Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft

May 17 – August 10, 2014

crafting4Established and emerging artists who are the driving force behind the model of rethinking craft are featured in this exhibition showcasing more than 60 ceramics, wood and fiber works from The Arizona State University Art Museum and Ceramic Research Center. These works reflect current trends in the contemporary craft field both nationally and internationally, with artists and leaders such as Akio Takamori, Philip Moulthrop, Dorothy Gill Barnes, Matthias Pliessnig, Anders Ruhwald and Alison Elizabeth Taylor.

Crafting a Continuum: Rethinking Contemporary Craft is organized by the Arizona State University Art Museum and Ceramics Research Center and curated by Associate Director and Senior Curator Heather Sealy Lineberry and Curator of Ceramics Peter Held with assistance from Windgate Curatorial Fellow Elizabeth Kozlowski.

The exhibition is supported in part by grants from the Windgate Charitable Foundation and KeyBank.

IMAGE: Ed Rossbach, Japanese Plaited Basket, 1987, stapled rag paper, 11 1/2″ x 12″, Gift of Janet and Roger Robinson.

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