklahoma

Fiberworks 2010

June 19-July 17

fiberartistsok.org

Boost your fiber intake by view-

ing innovative textile objects.

P A /Philadelphia

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Informed by Fire: Highlights

o f American Ceramics

to Spring 2011

philamuseum.org

Clay works from the museum’s

collection illustrate America’s

ceramic heritage.

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