2005 – Houston Center for Contemporary Craft 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 17:36:21 +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 2005 – Houston Center for Contemporary Craft https://crafthouston.org 32 32 Cowboy: Craft of the American West https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/cowboy-craft-of-the-american-west/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/cowboy-craft-of-the-american-west/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:34 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/cowboy-craft-of-the-american-west/ Houston Center for Contemporary Craft brings the grit and glamour of the open range to the Museum District with COWBOY: Craft of the American West, an exhibition of artist-made cowboy gear and trappings. COWBOY features masterful works of art that are also useful tools for modern ranch life made by 60 artists from 14 states throughout the West. COWBOY was curated especially for HCCC by Linda Stedman, Director of the Dry Creek Arts Fellowship, in Flagstaff, Arizona.

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Of Time and Place: Contemporary Layered and Stitched Textiles https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/of-time-and-place-contemporary-layered-and-stitched-textiles/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/of-time-and-place-contemporary-layered-and-stitched-textiles/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:08:16 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/of-time-and-place-contemporary-layered-and-stitched-textiles/ This exhibition offers an in-depth look at the work and inspiration of eight internationally recognized textile artists: Ilze Aviks, Elizabeth Brimelow, Dorothy Caldwell, Nancy Crow, Patricia Mink, Emily Richardson, Joan Schulze and Fran Skiles.

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Soul of a Bowl https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/soul-of-a-bowl/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/soul-of-a-bowl/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:56 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/soul-of-a-bowl/ Traveling from China to Korea and Japan and eventually reaching Western countries, the tea bowl has influenced ceramists across continents and generations. This exhibition, organized by the Contemporary Craft Museum & Gallery in Portland, Oregon, considers the works of Frank Boyden, Elaine Coleman, Tom Coleman, Jenny Lind and Don Reitz and their interpretation of the tea bowl.

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Curv-iture https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/curv-iture/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/curv-iture/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:40 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/curv-iture/ Curv-iture is a juried exhibition of furniture sponsored by The Furniture Society. It opened on June 23rd, 2004, in the Red Gallery at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA, in conjunction with the 8th annual Furniture Society.

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Texas Masters Series: Harlan Butt https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/texas-masters-series-harlan-butt/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/texas-masters-series-harlan-butt/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:07:18 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/texas-masters-series-harlan-butt/ Texas Master and metalsmith Harlan Butt has exhibited his enamelwork both nationally and internationally for over 25 years. He is internationally known for his enameled vessels—writing boxes, vases, tea caddies, chalices—all of which reflect his awareness of the Zen Buddhist concept of emptiness.

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Mary Shaffer: Reflected Light https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/mary-shaffer-reflected-light/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/mary-shaffer-reflected-light/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:57 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/mary-shaffer-reflected-light/ Master glass artist Mary Shaffer combines two contrasting materials (metal and glass), resulting in a fluidity of the materials. Generously underwritten in part by a grant from The Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass. For more information, please visit www.maryshaffer.com

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Juncture: Jewelry Media Connections https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/juncture-jewelry-media-connections/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/juncture-jewelry-media-connections/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:38 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/juncture-jewelry-media-connections/ Juncture is a thought-provoking showcase of contemporary artist-made jewelry that explores the messages inherent in adornment and how those messages are conveyed by the union of metals and non-traditional materials. Curated by Houston metalsmith, Sandra Zilker. Exhibition coordination by Edward Lane McCartney.

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Metaphor & Magnitude: Kendall Buster & Donald Fortescue https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/metaphor-magnitude-kendall-buster-donald-fortescue/ https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/metaphor-magnitude-kendall-buster-donald-fortescue/#respond Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:06:16 +0000 https://crafthouston.org/exhibition/metaphor-magnitude-kendall-buster-donald-fortescue/ Kendall Buster creates monumental sculptures, whose sleek metal and fabric forms suggest natural things, such as enormous seeds or pods. Her precisely articulated forms also suggest probing and receiving, exterior parts and interior spaces.

Donald Fortescue’s current work focuses on both functional design and formal sculptures, which are executed mostly in wood. The most recent body of work is purely sculptural, but draws strongly from design and craft. He maintains the designer’s focus on the relationship of the finished object to the human user/observer. Most pieces are human or slightly larger than human scale, referencing the human form while setting up a visual and visceral dialogue with the audience.

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