JRACraft Award for Excellence in Innovation
The James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRACraft) partners with the American Craft Council to present this annual award which highlights artists at American Craft Made Baltimore who are using innovative techniques or materials.
Meet the awardees.
Given annually as part of the ACC’s Awards of Excellence at the American Craft Made Baltimore marketplace, the award features a $1000 prize and guaranteed entry into next year’s American Craft Made Baltimore. A longstanding partner of the American Craft Council, the James Renwick Alliance for Craft celebrates and advances American Craft and craft artists by fostering education, connoisseurship, and public appreciation through programs, educational trips, publications, and recognition of excellence in the field. In addition, JRACraft provides support to craft artists and museums, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Grace Brogan
Grace Brogan is an artist and broom maker practicing at the intersection of traditional craft and contemporary design. She earned a BA in art before embarking on over a decade of study with craftspeople in ceramics, wood, and textiles, including broom makers in 2009, 2019 & 2023. Grace explores familiar household forms and sculptural objects, playing in the space of mindful and mundane, labor and ritual, ordinary and extraordinary. She grew up in Minnesota and maintains a studio in Missoula.
