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Nation building : craft and contemporary American culture
- Author / Creator
- Conferences
- Nation Building (Symposium) (2012 : Smithsonian American Art Museum)
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- Summary
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"In this beautifully designed and illustrated volume, leading craft scholars, curators and artists come together to assess the post-War history and contemporary flourishing of craft in America. The...
"In this beautifully designed and illustrated volume, leading craft scholars, curators and artists come together to assess the post-War history and contemporary flourishing of craft in America. Their critical gaze encompasses craft practice by artists, professional makers, and amateurs; crafting as it takes place in the studio and in the domestic space, and as it is exhibited in museums and galleries; craft that uses materials and crafting in the digital arena, and critical issues confronting craft such as industry, education and digitization." -- Publisher's description
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- Creator
- Edited by Nicholas R. Bell
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Washington, DC : Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in association with Bloomsbury Press, [2015]
- Physical Details
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- 263 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780937311752, 0937311758, 9780937311769, 0937311766, 9781474249508, 1474249507, 9781474249492, 1474249493
- OCLC
- ocn892514428
- Includes index.
- Essays adapted from the two-day program in November 2012 of the same title as this volume.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Nicholas R. Bell -- Goodbye craft / Glenn Adamson -- He is survived by his longtime companion : feeling in the work of Josh Faught / Elissa Auther -- Media, process, history : craft beyond crafting / Maria Elena Buszek, Sonya Clark, Elaine Reichek, Michael J. Strand -- Craftlike : the illusion of authenticity / Jenni Sorkin -- America at home : crafts and craftsmanship in the shelter exhibits of the New York World's Fair, 1939 and 1940 / Elizabeth McGoey -- Taste, money, museums, and the subversion of craft / Ulysses Grant Dietz -- Institutionalized : craft in the museum / Julie M. Muñiz and Jennifer Scanlan -- Making an impression : the material culture scholarship and craft of historical military reenactors / Maria V. Shevzov -- Craft as a response to war / Bibiana Obler -- A hackerspace of one's own : curriculum and the maker movement / Garth Johnson -- Digital fabrication : implications for craft and community / Neil Gershenfeld, Stuart Kestenbaum, Phyllis D. Klein -- The politics of "ordinary manufacture" and the perils of self-serve craft / Ezra Shales -- Craft goes to Disney! / Sandry Alfoldy -- DIY Detroit / Gabriel Craig