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ACC ConferenceOctober 13 – 15, 2016KanekoOmaha, Nebraska

American Craft Council presents

#accpt16

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ACC Conference & 2016 ACC Awards

PRESENTTENSE

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Welcome to “Present Tense,” the 12th national conference of the American Craft Council for the fields of contemporary craft, design, and the applied arts. We are pleased and honored to have the opportunity to gather at Kaneko, an organization that shares our mission to explore and encourage creativity and the process of making. Kaneko’s space is an interdisciplinary center for creativity located in the heart of downtown Omaha, Nebraska, and its current exhibition, “Passion & Obsession: From the Collection,” creates an inspiring environment as we consider topics that impact our collective future.

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Every day at the American Craft Council, we see how craft – the simple act of making – adds meaning to the world. Making matters. It is as simple as that. And as champions of craft, we feel a responsibility to preserve the nearly 75-year legacy of the ACC in serving the community of contemporary craft. By bringing together the many voices of makers and craft enthusiasts in this vibrant community at “Present Tense,” we are collectively challenging, preparing, and inspiring continued dialogue and collaboration for the future.

“Present Tense” will explore the tensions between old and new, traditional and contemporary, and past and future as it affects our field today. You will have the opportunity to meet, communicate, and cooperate on issues and critical themes affecting our field, including: apprenticeship, education, institutional leadership, process, community, interpretation, and criticism. Shaped around a unique cross-disciplinary perspective on the here and now of craft, “Present Tense” will offer attendees a critical exchange of ideas and an opportunity to share their expertise and perspective. I am thrilled to explore the inter-generational exchange of ideas,

priorities, and prerogatives with you and invite you to also join us in recognizing ACC’s national award winners at the American Craft Council Awards ceremony and reception on October 14 from 7 - 10 p.m.

We could not have brought this event to life without our members, donors, volunteers, staff, trustees, and community partners. A special thank you to our conference speakers and moderators, our generous sponsors, Kathryn LeBaron, Robert Duncan, Jun and Ree Kaneko, and the entire Kaneko team. As we begin the conference, we want to thank you for joining us and sharing in our vision: a world where everyone is inspired to live a creative life.

Chris AmundsenExecutive Director American Craft Council

Chris Amundsen

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OVERALL SPONSOR

Windgate Charitable Foundation

VISIONARY ($10,000 – $15,000)

Anonymous

Karen and Robert Duncan

Dr. Amy Haddad & Steve Martin, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska

Hamann Charitable Fund

Kathryn and Marc LeBaron

Mammel Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Omaha Steaks

Richard Brooke Foundation

Martha and David Slosburg

Annette and Paul Smith

Katie Weitz, PhD

LEADER ($5,000 – $9,999)

The Balvenie Single Malt Scotch Whisky

Carol Gendler

Holland Foundation

Rotasa Foundation

Schiffer Publishing

Polina and Bob Schlott

U.S. Bank

Stephen Wake

Barbara Waldman and Dennis Winger

SUPPORTER ($2,500 – $4,999)

Henry Davis

Chuck and Andrea Duddingston

Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro

Lois Russell

Shepard Exposition Services

Patricia A. Young

IN-KIND

Molly Hatch

Todd Merrill Studio

Whole Foods Market, Nebraska

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ACC extends its sincere gratitude to artist Molly Hatch for creating a commemorative installation of her work specifically for our conference. ACC would also like to thank Todd Merrill Studio for sponsoring this work of art.

“For my wall piece titled SCOPE, I worked with the ACC to research its library archives to find source imagery. In my research, I responded to the consistent graphic nature of the past covers of Craft Horizons. To create a cohesive work with a clear overall design, I chose to remove the color from the original cover designs, creating a monochromatic installation. This way, each plate within the work stands on its own and as a part of the larger image when installed.”– Molly Hatch

About Molly Hatch: Since 2008, Hatch’s designs have expanded beyond tableware and her one-of-a-kind artwork to a range of lifestyle products. With three forthcoming books and collaborations with more than 15 brand partners, she is building her collections of home goods to bring her modern designs to the contemporary home.

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Opposite: inspiration for Molly Hatch

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LEAll events take place at Kaneko unless otherwise noted.

Check the Engage & Explore! handout for specific times and additional programs happening throughout the conference.

