Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft
Sep 07, 2013 - Dec 07, 2013
The ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center (CRC) in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts present Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, the first comprehensive museum exhibition to highlight their extensive craft holdings, including new international acquisitions in wood, ceramic and fiber. This exhibition and its accompanying catalog provide an international perspective on modern and contemporary crafts and the current level of innovation and experimentation in material studies.
The Museum鈥檚 existing craft collection, which was initiated in the late 1960s, focuses on both established and emerging artists who are the driving force behind the model of rethinking craft. Recent acquisitions of work by national and international artists reflect current trends in the field. Established artists in the show include Peter Voulkos, Ed Moulthrop and Dorothy Gill Barnes. Emerging artists include Sonya Clark, Anders Ruhwald, Mark Newport and Alison Elizabeth Taylor. The exhibition includes approximately 100 objects in wood, ceramic and fiber.
In conjunction with the September 27, 2013 opening reception for the exhibition, the Museum and CRC are also hosting 鈥淔濒补蝉丑叠补肠办贵辞谤飞补谤诲,鈥� a symposium on the state of contemporary craft, Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Jenni Sorkin, assistant professor of Contemporary Art History at University of California, Santa Barbara, with lectures by artists Wendy Mayurama, Garth Johnson, Christine Lee, Del Harrow and Erika Lynne Hanson.
The Museum鈥檚 existing craft collection, which was initiated in the late 1960s, focuses on both established and emerging artists who are the driving force behind the model of rethinking craft. Recent acquisitions of work by national and international artists reflect current trends in the field. Established artists in the show include Peter Voulkos, Ed Moulthrop and Dorothy Gill Barnes. Emerging artists include Sonya Clark, Anders Ruhwald, Mark Newport and Alison Elizabeth Taylor. The exhibition includes approximately 100 objects in wood, ceramic and fiber.
In conjunction with the September 27, 2013 opening reception for the exhibition, the Museum and CRC are also hosting 鈥淔濒补蝉丑叠补肠办贵辞谤飞补谤诲,鈥� a symposium on the state of contemporary craft, Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Jenni Sorkin, assistant professor of Contemporary Art History at University of California, Santa Barbara, with lectures by artists Wendy Mayurama, Garth Johnson, Christine Lee, Del Harrow and Erika Lynne Hanson.
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The ASU Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center (CRC) in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts present Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft, the first comprehensive museum exhibition to highlight their extensive craft holdings, including new international acquisitions in wood, ceramic and fiber. This exhibition and its accompanying catalog provide an international perspective on modern and contemporary crafts and the current level of innovation and experimentation in material studies.
The Museum鈥檚 existing craft collection, which was initiated in the late 1960s, focuses on both established and emerging artists who are the driving force behind the model of rethinking craft. Recent acquisitions of work by national and international artists reflect current trends in the field. Established artists in the show include Peter Voulkos, Ed Moulthrop and Dorothy Gill Barnes. Emerging artists include Sonya Clark, Anders Ruhwald, Mark Newport and Alison Elizabeth Taylor. The exhibition includes approximately 100 objects in wood, ceramic and fiber.
In conjunction with the September 27, 2013 opening reception for the exhibition, the Museum and CRC are also hosting 鈥淔濒补蝉丑叠补肠办贵辞谤飞补谤诲,鈥� a symposium on the state of contemporary craft, Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Jenni Sorkin, assistant professor of Contemporary Art History at University of California, Santa Barbara, with lectures by artists Wendy Mayurama, Garth Johnson, Christine Lee, Del Harrow and Erika Lynne Hanson.
The Museum鈥檚 existing craft collection, which was initiated in the late 1960s, focuses on both established and emerging artists who are the driving force behind the model of rethinking craft. Recent acquisitions of work by national and international artists reflect current trends in the field. Established artists in the show include Peter Voulkos, Ed Moulthrop and Dorothy Gill Barnes. Emerging artists include Sonya Clark, Anders Ruhwald, Mark Newport and Alison Elizabeth Taylor. The exhibition includes approximately 100 objects in wood, ceramic and fiber.
In conjunction with the September 27, 2013 opening reception for the exhibition, the Museum and CRC are also hosting 鈥淔濒补蝉丑叠补肠办贵辞谤飞补谤诲,鈥� a symposium on the state of contemporary craft, Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Jenni Sorkin, assistant professor of Contemporary Art History at University of California, Santa Barbara, with lectures by artists Wendy Mayurama, Garth Johnson, Christine Lee, Del Harrow and Erika Lynne Hanson.
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