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m
merchandise. Handmade pre-
miered in two new sections—
Designer Maker and Global
Resources-during the show’s
August run at the Javits Center.
Categories for Home, Lifestyle,
and New! will be added over the
next three years.
T r a n s itio n s
The Pilchuck Glass School wel-
comed a new director in July—
James Baker, previously presi-
dent of the Maine College of
Art and, before that, head of
Anderson Ranch Arts Center.
..
The Mint Museum in Char-
lotte,
N C ,
has a new director-
Kathleen Jameson—formerty
©
with the Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston—and a new
145,000-square-foot building
that houses, among other
things, the holdings of the Mint
Museum of Craft + Design.
..
Financial struggles have left
the Minnesota Museum of
American Art without a home
for almost two years now, but
it does have strong collections
in storage—including ceramics
and metalwork from the 1950s
to the Yos-and a new director,
Kristin Makholm, who is deter-
mined to show off its treasures
while it reconstitutes. Through
October 22, the Drake Gallery
at St. Paul Academy is hosting
a show of important ceramics
from the holdings, such as a
1959 stoneware vase by Peter
Voulkos. Makholm is reportedly
thinking about developing
craft as a niche for the museum
(mmaa.org).
.. Maryclaire
Ramsey got promoted from
CEO
to director of the Textile
Museum in Washington,
D C .
..
New York’s Metropolitan
Museum of Art has acquired
two Curtis Benzie signature
sculptures in translucent porce-
lain, including
S w id le r Q
.
Tw o
other institutions—the Crocker
Art Museum in Sacramento,
CA, and the Tucson Museum
of Art, AZ-have also added the
Huntsville, AL, artist’s pieces
to their collections.
.. The Cur-
rier Museum of Art in Man-
chester, n h , has named a gal-
lery after the late Ed and Mary
Scheier© and©, the celebrated
husband-and-wife potters who
gave the Currier their personal
collection and library along
with funding for endowments.
..
John P. Bishop, vice president
of Pendleton Woolen Mills, has
been elected board president of
the Museum of Contemporary
Craft, Portland,
O R .
..
The Los
Angeles County Museum
of Art unveils its Renzo Piano-
designed Lynda and Stewart
Resnick Exhibition Pavilion
in October with a trio of inaugu-
ral shows: “Eye for the Sensual:
Selections from the Resnick
Collection,” “Olmec: Master-
works of Ancient Mexico” and
“Fashioning Fashion: European
Dress in Detail, 1700-1915.”
Remembrance
Thomas S. Buechner, an early
proponent of the studio glass
movement, died at his home in
Corning,
N Y ,
on June 13. Born
in 1926, Buechner was the first
director of the Corning Mu-
seum of Glass (1950-60) before
becoming director of the Brook-
lyn Museum (1960-71). He later
served as the Coming Muse-
um’s president.
.. AnnaTefft
Siok, a teacher at New York’s
Greenwich House Pottery
for over five decades, died on
June 3. Born in 1925, she joined
the
g h p
faculty in 1958 and
continued to teach there until
early this year.
For more detailed obituaries on
these important craft figures, please
visit americancraftmag. org.
M O / St. Louis
A r t S t. L o u is
A r t St. Louis X X V I
Nov. 15-Dec. 30
artstlouis.org
Regional artists showcase
works in this juried exhibition.
M O /Springfield
© S p rin g fie ld A r t M u se u m
Between the Lines: The
Katagam i Sculpture o f
Jen n ifer Falck Linssen
to Nov. 14
springfieldm o .gov
Through the ancient Japanese
paper carving technique of
katagami,
Linssen’s work,
including
Listening,
explores
the delicacy of nature.
N E / Lincoln
In te rn a tio n a l Q u ilt S tu d y
C e n te r & M u se u m
South A sian Seams: Q u ilts from
India, Pakistan & Bangladesh
to Nov. 7
quiltstudy.org
Textile tradition is presented
in the cultural context of wom-
en from diverse regions of the
Indian subcontinent.
NJ / Morristown
N a tio n a l G u a rd A r m o r y
34th A n n ua l M orristown
CraftM arket
Oct. 15-17
morristowncraftmarket.org
Gifted artists from over
25 states display and sell
their wares.
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