A world-class museum shines the spotlight on mindbogglingly labor-intensive handworks from all eras and cultures.

In London, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, Andrew Wagner finds a little of this and a little of that-but what does it mean?

Nancy Margolis brings a love of clay and savvy as a gallerist, both honed in Maine, to her Chelsea showplace for international ceramics and other art.

Like Tupac and Biggie, artist Peter Voulkos continues to impress even after death as this arresting survey deftly shows.

The Canadian scholar Sandra Alfoldy, coeditor of a recent book, explores the interrelationship of craft and architectural spaces, particularly as it relates to interior design.

The Canadian scholar Sandra Alfoldy, coeditor of a recent book, explores the interrelationship of craft and architectural spaces, particularly as it relates to interior design.

Kate Dobbs Ariail assesses six "rising stars" at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design.

Ogle
Hilary Pfeifer
Portland, Oregon
September 4-
November 1, 2008

The artisanal urge-the fundamental human desire to make something with one's own hands-has never been so endangered as it is right now.

Potter and painter Henry Varnum Poor understood that building a house might bring
him fame, but could he have foreseen that his home might restore his artistic legacy?

"We have this incredible opportunity in cities for the bicycle to be a realistic and practical form of transportation-fast, easy, convenient, fun,"

Elmhurst Art Museum
Cat Chow: Speak Softly
Elmhurst, Illinois
April 19-July 13, 2008

Ezra Shales argues that ceramists (and art schools) should reconsider the legacy of the factory and lose the stereotype of industry as alienation.