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The Week in Craft: November 8, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing

The Week in Craft: November 8, 2017

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing
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Katie Gong

Artist Katie Gong creates beautiful tied-wood sculptures.

Brett Walker

Our final fall salon is tonight in Minneapolis, and we’re excited to welcome shoemaker and 2017 Rare Craft Fellowship Award winner Amara Hark-Weber. If you can’t make it, you can also find her at the ACC's 2017 Holiday Craft Hop on December 2.

The Museum of Arts and Design announced a new $50,000 annual Burke Prize at its annual gala last night.

Applications for the emerging artists program at ACC's Baltimore and Atlanta American Craft Shows are due November 13.

We are in awe of Katie Gong's delicately twisted wood pieces.

Music enthusiasts: Don't miss the latest episode of Raw Craft featuring SJC Drums and drummer Tré Cool of Green Day.

Anne Eunson's lace garden fence is the prettiest we've seen.

Pharos is an online archive that not only incorporates images of the original artwork, but also includes supplemental materials in the search – making this a great first-stop for researchers.

Going to protest but don't know what sign to bring? Aram Han Sifuentes has created a lending library for handmade banners.

Statues of Sojourner Truth and Rosalie Jones will be installed on New York state property, along with a memorial to the Woman’s Suffrage Movement, featuring Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in Central Park. Currently New York City has five public statues that honor historic women.

Los Angeles architects and designers build imaginative outdoor cat dwellings, with proceeds going to a charity organization that provides free spay/neuter services to stray cats.

Hyperallergic describes how eliminating the estate tax could significantly harm arts organizations, museums, and private collections.

Are you a maker or creative interested in shaking up your routine? Check out this opportunity in Minneapolis for the Make Room Artist Residency.

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design and Mountain BizWorks seek speaker proposals for a creative entrepreneurship workshop series. Deadline: November 17.

 

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