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Reviving Tsimshian Weaving With Threads of Community
Colonial law forced many of our art practices into a deep slumber. Now, I am the first person in the US from my community to hold the skills to craft Chilkat dancing blankets.
Craft Archive Fellowship
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Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
The 2024 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin.
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The Story of Enslaved and Free Texas Potters, Told Sherd-by-Sherd
There is more to the history of H. Wilson and Co. Pottery and related sites than folklore holds.
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The Women Weavers of the Little Loomhouse
How did three humble cabins in an old oak forest in Kentucky in 1898 evolve into a thriving textile arts community today?
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Crafting Resistance Through Masquerade
Jonkonnu is not just a festival, but a living archive of intersectional Black life that can only be brought to life through those willing to preserve it.
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Announcing the 2024 Center for Craft Archive Fellows
alejandro t. acierto, Shilpi Chandra, Earline Green, Ruth Hallows, Denali Jöel, and Michelle Amos and Jenna Richards will publish their scholarship in special edition articles on Hyperallergic in 2025.
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Call for Applications: 2024 Craft Archive Fellowship
The Center for Craft will award up to six $5,000 fellowships to support research on underrepresented craft histories, culminating in a special edition article on Hyperallergic.
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Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
The 2023 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian.
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Constructing Puerto Rican Identity in the 1950s Through Craft, Lists, and Fairs
What untold stories do these crafts hold that can expand and question narratives regarding knowledge, identity, and aesthetics?
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Kentucky’s Black Craft Trail and the Unequal Path from Berea College to Lincoln Institute
The relationship between Berea College and Lincoln Institute is marked by racism, “benevolent” White donors, and Black educators who equipped Black youth with skills in industrial trades.
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The Miraculous Life of an Early Black American Abolitionist and Craftsman
James Forten was a decolonizer, feminist, father, husband, and craftsman extraordinaire, an organizer, a leader of the elite free community of African Americans.
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Indo California’s Largely Overlooked Craft History
In backyards, buffets, and barbecues across California, Indo artists and organizers are attempting to record, preserve, and further California Indo culture.