Suggested reading for "Present Tense: 2019"
Suggested reading for "Present Tense: 2019"
Thursday, October 10
Community & Agency: The Ecology of Craft
Choosing craft : the artist's viewpoint / edited by Vicki Halper and Diane Douglas
Critical craft : technology, globalization, and capitalism / edited by Clare M. Wilkinson-Weber and Alicia Ory DeNicola
Extra/ordinary : craft and contemporary art / edited by Maria Elena Buszek
Amateur craft : history and theory / Stephen Knott
Nation building : craft and contemporary American culture / edited by Nicholas R. Bell
Sweetgrass baskets and the Gullah tradition / Joyce V. Coakley
Brooklyn makers : food, design, craft, and other scenes from a tactile life / Jennifer Causey
Feeding desire : design and the tools of the table, 1500-2005 / Sarah D. Coffin ... [et al]
Queer threads : crafting identity and community / John Chaich, Todd Oldham
Craft in America [videorecording]
The invention of craft / Glenn Adamson
Creativity connects : trends and conditions affecting U.S. artists / by Center for Cultural Innovation for National Endowment for the Arts ; with additional support from Surdna Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Collaboration through craft / edited by Amanda Ravetz, Alice Kettle, and Helen Felcey
Live form : women, ceramics, and community / Jenni Sorkin
Making is connecting : the social power of creativity, from craft and knitting to digital everything / David Gauntlett
Friday, October 11
Intersections & Innovation: Craft in Action
Craftivism : the art of craft and activism / edited by Betsy Greer
Craft economies / edited by Susan Luckman and Nicola Thomas
How to be a craftivist : the art of gentle protest / Sarah Corbett
Fray : art + textile politics / Julia Bryan-Wilson
Living and sustaining a creative life : essays by 40 working artists / edited by Sharon Louden
Travels with Foxfire : stories of people, passions, and practices from Southern Appalachia / Phil Hudgins and Foxfire student Jessica Phillips
Handmade nation : the rise of DIY, art, craft, and design / Faythe Levine and Cortney Heimerl
Surf craft : design and the culture of board riding / Richard Kenvin ; edited by Christine Knoke ; photographs by Ryan Field, Mingei International Museum, San Diego
New territories : laboratories for design, craft and art in Latin America / Lowery Stokes Sims
Craft, space and interior design, 1855-2005 / edited by Sandra Alfoldy and Janice Helland
Crafting textiles in the digital age / edited by Nithikul Nimkulrat, Faith Kane, and Kerry Walton
Objects for use : handmade by design / Paul J. Smith, general editor ; essays by Paul J. Smith and Akiko Busch
Material perceptions / Knut Astrup Bull & Andre Gali (eds.) ; contributors, Glenn Adamson [and five others]
Crafted : objects in flux / Emily Zilber
Postdigital artisans : craftmanship with a new aesthetic in fashion, art, design and architecture / Jonathan Openshaw
Jennifer Ling Datchuk: Half / Jennifer Ling Datchuk
Saturday, October 12
Storytelling & Narrative: What We Talk About When We Talk About Craft
Taking things seriously : 75 objects with unexpected significance / [compiled by Josh Glenn & Carol Hayes]
Fewer, better things : the hidden wisdom of objects / Glenn Adamson
Storylines : craftartists' narratives of identity / Elliot G. Mishler
And still we rise : race, culture, and visual conversations / Carolyn L. Mazloomi
Exploring contemporary craft : history, theory & critical writing / [editor, Jean Johnson]
A theory of craft : function and aesthetic expression / Howard Risatti ; foreword by Kenneth R. Trapp
NeoCraft : modernity and the crafts / edited by Sandra Alfoldy
The craft reader / edited by Glenn Adamson
String, felt, thread : the hierarchy of art and craft in American art / Elissa Auther
The art of critical making : Rhode Island School of Design on creative practice / edited by Rosanne Somerson and Mara L. Hermano ; foreword by John Maeda
Simple times / written by Amy Sedaris and Paul Dinello
Humor in craft / Brigitte Martin
Artists write to work / Kate Kramer
Why materials matter : responsible design for a better world / Seetal Solanki
Craeft : an inquiry into the origins and true meaning of traditional crafts / Alexander Langlands