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JefTKoons* ceramic work
M ichael
Jackson and Rubbles
(1988) sells at
Sotheby’s for more than $5.6 million,
shattering the price ceiling for
ceramics.
2003
Ken Price begins his
ascension to the top
of the fine art canon
with a solo show
at Matthew Marks
Gallery in New York.
2006
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
acquires the Daphne Farago
Collection of contemporary jewelry.
It’s a major acquisition, consisting
of more than 650 pieces of American
and European studio jewelry from
the mid-20th century on.
2001
“Wood Turning in North
America Since 1930,”
organized by the Wood
Turning Center and the
Yale University Art Gallery,
opens at the Minneapolis
Institute of Arts.
y
The Museum of Glass opens
in Tacoma, WA, including a
Hot Shop Amphitheater, outdoor
installations, classes, and galleries.
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“The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” begins a
four-year journey around the country,
elevating the minimalist Alabama
quilting tradition.
2003
Betsy Greer coins the term
“craftivism” to describe a third-
wave feminist embrace of knitting,
stitching, and crochet. Influential
practitioners include Liz Collins,
Sabrina Gschwandtner, Cat Mazza,
and Ginger Brooks Takahashi.
◄■2005
As the Internet connects
crafters worldwide, Etsy
launches online, revolution-
izing the way makers market
their work. Sales for 2011
arc expected to exceed
$400 million.
4 2004
Museum a go-go: The American
Museum of Ceramic Art debuts
in Pomona, CA; San Francisco’s
Museum of Craft and Design
opens; Brockton Art Museum
(MA) reinvents itself as the
Fuller Craft Museum.
2007
Founded in 1937 as the
Oregon Ceramic Studio,
Portland’s Museum
of Contemporary Craft
reopens in a new building.
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Other artisanal shows
follow, such as
Top Chef
(featuring celebrity chef
Tom Colicchio, who
names his restaurants
Craft) and
W ork o f Art:
The Next Great Artist.
2001
4 2001
The Center for Craft,
Houston Center
Creativity and Design at
for Contemporary
UNC Asheville moves into
Craft opens,
its present quarters in
Hendersonville, NC, and
begins to seriously and strate-
gically fund craft scholarship.
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First Renegade Craft Fair
takes place in Chicago.
Satellite shows spread to
Brooklyn, San Francisco,
Los Angeles, Austin, TX,
and London.
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DIY shelter
magazine
Readymade
launches in
Berkeley, CA.
◄■2003
That’s hot! As Will
Turner in the
Pirates of
the Caribbean
series,
Orlando Bloom makes
blacksmithing sexy to
a new generation of
moviegoers.
2004
Bravo TV hit
Project
Runway
(now on
Lifetime) showcases
fashion design and the
creative process.
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