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The three-pronged initiative includes funding for early-career artists.

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Craft, in all its forms and fullness, isn’t a fair-weather nicety. It is a constellation of practices and values that deepen our humanity and reflect it back to us, and foster the person-to-person bonds on which communities and societies depend.

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Houston-based Joyce Lin's uncanny furniture forms have earned her a prestigious fellowship from the John D. Mineck Foundation.

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ACC Honorary Fellow Sandra Blain passed away on December 19, 2024. A multi-faceted leader in the craft community as an educator, administrator, and ceramic studio artist, she had a long-time relationship with ACC.

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The Minnesota State Fair is here! Each year, the American Craft Council is proud to give an award to an entry in the Fine Arts category that exemplifies craft. This year, ACC is pleased to give the special recognition to Iah Q’s The Past Holds Me, a stunning work of beadwork on leather.

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Conceptual fiber artist and ACC Gold Medalist John McQueen died on July 26, 2025. He redefined the field of contemporary basketry to embrace non-functional sculpture, and explored the concepts of containment and space in his work.

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Welcome to the Fall 2025 issue of American Craft. 

Fall 2025

We are saddened to share the news that Board Chair Preeti Gopinath has had to resign from her position for personal reasons. Preeti joined our board of trustees in 2021 and has been a dedicated leader and champion for ACC. We will miss her keen intellect, creativity, and sense of humor, and we are deeply grateful for her contributions not only to our organization, but to our larger craft ecosystem as a groundbreaking educator and advocate.

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We are sad to share that ACC Fellow David Ellsworth died on June 16, 2025. He was co-founder of the American Association of Woodturners and was known worldwide for his thin-walled hollow vessel forms.

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This year our goal is $100,000. All first-time donors during Giving Week will be entered into a drawing to take home a Suzye Ogawa original. Read on to learn more.

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Enjoy these images from the archives of ACC founder Aileen Osborn Webb's birthday celebrations over the years, as well as a look at "Celebration 20," a 1976 exhibit at the American Craft Council's Museum of Contemporary Craft that commemorated the 20 years of the museum.

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Welcome to the Summer 2025 issue of American Craft . 

Summer 2025

Resources and articles, including interviews originally published in Issue 10 of The Crafty Librarian newsletter.

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Ginny Ruffner (1952-2025) created sculptures in a variety of media but was known primarily for her use of lampworked glass.

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Ensuring that our library and archives materials become more accessible to craft researchers, writers, and advocates for years to come.

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With grant funding, ACC digitizes recordings and more American Craft!

Winter 2025

An Interview with American Craft Council Fellow Karen Hampton.

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Recognizing ACC's outgoing Advertising & Sales Manager of 14 years.

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A Gift to Inspire Further Giving.

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American Craft Made Baltimore Keeps the Pulse of Craft for Generations of Makers and Appreciators.

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Welcome to the Fall 2022 issue of American Craft, focused on the theme "gather." 

Fall 2022

Welcome to the Summer 2022 issue of American Craft.

Summer 2022

End Note: A symbolic majolica rooster was found intact in a bombed building in Ukraine.

Summer 2022