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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.

About the award.

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.

Brooch by metalsmith Sharon Church
Foreground: Photo by Ken Yanoviak