Craft methodology practiced in an artist's own studio rather than a factory or folk workshop, spanning furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles and metalwork; distinct from studio pottery, which is its ceramic branch. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin YearSources trace the movement's roots to the Arts and Crafts movement of 1880 to 1920, but treat the 1969 OBJECTS:USA exhibition as its watershed crystallizing moment; 1969 is recorded here as that landmark year, not as an absolute founding date. OriginGrew out of the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement's revolt against factory production, then crystallized as its own field with the 1969 OBJECTS:USA exhibition, which set out to bridge the divide between fine art and craft. 1 FAQs
What is the difference between studio craft and studio pottery?
Studio pottery is the ceramic branch of the broader studio craft field.
Studio craft is craft methodology practiced in an artist's own studio rather than a factory or folk workshop, spanning furniture, ceramics, glass, textiles and metalwork. Studio pottery is its ceramic branch specifically. Studio craft grew out of the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement's revolt against factory production, then crystallized as its own field with the 1969 OBJECTS:USA exhibition, which set out to bridge the divide between fine art and craft.
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The Council's College of Fellows spans clay, glass, metal, fiber, wood and jewellery, the breadth of American studio craft rather than one discipline.
Source American Craft Council (Wikipedia)
Source Studio Craft (Wikipedia)
The national arts service organization representing Canada's provincial and territorial craft councils and the country's craft sector broadly, not one discipline.
The national development agency for craft in Scotland, a registered charity supported by Creative Scotland.
The national development agency for contemporary craft in the United Kingdom.
Source Crafts Council (Wikipedia)
The national agency for the commercial development of Irish designers and craftspeople across more than sixty member guilds, associations and networks.
Founded 1956 as the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, it collects and interprets objects documenting contemporary and historic craft innovation.
A branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. displaying American craft and decorative arts from the 19th through 21st centuries.
Links national craft bodies across five regional networks worldwide.
Source World Crafts Council (Wikipedia)
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1. Studio Craft (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Studio craft, or the studio craft movement, is the practice of craft methodology in an artist's studio.
History section, on the divide between art and craft
The 1969 seminal exhibition OBJECTS:USA was a watershed moment aimed at bridging the century old divide between art and craft.
Associated With: Arts and Crafts Movement, History section, on Arts and Crafts influence
The 1969 seminal exhibition OBJECTS:USA was a watershed moment aimed at bridging the century old divide between art and craft.
View the Source The Groundbreaking 1969 Craft Exhibit Objects USA Gets a Reboot (Smithsonian Magazine)
Smithsonian MagazineArticle body, paragraph on the October 3 1969 opening at the National Collection of Fine ArtsQuote, Article body, paragraph on the October 3 1969 opening at the National Collection of Fine Arts
an event that helped catapult the American studio craft movement onto the global stage. On October 3, 1969, the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in Washington, D.C. debuted a major exhibition focused on American craft in its many forms, be it ceramics, woodworking or weaving.
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