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American Craft Forums are free online conversations that bring the community together to explore new ways of thinking about craft. Tying into the themes of each issue of American Craft, these discussions feature diverse voices working together to move the craft field forward.

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Craft Writing Now: Meet the Winners of the Lois Moran Award for Craft Writing

This Craft Forum took place Thursday, January 13, 2022
Presented in conjunction with the Winter 2022 issue of American Craft.

Watch this Forum below or visit our YouTube channel.

In the Winter 2022 issue of American Craft, we were pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Lois Moran Award for Craft Writing: Velina Robinson Glass, Kelly Pendergrast, and Aram Han Sifuentes. This forum invited our community to join us for a conversation with them, and with our esteemed Lois Moran Award guest jurors, exploring what it means to write about craft in the contemporary moment, who is writing and has access to platforms, how craft intersects with the human experience, and how this type of dialogue can really help us move the dial.

Earlier in 2021, the American Craft Council, and the craft community, lost one of the greats. Lois Moran was the longest-serving editor of American Craft magazine, and for many, ushered in a new era of contemporary craft writing that put the artist first and kept pace with what was being done in the realm of fine art. In her honor, ACC started this annual award for craft writing to recognize the work of writers committed to moving the craft conversation forward.

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