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35th Annual Philadelphia Museum of Art
November 10-13, 2011
Previe Party on November 9th
Pennsylvania Convention Center
THE ART & DESIGN OF EVERYDAY LIFE
See and purchase the ork of 195 of the best
contemporary craft artists in the United States.
This year, 51
of the artists are ne to the sho
along ith 25 artists from Scotland. Proceeds of
the Sho fund educational programs, acquisitions
of art and special exhibitions for the
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
215-684-7930
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.pmacraftsho .org
Presented by The Women’s Committee and the
Craft Show Committee for the benefit of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
W o r k b y Klaus S p ie s
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n o d o u b t d a u n tin g . B u t as y o u
c o n tin u e to a c c e p t su b m issio n s
[a m e ric a n c ra ftm a g .o rg / tim e
lin e ], th e c o n te n t c o u ld b e a
m a jo r b e n e fit to a rtists and
re se a rc h e rs fo r y e a r s to co m e .
Im a g in e a tim e lin e w it h s ig n ifi-
c a n t e v e n ts , e x h ib itio n s , an d
te c h n ic a l in n o v a tio n s , lin k e d to
su ch s u p p o rtin g d o c u m e n ts as
a rtic le s ,
a rc h iv e s , an d v id e o s .
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in fo rm a tio n .
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C larem on t, C a lifo rn ia
I ju s t sp e n t t w o h o u rs re a d in g
th e n e w issu e o f
A m erica n C r a ft
[ A u g ./ S e p .
2 0 1 1
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O n a b u s y d a y ! B e s t issu e e v e r.
I lo v e d th e tim e lin e - a b s o lu te ly
fa s c in a tin g .
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C o-d irector,
W a sh in g to n G la ss S ch ool
M t. R a in ie r , M a ry la n d
I ’v e b e e n e n jo y in g y o u r t im e -
lin e , p o r in g o v e r a ll th e d e ta ils .
C le a r ly it w a s a g a r g a n tu a n
u n d e r ta k in g , an d y o u h a v e c r e -
a te d a fa s c in a tin g d o c u m e n t.
H o w e v e r , I w a s v e r y d is a p -
p o in te d to se e n o m e n tio n o f
S tu d io A r t Q u ilt A s s o c ia t e s .
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a lm o s t
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m e m b e rs , p r o -
d u c e s c a ta lo g s a n d p o r t fo lio s ,
s p o n s o r s c o n fe r e n c e s , an d
tr a n s p o r ts a d o z e n e x h ib itio n s
o f a r t q u ilts to m u se u m s
a ro u n d th e c o u n tr y e a ch y e a r .
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E x e c u tiv e director,
S tu d io A r t Q u ilt A sso cia tes In c.
Y o u r c r a f t y tim e lin e w a s
g r e a t fu n , e d u c a tio n a l, an d
in fo r m a tiv e . B u t w h e r e is th e
b e a d w o r k ? A lth o u g h a lo t o f
b e a d w o r k is je w e lr y - r e la te d ,
th e re a re m a n y b e a d a r tis ts c r e -
a tin g s c u lp tu r a l p ie c e s as w e ll
( L i z a L o u an d T e r e s a S u lliv a n ,
fo r e x a m p le ).
It w o u ld h a v e
b e e n n ic e to in c lu d e so m e o f
th e m . O t h e r w is e , g r e a t issu e !
- C A T H
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C a th y a n d M a rth a , f o r y o u r
th o u g h tfu lfeed b a ck . W e are co n -
tin u in g to b u ild the tim elin e a t
a m erican cra ftm a g.org/tim elin e.
P lea se sen d suggested revision s to
tim e lin e @ c ra ftc o u n c il.o rg .
I m u st te ll y o u w h a t a d e lig h t it
is to d e lv e in to
A m erica n C r a ft
e a ch tim e it a rriv e s in m y m a il-
b o x ! I a c tu a lly read it c o v e r to
c o v e r , as o p p o s e d to [o n ly ]
lo o k in g a t th e p ic tu re s an d ads.
I lo v e re a d in g a b o u t c r a ft a rtists
- th e ir p assio n a b o u t th e ir w o r k ,
h o w th e y b e g a n , th e ir p ro c e s se s,
an d in flu e n c e s .
C o n g ra tu la tio n s to y o u fo r
p ro d u c in g su ch a b e a u tifu l and
in fo r m a tiv e m a g a zin e .
- J U D Y B R A C K E N G O R D O N
V ice chair, boa rd o f trustees,
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