The Quiet Backbone of American Craft
I feel like I have been consistently surrounded (luckily) in my career, meeting folks who reference places like Haystack Mountain School of Crafts...
I feel like I have been consistently surrounded (luckily) in my career, meeting folks who reference places like Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and the North Bennet Street School or Peters Valley (https://lnkd.in/e_B2Gw66)
But I never knew the full scope of our country's incredible craft education landscape until later in life. This piece from Untapped Magazine connects all the dots, showing the institutions training the makers I admire. It's the comprehensive look at craft schools I wish I'd had years ago. Hope you enjoy and support our great makers.
Why Craft Schools Matter - Untapped Magazine - What is a craft school? And who is a craft school for? The answers to these questions are as myriad and dynamic as definitions of craft itself. Link: https://untappedjournal.com/stories/why-craft-schools-matter
American Craft & Folk Schools - this is the top 20 I compiled for your viewing pleasure.
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts – https://www.haystack-mtn.org
North Bennet Street School – https://www.nbss.edu
Peters Valley School of Craft – https://www.petersvalley.org
Penland School of Craft – https://www.penland.org
John C. Campbell Folk School – https://www.folkschool.org
Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program – https://www.snowfarm.org
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts – https://www.arrowmont.org
Adirondack Folk School – https://www.adirondackfolkschool.org
Baltimore Clayworks – https://www.baltimoreclayworks.org
Northern Clay Center – https://www.northernclaycenter.org
Odyssey Center for Ceramic Arts - https://www.odysseyceramicarts.com
Pilchuck Glass School – https://www.pilchuck.com
Pittsburgh Glass Center – https://www.pittsburghglasscenter.org
Pottery Northwest – https://www.potterynorthwest.org
UrbanGlass – https://www.urbanglass.org
Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts –https://www.watershedceramics.org
Women’s Studio Workshop – https://www.wsworkshop.org
Worcester Center for Crafts – https://www.worcestercraftcenter.org
Newbury School of Weaving – https://www.newburyschoolofweaving.org
American College of the Building Arts –
Other things I like this week online:
Woodard Weave - historic rug designs originated with 19th-Century Shaker, Amish, and Pennsylvania weavers. Working on hand looms, they created a splendid variety of soundly constructed flat woven carpets. Link: https://www.woodardweave.com/
If it says SEA, sign me up! I’m still obsessed with seaweed, seamoss and sea clay.
Link: https://maineislandsoap.com/collections/retail/products/clam-flat-clay
Ingredients: Saponified Coconut, Olive & Soy Vegetable Oils, Soy Shortening, Essential Oils (Cedarwood, Balsam, Lavender), Natural Sea Clay.
Here’s hoping for world peace.
Katherine