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Robert Turner
establishes the first
pottery studio at
the avant-garde
Black Mountain
College (NC).
*94»
Tage Frid (right) begins his illustrious 37-year teach-
ing career at the School for American Craftsmen and
later, as head of the furniture department, at RISD.
I lis belief that construction techniques should deter-
mine design - expressed in his three-volume book
series,
Tage F rid Teaches W oodworking-
influences
generations of woodworkers.
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• 1 9 4 8
The first annual
Craftsman’s Fair of the
Southern Highlands is
held in Gatlinburg, TN.
«►1944
The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act,
known as the G.I. Bill, passes, providing
money for returning soldiers such as Ed
Rossbach, Peter Voulkos, and Rudy Autio
to study craft at universities.
• ►
1 9 4 6
Amid postwar peace and prosperity,
a baby boom, and suburban sprawl,
Americans revel in domestic life,
constructing home workshops and
developing craft hobbies.
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►
1 9 4 6
The ACEC’s School for
American Craftsmen becomes
part of the Liberal Arts College
of Alfred University, signaling
a shift in the image of craft educa-
tion from vocational training to a
significant, creative field of study.
«►1949
Picasso, best known
for painting, exhibits in
the “Third Sculpture
International” at the
Philadelphia Museum
of Art.
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Jackson Pollock’s drip painting
style is featured in a four-page
spread in
L ife
magazine, bringing
the abstract expressionist to
celebrity status in the U.S.
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