An emerging American youth culture electrified the craft movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Through music, drugs, and dress this generation expressed alternatives to the status quo. Many overwhelmingly rejected the corporate ladder of their parents’ generation to find satisfaction in the craftsmen lifestyle. Come see Crafting Modernism before it closes on January 15th.
If you’re headed to New York City for the holidays, or, if you find yourself with some down time in the Big Apple, be sure to check out Caroline Hannah’s guide to the coolest public art sites in Manhattan by American craftsmen at mid-century.
While many of us are familiar with mid-century design, particularly mid-century furniture, we are often left asking what these interiors looked like. The answer may surprise you.
I’m excited to see the documentary Eames: The Architect and The Painter all about legendary husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames. I thought our readers and fellow mid-century design aficionados would be interested too.
To accompany the exhibition Crafting Modernism there has been a veritable bonanza of magazine articles for mid-century design enthusiasts like myself. Read on for more resources on mid-century design!
It is with much relief and no small measure of pride that we share with you these photos of the Crafting Modernism installation (open through January 12th). Today curator Jeannine Falino gives us a quick overview of elements found on each floor (the show inhabits the fourth and fifth floors of the Museum of Arts and Design).
y name is Jessica Shaykett and I’m a librarian at the American Craft Council. One of the best things about my job is being the keeper of archival materials related to the earliest exhibitions held at MAD, or as it was then known, the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (MCC). I’ve spent countless delightful hours helping scholars and curators pore over images and catalogs.While the more than 300 objects in Crafting Modernism exemplified the tail end of the mid-century modernist movement, the makers represented the very best in cross-media talent that blossomed in the post-war era.
This week has seen an army of preparators in the galleries, many of whom, like Jennifer Kuipers (shown at top), are artists in their own right.
The entire gallery space on the 4th and 5th floors of MAD is being transformed with new walls and fresh paint in preparation for the works of art to be installed starting next week.
September has seen a frenzy of preparation for the opening of Crafting Modernism. This gorgeous electric guitar made by Rick Turner is one of those objects and I can’t wait to see it in person.
I live to make lists; daily to do lists, five year planning lists, lists of road trips to house museums, lists of blog posts I want to write, lists of the things I love about my husband. So imagine my delight in discovering an amazing exhibition of artists’ lists – from packing lists to love letters, lists of paint brushes to lists of contacts – curated by Archives of American Art manuscript archivist Liza Kirwin. Read on for Eero Saarinen and Margaret De Patta.
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