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| Craft in America: Expanding
Traditions will be on display October 11, 2008 - January 18, 2009.
The mission of Craft in America is to document and advance original handcrafted
work through programs in all media. Companion Educator Guides written for
teachers support each of the three episodes--Memory, Landscape and
Community. Each guide is written primarily to support middle and high school
art education curricula. However, the content can be modified for students
of all ages and different educational settings. The guides can be used in
any order or stand alone and used independent of the others. |
 Community
Guide |
Community has helped shape the creative processes of our collective
craft history. Craft forms are passed from generation to generation in necessity
and survival, but also for the spirit of community and commonality.
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| Landscape Guide |
Craft artists depend on their natural environment for both materials and
inspiration. Materials are collected, combined and transformed through the
creativity of human hands.
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| Memory Guide |
Some hands create to record a place and time; others are more intimate
gestures about personal histories. In any case our nation's collective memory
can become tangible when we examine objects created by hand.
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| Purchase Companion Book
and DVD |
For long-term viewing and in-classroom use, the "Craft in America:
The Series," enhanced format DVD as well as the companion book, CRAFT
IN AMERICA Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects may be purchased
through The Museum Store. |
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