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Curator of Craft, Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. ๐ŸŽช

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My first hat. I made a baby hat because a baby canโ€™t even tell me itโ€™s ugly.

15.06.2025 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Went to the Renwick Gallery in DC today. Great craft exhibits, including one on black women's quilts and resistance. Keep fighting, Smithsonian.

23.05.2025 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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At a Pennsylvania Museum, an Artistโ€™s Glass Dome Provides Sanctuary As the artist in residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, Judith Schaechter created a giant dome to spark joy. Itโ€™s now on view outside Philadelphia.

For @nytimes.com I interviewed the great Judith Schaechter about her new immersive work โ€œSuper/Naturalโ€ now at the Michener Museum in Doylestown: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/a...

23.04.2025 16:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know by Sonya Clark @sonyaclarkart.bsky.social

One hundred times the size of the dishtowel with which the Confederate army surrendered on April 9, 1865.
#craft #craftscape

09.04.2025 16:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The Cabinet of Lost and Found Things is on display now through July 20 @museumforartinwood.bsky.social in Philadelphia!

10.03.2025 23:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CRAFT MUSEUMS IN THE 21ST CENTURY About Us โ€‹ Privacy Policy โ€‹ Refund Policy

I am teaching a class this summer online at the James Renwick Alliance - see you there?

08.03.2025 01:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

May the enemies of women's liberation everywhere be crushed, in my world and yours. ๐Ÿ’š

08.03.2025 20:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 675 ๐Ÿ” 110 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Woodworking Is Losing Its Macho Edge Thanks to These Women As contemporary woodworking loses its macho edge, it gains a whole new dimension.

Lets hear it for the ladies who LATHE ๐Ÿชต @dianabudds.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/s...

06.03.2025 23:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 112 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Best box of peaches at the Oregon State Fair, ca. 1970

06.03.2025 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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While searching for actual Dairy Queens in LOCโ€™s collection, I was delighted to see some great photos of Dairy Queen signs.

26.02.2025 16:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Linen thread hanging from a square flat box with warm lighting from above creating shadows shaped as lines on the floor.

ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž
ใƒชใƒใƒณใฎ็ณธใŒๅ››่ง’ใ„ๅนณใ‚‰ใช็ฎฑใ‹ใ‚‰ๅž‚ใ‚Œไธ‹ใŒใ‚Šใ€ไธŠใ‹ใ‚‰ใฎๆš–ใ‹ใ„็…งๆ˜Žใซใ‚ˆใฃใฆๅบŠใซ็ทšใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใชๅฝขใ‚’ใ—ใŸๅฝฑใŒๅ‡บๆฅใฆใ„ใ‚‹ไฝœๅ“

English Linen thread hanging from a square flat box with warm lighting from above creating shadows shaped as lines on the floor. ๆ—ฅๆœฌ่ชž ใƒชใƒใƒณใฎ็ณธใŒๅ››่ง’ใ„ๅนณใ‚‰ใช็ฎฑใ‹ใ‚‰ๅž‚ใ‚Œไธ‹ใŒใ‚Šใ€ไธŠใ‹ใ‚‰ใฎๆš–ใ‹ใ„็…งๆ˜Žใซใ‚ˆใฃใฆๅบŠใซ็ทšใฎใ‚ˆใ†ใชๅฝขใ‚’ใ—ใŸๅฝฑใŒๅ‡บๆฅใฆใ„ใ‚‹ไฝœๅ“

"Box of Falling Stars" (1984) by Lenore Tawney aims to give shape to light
Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art byย Women exhibition at Renwick Gallery (Washington DC, USA)

ใ‚ขใƒกใƒชใ‚ซ ใƒฏใ‚ทใƒณใƒˆใƒณDCใฎใƒฌใƒณใ‚ฆใ‚ฃใƒƒใ‚ฏใƒปใ‚ฎใƒฃใƒฉใƒชใƒผใฎๅฑ•่ฆงไผšใ€Œ็ ดๅฃŠใ€็†Ÿ็ทดใ€ๅด‡้ซ˜๏ผšๅฅณๆ€งใซใ‚ˆใ‚‹ใƒ•ใ‚กใ‚คใƒใƒผใ‚ขใƒผใƒˆใ€ใซใฆใ€ๅ…‰ใ‚’ๅฝขใฉใ‚ใ†ใจใ—ใฆใ„ใ‚‹ไฝœๅ“ใ€Šๆ˜Ÿ้™ใ‚‹็ฎฑใ€‹ (1984ๅนด) ใƒฌใƒŽใ‚ขใƒปใƒˆใƒผใƒ‹ใƒผไฝœ

16.11.2024 03:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0