https://crafthouston.org Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) is a nonprofit arts organization founded to advance education about the process, product and history of craft. HCCC’s major emphasis is on objects of art made primarily from craft materials: clay, fiber, glass, metal, wood or found/recycled materials. Fri, 12 Jan 2024 17:38:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://crafthouston.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/hccc-fav-1-76x76.png https://crafthouston.org 32 32 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/finding-balance-reconciling-the-masculine-feminine-in-contemporary-art-and-culture/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/finding-balance-reconciling-the-masculine-feminine-in-contemporary-art-and-culture/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:42 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/finding-balance-reconciling-the-masculine-feminine-in-contemporary-art-and-culture/ Curator James Surls presents an expansive look at the complicated yet powerful relationship between males and females. Finding Balance draws upon the works of 11 internationally acclaimed artists: Jim Baker, Robert Brinker, Monica Chau, Linda Girvin, Jody Guralnick, Pamela Joseph, Charmaine Locke, Brad Miller, Brian Reid, Barbara Sorensen and James Surls. The 26 works of art range from traditional ceramics to lenticular photography.

]]> https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/finding-balance-reconciling-the-masculine-feminine-in-contemporary-art-and-culture/feed/ 0 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/crafthouston-2006-texas/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/crafthouston-2006-texas/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:09:19 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/crafthouston-2006-texas/ Juried by Suzanne Ramljak, Editor of Metalsmith Magazine, CraftHouston is HCCC’s signature exhibition. The CraftHouston series is a bi-annual all-Texas survey, juried by some of the most respected names in the field of contemporary craft: Kenneth R. Trapp, curator in charge of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution (2002); Lloyd Hermann of Seattle, independent craft scholar and founding director of the Renwick (2003); and Larry Rinder, Contemporary Arts Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

]]> https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/crafthouston-2006-texas/feed/ 0 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/contemporary-kiln-glass-a-survey-of-works-from-the-bullseye-collection-1980-to-the-present/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/contemporary-kiln-glass-a-survey-of-works-from-the-bullseye-collection-1980-to-the-present/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:59 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/contemporary-kiln-glass-a-survey-of-works-from-the-bullseye-collection-1980-to-the-present/ Predating the fiery glamour of glassblowing by 2,000 years, a quieter but more versatile method of glassforming is today enjoying a dramatic revival. Contemporary Kiln-Glass surveys recent history, method and themes in this lesser known but highly innovative sector of the glass art world at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. www.bullseyeglass.com

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