Craft Front & Center: Exploring the Permanent Collection
An ongoing exhibition of the Museum鈥檚 growing permanent collection of over 3,500 objects, Craft Front & Center features a fresh installation of more than 60 historic works and new acquisitions dating from the golden age of the American Craft movement to the present day. Organized into themes of material transformation, dismantling hierarchies, contemplation, identity, and sustainability, the exhibition illuminates how the expansive field of craft has broadened definitions of art.
Established at the Museum鈥檚 beginning in 1956, MAD's permanent collection was the vision of Museum founder, Aileen Osborne Webb, the collector and philanthropist who pioneered an understanding of craft and the handmade as a creative driving force of art and design. With the aim of broadening access to the collection's holdings, Craft Front & Center will be periodically updated with new displays of rarely seen works and recent additions, as well as inspiration for hands-on workshops and off-site field trips.
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An ongoing exhibition of the Museum鈥檚 growing permanent collection of over 3,500 objects, Craft Front & Center features a fresh installation of more than 60 historic works and new acquisitions dating from the golden age of the American Craft movement to the present day. Organized into themes of material transformation, dismantling hierarchies, contemplation, identity, and sustainability, the exhibition illuminates how the expansive field of craft has broadened definitions of art.
Established at the Museum鈥檚 beginning in 1956, MAD's permanent collection was the vision of Museum founder, Aileen Osborne Webb, the collector and philanthropist who pioneered an understanding of craft and the handmade as a creative driving force of art and design. With the aim of broadening access to the collection's holdings, Craft Front & Center will be periodically updated with new displays of rarely seen works and recent additions, as well as inspiration for hands-on workshops and off-site field trips.
Artists on show
- Alexandra Agudelo
- Anna Mlasowsky
- Anthony Akinbola
- Armarinhos Teixeira
- Beau McCall
- Bisa Butler
- Bob Stocksdale
- Bud Latven
- Carolyn Mazloomi
- Charles Loloma
- Coille McLaughlin Hooven
- Dan Kvitka
- Darren Appiagyei
- Denise Wallace
- Derek Bencomo
- Dewey Garrett
- Dylan Poblano
- Eleanor Lakelin
- Faith Ringgold
- Ferne Jacobs
- Grayson Perry
- Hap Sakwa
- Howard Werner
- Jeffrey Brosk
- Jessica Harrison
- Joo Hyung Park
- Kay Sekimachi
- Lenore Tawney
- Marcus Amerman
- Michael Peterson
- Michael Peterson
- Mike Shuler
- Mitsuko Asakura
- Norm Sartorius
- Philip Moulthrop
- Robert Longhurst
- Ron Kent
- Ruth Clement Bond
- Sarah Zapata
- Ted Hallman
- Teri Greeves
- Tiff Massey
- Toshiko Takaezu
- William Hunter
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