Exploring Contemporary Craft by Jean Johnson
The craft of craft, the art of craft -- here in Canada we're just starting to really talk about these things. In March 1999, Jean Johnson, who runs Toronto's Craft Studio at Harbourfront Centre, organized a wildly successful symposium on the state of craft in Canada. Curators, writers, critics, academics and craftspeople spoke about all aspects of craft: history, practice, theory, criticism. Taken together, these papers create a clear picture of the vibrant crafts scene in Canada. The symposium was a groundbreaking event, a first in Canada, offering to the crafts community a new depth of consideration. The book, too, is a Canadian first, and it will allow a dialogue about the academic side of the craft movement to continue. Each of the book's three sections, History, Theory and Critical Writing, contains a keynote paper and essays by experts in each field, including Mark Kingwell writing 'On Style,' Blake Gopnik on 'Reviewing Craft Exhibitions for the Art Pages,' and Robin Metcalfe addressing 'Teacup Readings: Contextualizing Craft in the Art Gallery.'
Jean Johnson was the Coordinator of the Craft Studio from 1979 to 1991, when she became the Crafts Project Manager, a position she still holds. She has been celebrated by the Ontario Crafts Council, the Ontario College of Art and Design and NSCAD and was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993 for her work with the Canadian crafts community.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781552451076 |
| ISBN 10 | 1552451070 |
| Title | Exploring Contemporary Craft |
| Author | Jean Johnson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Coach House Books |
| Year published | 1998-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 124 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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