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1973
Julie: Artisans’ Gallery,
the first gallery devoted to
handmade clothing as an art
form, opens in Manhattan.
Owner Julie Schafler Dale
publishes the lavish
A rt to
W ear in.
1986.
♦
'974
The Bead Journal
(later
Ornament)
publishes its
first issue.
♦
1977
What will become the
San Jose Museum of Quilts
and Textiles launches in San
Jose, CA, as part of a boom
in art-quilts. Nancy Crow,
Rosie Lee Tompkins, and
Michael James set the pace.
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Building on Ed Rossbach’s presence as
a textiles powerhouse at UC-Berkeley,
two new centers of education launch:
Fiberworks and Pacific Basin School
of Textile Arts. California College of
Arts and Crafts is a fourth spoke in the
Bay Area fiber hub.
1976
Surface Design Journal
begins publishing.
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1 9 7 8
Checco Ongaro demonstrates Italian
glassmaking at Pilchuck. Next year,
his brother-in-law, Lino Tagliapietra,
teaches there. The Italian influence
will eventually transform the way that
American glass artists view, make,
and teach glass.
◄■1972
Using techniques learned while a
Fulbright scholar at Vcnicc’s Vcnini &
Co., Californian Richard Marquis
(with Robert Naess and other friends)
produces the entire text of
The Lord's
Prayei•
in a single murrine cane formed
of assembled, fused, and pulled glass.
1979
The Corning Museum of Glass
sums up the international state of
glass art and design in “New Glass:
A Worldwide Survey.” The exhibi-
tion travels internationally and cncour
ages the growth of studio glass in the
U.S., Europe, and Japan.
1976
The National
Ornamental Metal
Museum (now the
Metal Museum)
is founded in
Memphis.
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1 9 7 8
Heikki Seppa’s
Form
Emphasis for Metalsmiths
is published, expanding
the vocabulary of sculp-
tural forms in the medium
■►1974
Albert Paley installs
his
Portal Gates
at the
Rcnwick. Architectural
blacksmithing rebounds
from near oblivion - and
Paley is its new star.
♦1976
While a visiting
artist at Twinrocker,
Claire Van Vliet
develops paper pulp
painting, first seen in
the book
Aura.
♦ 1979
Book conservator Hedi
Kyle creates
A pril Diary>.
inventing the elegant
“flag book” structure
since used by countless
book artists.
■►*973
Walter Hamady publishes
the first of his
Interminable
Gabberjabbs,
a series of books
whose content, format, and
materials tweak book con-
ventions while showcasing
exceptional craft.
*974
Richard
Minsky
founds the
Center for
Book Arts in
New York.
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James Krenov’s
A Cabinetmaker's
Notebook
is published
c a b i n e t
and becomes poetic
inspiration for
N OT t
many makers.
*975
With Tage Frid as a
contributing editor,
Fine IVoodwot‘king
magazine launches
and quickly becomes
the journal of record
for wood.
MAKER'S
BOOK
1976
A Smithsonian branch since
1968, the Cooper-Hewitt
(now Cooper-Hewitt,
National Design Museum)
reopens in the newly reno-
vated Andrew Carnegie
mansion in New York.
* 979
The ACC drops an “s,” becom-
ing today’s American Craft
Council. In turn,
Craft Horizons
becomes
American Craft.
In
1980, Lois Moran becomes edi-
tor in chief, guiding the maga-
zine for the next 26 years.
* 979
ACC founder
Aileen Osborn
Webb, vision-
ary craft advo-
cate and patron
dies at age 87.
The ACC chooses its
first College of Fellows
winners, 17 in all. By
2011, more than 300 art-
ists demonstrating mas-
tery for at least 25 years
will have been honored.
♦1976
Joan Mondale, potter
and lover of things hand
made, promotes studio
craft on the national
stage as the vice presi-
dent’s wife, earning the
nickname “Joan of Art.’
♦ '974
Chinese farmers stumble upon ceramic
shards of what becomes known as the
Terracotta Army. Archeologists
ultimately unearth about
8,000 life-size soldier fig-
ures, each unique, dating
back 2,200 years.
■►*979
The Dinner Party,
a monumental ceramic
and fiber installation by feminist artist
Judy Chicago depicting place settings
for famous women in history and
mythology, begins its high-profile inter-
national tour. Chicago’s revisionist his-
tory hits a nerve and roils the critics.
■*>978
New York painter
Julian Schnabel begins
his “plate paintings,”
canvases covered
in broken crockery,
becoming a poster boy
for postmodernism.
* 979
This Old House
premieres on
WGBH in Boston
and introduces
America to the joys
of restoring hand-
crafted homes.
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