http://www.madblog.org Arts and Design Education for the Masses Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:30:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.madblog.org/2010/02/the-content-of-design/ http://www.madblog.org/2010/02/the-content-of-design/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 21:09:56 +0000 lowery http://www.madblog.org/?p=2626 Oumar Cisse (AKA Peace Corps Baba) from Mopti, Mali.]]> http://www.madblog.org/2010/02/the-content-of-design/feed/ 0 http://www.madblog.org/2010/02/what-was-the-studio-craft-movement-anyway/ http://www.madblog.org/2010/02/what-was-the-studio-craft-movement-anyway/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:58:06 +0000 JenScan http://www.madblog.org/?p=2579 recent comment on the “Making It Real” blog was “What is the Making it Real exhibition about and when will it take place?” The short answer is: Making it Real will be at MAD from October 12, 2011, until January 15, 2012, and will look at the emergence of the American Studio Craft Movement in the period after World War II. But that begs the question—what was the studio craft movement? So today’s blog is a (short, I promise) history lesson about how and why crafts went from being a necessity to being a choice. Along the way, I will also explain how we came up with the title. ]]> http://www.madblog.org/2010/02/what-was-the-studio-craft-movement-anyway/feed/ 0 http://www.madblog.org/2010/01/making-it-real-with-robert/ http://www.madblog.org/2010/01/making-it-real-with-robert/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:40:48 +0000 JenScan http://www.madblog.org/?p=2383 Making It Real. ]]> http://www.madblog.org/2010/01/making-it-real-with-robert/feed/ 2 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/the-yaya-group-designs-sets-for-production-of-%e2%80%9cpeter-and-the-wolf%e2%80%9d-at-the-guggenheim/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/the-yaya-group-designs-sets-for-production-of-%e2%80%9cpeter-and-the-wolf%e2%80%9d-at-the-guggenheim/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:03:32 +0000 lowery http://www.madblog.org/?p=2311 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/the-yaya-group-designs-sets-for-production-of-%e2%80%9cpeter-and-the-wolf%e2%80%9d-at-the-guggenheim/feed/ 0 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/heath-ceramics/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/heath-ceramics/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:46:20 +0000 JenScan http://www.madblog.org/?p=2267 Craftsmanship in a Changing World, the Museum of Art and Design's inaugural show (at the time it was called the Museum of Contemporary Crafts).]]> http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/heath-ceramics/feed/ 0 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/craft-in-the-service-of-worship/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/craft-in-the-service-of-worship/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:34:59 +0000 JenScan http://www.madblog.org/?p=2245 Making it Real of “Craft in the Service of Worship.” ]]> http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/craft-in-the-service-of-worship/feed/ 0 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/like-a-child-at-play-toying-with-barbie-ethnic-motifs/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/like-a-child-at-play-toying-with-barbie-ethnic-motifs/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:31:21 +0000 Lisa Marie http://www.madblog.org/?p=2201 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/like-a-child-at-play-toying-with-barbie-ethnic-motifs/feed/ 1 http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/the-biggest-thing-at-modernismart20/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/the-biggest-thing-at-modernismart20/#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:25:41 +0000 Nurit http://www.madblog.org/?p=2186 Modernism + Art20 fair was on at the Armory on the Upper East Side. Each of the curators involved in our exhibition went to take a look. ]]> http://www.madblog.org/2009/12/the-biggest-thing-at-modernismart20/feed/ 1 http://www.madblog.org/2009/11/hair-is-where-its-at/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/11/hair-is-where-its-at/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:25:48 +0000 Lisa Marie http://www.madblog.org/?p=2089 http://www.madblog.org/2009/11/hair-is-where-its-at/feed/ 0 http://www.madblog.org/2009/11/choosing-textiles-for-the-exhibition/ http://www.madblog.org/2009/11/choosing-textiles-for-the-exhibition/#comments Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:06:42 +0000 jeannine http://www.madblog.org/?p=1989 http://www.madblog.org/2009/11/choosing-textiles-for-the-exhibition/feed/ 4