Archives abound in issue four of American Craft Inquiry. Mary Savig writes about craft histories in the Archives of American Art, Amara Hark-Weber interviews Elizabeth Semmelhack from the Bata Shoe Museum, Andrea Haffner writes about archiving a landscape, Sarah Archer chronicles craft in Japanese department stores, and more.

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Issue three of American Craft Inquiry features Kristen Muller's look at Beth Ireland's artistic career, Anne Carlisle's dive into the growing community of women in the field of woodworking, an essay by 2017 Emerging Voices Award recipient Jennifer Ling Datchuk, and more.

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Issue two of American Craft Inquiry features in-depth essays on contemporary and historical issues, exhibition reviews, and a deep, detailed look at items from our archives. Dive into the graphic design evolution of Craft Horizons, the history of glass, Alice Kagawa Parrott, and more.

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I think American Craft Inquiry has arrived at a great time. Scholarly interest in craft has really blossomed in the last 10 years or so. There isn’t really a magazine that falls in-between that has a serious approach that’s fairly in-depth and researched that isn’t necessarily by and for academics and scholars. ~ Sarah Archer, contributing editor

American Craft Inquiry, the American Craft Council’s new publication, expands the Council’s position as a thought leader in the field. In the best tradition of intellectual exchange, Inquiry features in-depth essays on contemporary and historical issues, exhibition reviews, and a deep, detailed look at items from our archives. Founded on the principle of collaboration – with writers, curators, scholars, and artists – Inquiry seeks to provoke not only reaction, but action.

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"Nothing exists in the craft field like the ACC's new journal, American Craft Inquiry." ~Jessica Shaykett, librarian and archivist