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I am r e a lly a sto n is h e d th a t n o
m a jo r c r a ft p u b lic a tio n h as c h o -
sen to r e v ie w th e a m a zin g re tro -
s p e c tiv e o f G a r y L e e N o ffk e ,
o n e x h ib it [A p r .
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- S e p . n ] at
th e M in t M u s e u m in C h a r lo tte .
T h is a rtis t’s w o r k ir r e v o c a b ly
a lte re d th e n a tu re o f g o ld - and
m e ta lsm ith in g , w ith ir r e v e r e n t
s u rfa c e s , u n u su al te c h n iq u e s ,
u n iq u e a llo y s, and o rigin al fo rm s,
y e t he is ro u tin e ly ig n o re d b y th e
m ain stream . S h am e on y o u r p u b -
lica tio n fo r such n a rro w th in kin g!
— M
A R K J O R D A N
A th e n s, G eorgia
C o n g ra tu la tio n s o n th e n e w
v ib r a n c y o f
A m erica n C r a ft
. T h e
c o lo rs tr u ly p o p , th e la y o u ts are
b e a u tifu l, an d th e s to rie s are
m o s t re v e a lin g .
M a n y o f th e h ig h -ca lib e r
a rtists fe a tu re d in
A m erica n
C r a ft
h a v e a lso b e e n r e c o g n iz e d
w ith U S A F e llo w s h ip a w a rd s
o f $
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0 0 0
. It w a s e x c itin g to
se e tw o o f o u r w in n e r s fe a tu re d
o n y o u r re c e n t c o v e r s : T a n y a
A g u in ig a [ A p r ./ M a y ] and N ic k
C a v e [ A u g ./ S e p .] . U S A F e l-
lo w s S arah J a e g e r, M a r y J ack -
so n , R ic h a rd N o tk in , J u d ith
S c h a e c h te r , J o y c e S c o tt, an d
W .A . E h re n T o o l h a v e also
a p p e a re d in re c e n t a rticle s.
O n b e h a lf o f all o f u s at U S A ,
m a n y th a n k s to o u r frie n d s at th e
A m e r ic a n C r a f t C o u n c il fo r
y o u r im p o rta n t w o r k p ro m o tin g
g re a t ta le n t in cra ft.
- K A T H
A R I N E D E S H A W
E x e c u tiv e director.
U n ited S ta tes A r tis ts
O n F a c e b o o k
B r it H a m m e r
on
“7 0
T ea rs o f
M a k in g ”:
P a t y o u r s e lv e s o n th e
b a c k fo r g e ttin g th e h e rcu le a n
ta sk o f f to th e p rin te r. T h e n
re p e a t a fte r m e: “ W a b i sabi.
W a b i s a b i.”
B a r b a r a C o w le s : T h a n k y o u
fo r th e tim e lin e ,
‘‘ 7 0
Y e a r s o f
M a k in g .” L is tin g S h o p O n e in
y o u r m a g a zin e m ad e m y d ay!
C h a r T e r B e e s t K u d la : Y o u
h a v e d o n e su ch w o n d e r fu l n e w
th in g s w ith th e m a g a zin e ! R e a lly
w o r th p ic k in g up.
M a r th a S . W ils o n
on the J u n e /
J u ly issue:
Y o u r latest c o v e r [w ith
Jan H u lin g ’s w o r k ] is a m a zin g
- a b s o lu te ly g a s p -w o rth y .
F a y t h e L e v in e
on S h eila H ick s
[“ Itin e ra n t A r t is t ,” Ju n ./Ju l.
2 0 1 1
]: I re a lly e n jo y e d re a d in g
a b o u t S h e ila .
B o b b ie S o x ie
on S h eila H icks:
W h a t a c o o l la d y !
L a u r a B a r n h a r d t C o r le
on
C o rd w a in er Shoes (o n lin e):
T h e r e is a lo t to b e sa id a b o u t
d o in g w o r k th a t co m e s stra ig h t
fro m y o u r so u l.
J ill B e u te K o v e r m a n
on L isa
S o rrell's h a n d cra fted cow boy boots
(o n lin e ):
R e d c o w b o y b o o ts -
s o m e th in g e v e r y w o m a n
sh o u ld h a ve !
D a v e D r a k e
on “R em em bering:
A r d is B u tle r J a m es
”
(o n lin e):
I t ’s w o n d e r fu l th a t so m e
re m e m b e r! I o fte n th in k o f all
th e s h o w s th a t w e r e e sta b lish e d
lo n g b e fo r e I ca m e a lo n g , and
I am tr u ly g ra te fu l.
O n
T w i t t e r
© c r a ftiv is ta [B e ts y G re e r]:
R ad ! “ C r a ftiv is m ” m ad e it to
th e
A m erica n C ra ft
lis t o f c r a fty
e v e n ts o f th e
2 0 0 0
s!
© M o s a ic A r t N O W : M u c h fo r
m o sa icists to lea rn fro m
in A m e r -
ican C r a ft
th o ro u g h
7 0
-y e a r c ra ft
tim e lin e . H ig h ly re co m m e n d .
W o n d e r s to e x p lo re .
© T h e P o c k e tS q u a r e : D ig g in g
th e
A m erica n C r a ft
tim e lin e o f
th e la st
7 0
y e a r s o f c r a ft, d e sig n ,
an d m a k in g .
© m o cfa : L o v in g © A m e ric a n -
C r a ft ’s se rie s H e c k Y e s C r a ft.
In sp irin g !
© s e a m s w r ite : L o v e th is se rie s
fro m © A m e r ic a n C r a ft: W h y
I M a k e .
© O n ta r io C r a fts : T h e so u l o f
th e m a k e r g o e s in to th e o b je c t.
C h e c k o u t th is g re a t little a rtic le
v ia © A m e r ic a n C r a ft [“ M u g s
in T h e r a p y , o r , th e M y s te r y
o f T o u c h ” ].
© jo lo c k to v : T h is a rtist
[ V iv ia n B e e r , “ C u r v e s A h e a d ,”
J u n ./J u l.
2 0 1 1
] k n o w s h e r w a y
a ro u n d m e ta l an d a u to p a in t.
G o r g e o u s , s e x y , b e a u tifu lly
d e s ig n e d fu rn itu re .
@ W e a r a b le A r t B lo g : N ic e a rti-
c le a b o u t M y u n g U r s o ’s c o tto n /
silk je w e lr y in J u n e / J u ly
A m erica n C r a ft
m a g a zin e .
© d re a m y is a b e l: I lo v e S h e ila
H ic k s an d th is a r tic le !
A m erica n
C r a ft
ro c k s m y s o c k s .
@ h a n d m a d e in p a : “ S h o p T ill
W e D r o p ” [Jun./Jul.
2 0 1 1
] -
B a rg a in b u y s , it tu rn s o u t,
a re n ’t su ch a g o o d d eal.
W
e ’d l i k e t o h e a r f r o m y o u
L o v e s o m e th in g in th e m a g a z in e o r o n a m e r ic a n c r a ftm a g .o r g ?
N o t so c r a z y a b o u t s o m e th in g e ls e ? L e t u s k n o w . E m a il y o u r
th o u g h ts to
letters@ cra ftco u n cil.o rg - \n c\u d e
y o u r fu ll n a m e ,
c it y , a n d p h o n e n u m b e r - o r ta lk to u s o n F a c e b o o k o r T w i t t e r .
W e ’ ll p u b lis h a c ro s s s e c tio n o f y o u r n o te s as s p a c e p e r m its ;
th e y m a y b e e d ite d fo r le n g th a n d c la r ity .
o c t / n o v n
a m e r i c a n c r a f t
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