CC Archives staff are nearing completion of a 12-month project to digitize 20 years of American Craft issues—dating from the February/March 1991 issue to the June/July 2011 issue—for ACC’s Digital Collections. Highlights from these issues include a profile of artist Karyl Sisson and her sculptures made from ordinary household objects (December 1995/January 1996), beading artist Liza Lou’s 528-square-foot sculpture Back Yard (February/March 1999), and a feature story about ACC Gold Medalist Nick Cave from early in his career (October/November 1998). Initially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the project received additional funding through the Susan Elson Library Endowment following the abrupt termination of the NEH grant in April 2025.
Other materials digitized through this project include newsletters from the six ACC Regional Assemblies that were active between the late 1950s and the early 2000s, as well as issues of The Voice, the newsletter for the American Craft Association, a professional membership group that functioned in tandem with the American Craft Council from 1990 to 1998.
All of these materials and more can be found in the ACC Archives Digital Collections at digital.craftcouncil.org.
Beth Goodrich is the archivist for the American Craft Council. The ACC Archives hold historical documentation of ACC dating back to 1939, as well as the early history of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts/American Craft Museum (now the Museum of Arts and Design) from 1956 to 1990. Many materials from the archives are available online at digital.craftcouncil.org. Questions about the archives? Contact Beth Goodrich at [email protected].
