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Online inspiration in the American Craft Council Library digital archives
I work as a librarian in two different jobs, one of which is for the American Craft Council Library. The ACC Library has many resources available to the public, if you are able to visit our location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There are books, periodicals, exhibition catalogs, and artists files (possibly including photographs, slides, resumes, exhibition…
North House Folk School and other schools
North House Folk School was a wonderful experience for me, as I wrote about when I described my recent sweetgrass basketry class. The school started with Mark Hansen teaching interested area residents a skin-on frame Inuit kayak, and with the enthusiasm of the community, progressed to the founding of the North House in 1997 to…
Sweet grass basketry at North House Folk School
The first weekend in February, I took a class at North House Folk School in Grand Marais, Minnesota. Textile arts in general are a draw for me, and I always appreciate a good basket – so I thought I’d take a class and make at least a mediocre basket. Sweet grass, a plant which grows…
Art Shanty Project 2014
The Art Shanty Project is “an artist driven temporary community exploring the ways in which relatively unregulated public spaces can be used as new and challenging artistic environments to expand notions of what art can be.” What are art shanties? On their surface, they are ice houses – something dedicated Northerners do to be able…
Foci Glass at the American Craft Council Library Salon
Yesterday evening, the American Craft Council Library hosted a salon with Fulton Brewery and Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts. The heart of the program was the history and intersection of beer brewing and glass blowing. It was a fascinating program, well-attended with an interested audience. Fulton brought growlers of three of their beers, and…