American Craft – August 01, 2019

Shows to See

CO / Boulder

University of Colorado

Boulder Art Museum

Its Honor Is Hereby Pledged:

Gina Adams

to Nov. 2

colorado.edu/cuartmuseum

Drawing on her Lakota,

Ojibwe, and European heritage

and a wealth of research, Gina

Adams probes the US govern-

ment’s broken treaties and his-

torical efforts to move Native

Americans off their ancestral

lands and assimilate them into

the dominant culture. Four

installations in quilts, ceramics,

and other craft mediums call

out these actions and the resul-

tant trauma in the hope that

healing can follow.

ID / Boise

Boise Art Museum

Sarah Sense:

Cowgirls and Indians

to Oct. 26

boiseartmuseum.org

In Sarah Sense’s hands, Holly-

wood posters, Wild West show

images, landscape photographs,

and family memoirs find new

lives as interrogators of old

stereotypes. The artist uses the

basketry methods of her Choc-

taw and Chitimacha forebears

to explore intersections of pop

culture and American history.

KY / Bowling Green

Kentucky Museum at

Western Kentucky University

Basketry Now:

10th Anniversary Exhibition

to Dec. 1

nationalbasketry.org

The National Basketry Organi-

zation’s juried biennial is where

best-of-the-best, exquisitely

crafted, innovative contempo-

rary baskets go to be seen. This

year’s show brings together 84

pieces by 55 artists from the

US and beyond.

MA / Brockton

Fuller Craft Museum

Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty

Sep. 7 – Apr. 5, 2020

fullercraft.org

The Fuller celebrates its golden

anniversary with a glittering

invitational show of work made

from and about gold, gleaming

with all its cultural, political,

and historical weight.

MA / North Adams

MASS MoCA

Suffering From Realness

to Jan. 2020

massmoca.org

The title comes from a song

by Jay-Z and Kanye West:

“Doctors say I’m the illest /

’Cause I’m suffering from

realness.” Artists in this show

consider aspects of “realness”

today such as racism, violence,

and gender inequality, and

how people can navigate all

of that toward a better day.

ME / Portland

Portland Museum of Art

In the Vanguard:

Haystack Mountain School

of Crafts, 1950 – 1969

to Sep. 8

portlandmuseum.org

Haystack Mountain School

of Crafts got its start in 1950

as a small, rural experiment in

craft education. Ably assisted

by artists such as Anni Albers,

Jack Lenor Larsen, and Toshi-

ko Takaezu, the little school

went on to make a giant impact

on 20th-century art and design.

This is the first major museum

show dedicated to the school

and its groundbreaking history,

with more than 90 works in

ceramics, textiles, glass, and

other mediums by titans of

midcentury craft, along with

photos, letters, and ephemera

from the school’s archives.

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