State of Craft Exhibits

State of Craft Exhibits   At the Bennington Museum through October 31, the anchor show for a year-long celebration of the studio-crafts movement in Vermont brings together work from outstanding artisans from throughout the state. The show’s goal is “To document, preserve and interpret” the last fifty years of craft in the state, a time when crafts went from industrial production or a leisure time activity, to intensive, creative...

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State of Craft Schedule

2010 State of Craft series events take place across the state. For more information, visit stateofcraft.org   Sept 1-30: Pioneers of the Studio Craft Movement, showcase of crafts by earlyexhibitors—pottery, weaving and glass art, Vermont Artisan Designs & Gallery 2, Brattleboro, 802 257-2044, buyvermontart.com. Sept 1-Oct 30: The Land, The Art, The Artist, exhibit exploring the inspiration of the area’s...

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State of Craft

State of Craft The Artisans Speak by Arlene Distler Intrigued by the beautiful objects on display at the Bennington  Museum’s State of Craft show, I set out to visit the makers of those objects on their home turf—their studios. State of Craft The Artisans Speak by Arlene Distler Intrigued by the beautiful objects on display at the Bennington  Museum’s State of Craft show, I set out to visit the makers of those objects on...

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