Critical Craft forum session at caa, 2019

Chicago

2019 10th Critical Craft Forum: Craft Scholarship in the Next Ten Years

Co-chairs: Jenni Sorkin and Namita Wiggers

 Expanded Crafts: Text and Textile-Based Practices in South American Conceptualism

Jackie Witkowski, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Women’s Work: Transforming Contemporary Woodworking

Phoebe Kuo, Franklin, MI

Late 20th-Century Jewelry Rags: Design/Content/Meaning

Renee Roll

 Where Did the “Users” Go? Understanding the Israeli “Craft as Design” Discourse in the Field of Israeli Ceramics

Orly Nezer, Hof Ashkelon, Israel

Information Technology and Craft in Rural America: How Information Technology Infrastructure, Innovation, and Behavior Influence the Aesthetic Progress of Contemporary American Quilting

Renée Lynn Reizman

 Shared Memory: Cloth, Coping, and Art in the Armenian Diaspora

Emma Welty, Purchase College, State University of New York

Session Abstract

This session is a call for papers on craft from currently enrolled graduate students and recent graduates (2 years sine degree completion). Presentation will be 8 minutes in length, with a discussion led by the co-chairs to follow. Papers should present original research, and may address, for example, craft history, theory, exhibitions, indigeneity, diaspora, colonialism. gender, economics, film, or pedagogy. In 2018, the CAA Conference daily schedule included an unprecedented number of papers and sessions connected to craft. In recognition of the 10th Critical Craft Forum session at CAA, this panel showcases the next generation of craft scholarship. Discussion will focus on what questions and topics students are considering, how to support ongoing scholarship on craft, and how to mentor into the future.