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The Week in Craft: October 3, 2018

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

The Week in Craft: October 3, 2018

Your weekly dose of links about craft, art, design, and whatever else we’re excited about sharing
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Jun Kaneko, Untitled, Head (2007)

Jun Kaneko's Untitled, Head (2007) on Park Avenue in New York City was part of a public art installation. The 2018 ACC Gold Medalist is one of 11 honorees we'll be celebrating Saturday night when we present the American Craft Council Awards in Minneapolis.

Francisco Díaz de Castro

More than 300 pieces of Marsha and Robin Williams' art collection are being auctioned at Sotheby's on October 4, and the collection includes works by glass artist Dale Chihuly and furniture maker Judy Kensley McKie.

The second edition of The Profitable Artist is out and aims to help makers learn how to market themselves.

In the #MeToo era, several safe, welcoming spaces for women and gender-nonconforming creatives have been opening up – including tattoo parlors.

New York artist Firelei Báez translated her work into glass mosaics for the MTA's 163 Street-Amsterdam Avenue subway station in upper Manhattan. The murals combine imagery reflecting Baéz's Caribbean heritage with symbols reflecting the communities of the station's Washington Heights neighborhood.

The Getty Research Institute has acquired the archive of artist Betye Saar, launching the Getty’s African American Art History Initiative.

ACC Fellow Ted Hallman will be exhibiting his work at the American Swedish Historical Museum in south Philadelphia. ASHM is the oldest Swedish museum in the United States. In the exhibition Hallman examines the relationship between traditional and modern craft through three contemporary installations of his work.

Craft lovers won't want to miss RISD Craft, a juried sale of work by RISD students and alumni. The annual event takes place October 6 in Providence, Rhode Island.

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design presents work by the 2017/2018 Jerome Fellowship artists in an exhibition up from October 5 – November 6.

The annual Pilchuck Glass School auction is coming up. Check out what's for sale at the October 20 event in the online catalogue.

On view through January 6, 2019 at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" is a long-overdue exhibition presenting 80 examples of women's garments and ensembles that span haute couture to streetwear to sports apparel.

Explore the divisive history of the color pink in our society through the Fashion Institute of Technology’s latest exhibition "Pink: The History of a Punk, Pretty, Powerful Color” (on view through January 19, 2019).

Eric Hess won third place in the Stanislav Libensky Awards, the annual international glass competition. Hess was the only American named as a finalist.

Join us this Saturday evening at the Minneapolis Institute of Art to celebrate the winners of 2018 American Craft Council Awards, including the College of Fellows, the Gold Medal of Consummate Craftsmanship, and the recipients of the Award of Distinction and Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy. Here's a preview of the honorees.
 

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