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Warren and Alix MacKenzie become
Bernard Leach’s first American appren-
tices at the Leach Pottery in England.
Returning to Minnesota, they help
make the state a hub of functional
studio pottery; Warren becomes an
esteemed teacher.
1951
Businessman Archie Brav builds a pottery
beside his brick factory in Helena, MT;
the Archie Bray Foundation for the
Ceramic Arts is born. The first resi-
dents, in what becomes a long list of
distinguished artists, are Peter
Voulkos and Rudy Autio.
1951
The Corning Museum of Glass opens,
ultimately housing the world’s most
comprehensive glass collection.
1955
The Huntington Galleries (now the
Huntington Museum of Art) in West
Virginia hosts “American Jewelry and
Related Objects,” a competitive
group exhibition with an extended
tour to other venues.
*1954
The Dard Hunter Paper Museum
is acquired by the Institute of Paper
Chemistry in Appleton, WI, and
Hunter serves as honorary curator
until his death in 1966. The IPC later
becomes the Institute of Paper Science
and Technology at Georgia Tech and
moves to Atlanta, where the collection
established by Hunter, who sparked a
renaissance in hand papermaking and
printing, makes up much of the Robert
C. Williams Paper Museum.
1950
Edgar Kaufmann Jr.’s
Prestini’s A r t
in W ood
is published, establishing the
reputation of James Prestini and the
genre of bowl turning.
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In a citrus grove in rural Alta
Loma, CA, furniture maker
Sam Malouf establishes the home
and studio that will serve as his
creative base for nearly 60 years.
1950
The first “Young Americans” compe-
tition showcases the work of crafts-
people under 30. Many then-unknown
exhibitors go on to great renown -
Jack Lcnor Larsen, Wayne Higby,
Robert Sperry, Karen Karnes, and
Wendell Castle among them.
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Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
is founded in Montville, ME. A decade
later, highway construction forces the
school to relocate, and its campus on
the coast of Dccr Isle opens in 1961.
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Mary and Russel Wright’s
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Easier Living
paints an Atomic Age
vision for a well-designed futuristic
utopia, laying the foundation for life-
style mavens such as Martha Stewart
and Ralph Lauren.
1 1952
Metalsmiths John Prip and Ronald
Hayes Pearson, ceramist Frans
Wildenhain, and woodworker Tage
Fridband together to open Shop One,
the first craftsmcn-run gallery, in craft
hotbed Rochester, NY.
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