** Indicates two activities and choices to be made.

Thursday, October 13

** 12 – 4 p.m. Registration - Main Hall

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Icebreaker - 2nd Floor, Conversation Cafe

6 – 7 p.m. Opening Reception - Main Hall/Library Lab

7 – 8 p.m. Featured Speaker: Otto von Busch - Main Stage

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Opposite: Jun Kaneko

Wave Wall (detail), 2001fused glass, 78 x 101 x 150 in.

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Friday, October 14

** 8 – 9 a.m. Coffee and registration - Main Hall

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

9 – 9:30 a.m. Welcome - Main Stage

9:30 – 10:30 a.m. Moderated Session: Apprenticeship and Education - Main Stage

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Brain Teaser - Main Stage

** 10:45 – 11:10 a.m. Break

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

11:10 – 11:50 a.m. Featured Speaker: Tino Chow - Main Stage

** 12 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

Common-Interest Conversation - 2nd Floor, Conversation Cafe

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

1:30 – 2:15 p.m. Moderated Session: Museum and Interpretation - Main Stage

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. Brain Teaser - Main Stage

2:30 – 3:15 p.m. Moderated Session: Institutional Leadership - Main Stage

** 3:15 – 5 p.m. Common-Interest Conversation - 2nd Floor, Conversation Cafe

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

6:30 p.m. Doors open for Awards Ceremony

7 – 10 p.m. ACC Awards Ceremony and Reception - Main Hall/Main Stage

Saturday, October 15

** 8 – 9 a.m. Coffee and registration - Main Hall

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

9 – 9:15 a.m. Welcome - Main Stage

9:15 – 10 a.m. Moderated Session: Criticism and Writing - Main Stage

10 – 10:15 a.m. Brain Teaser - Main Stage

** 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. Break

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

10:30 – 11:15 a.m. Featured Speaker: Sonya Clark - Main Stage

** 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Lunch

Common-Interest Conversation - 2nd Floor, Conversation Cafe

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

12:45 – 1:30 p.m. Moderated Session: Process - Main Stage

1:30 – 1:45 p.m. Brain Teaser - Main Stage

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. Moderated Session: Community - Main Stage

** 2:30 – 4 p.m. Common-Interest Conversation - A Place at the Table - 2nd Floor, Conversation Cafe

Engage & Explore! - Main Hall/Library Lab

4 – 4:30 p.m. Closing Featured Speaker: Jessica Hische - Main Stage

4:30 – 5 p.m. Sense of the Meeting: Stuart Kestenbaum - Main Stage

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Craft: Capabilities, Controversies, and CritiqueMuch time and effort have been spent over the years to define what craft really is, but not to much avail. Perhaps it is better to discuss what craft can do. Von Busch will share some of his work and thoughts on the topic and raise some concerns. Can craft challenge, critique, manipulate? And can it also inquire, empower, liberate?

Otto von Busch is an associate professor of integrated design at Parsons School of Design. He explores how design and craft can be reverse-engineered, hacked, and shared among many people as a form of civic engagement. Many of his projects show how design can mobilize communities through collaborative craft and social activism in the support of social sustainability, peace, and ultimately justice.

Apprenticeship and Education

Topics include: How has craft education evolved? What resonates from our past – and what is on the horizon? By what standards do we determine success in craft education? How do we use craft as a practice to become global thinkers? What role does the emergence of de-skilling and material de-specialization have on the training of future educators?

Moderators: Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez is the president of North Bennet Street School. Gómez-Ibáñez is a nationally recognized designer and studio furniture maker whose work has been featured in numerous journals, and he has exhibited in galleries and museums across the country. He is a past president of the Furniture Society and now serves on the boards of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and ACC.

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Featured Speaker: Otto von BuschThursday7 – 8 p.m.

Moderated Session Friday9:30 – 10:30 a.m.

Sponsored by Karen and Robert Duncan

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Photo: Aaron Zavitz

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Sonya Clark is chair of the Craft and Material Studies Department at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and was awarded their first Mid-career Distinguished Alumni Award. She is the recipient of numerous awards including a United States Artists fellowship. Her work is exhibited in more than 300 museums and galleries worldwide. Don’t miss Sonya Clark’s featured speaker talk on Saturday from 10:30 – 11:15 a.m. on the Main Stage.

Speakers:Nancy Callan is a glassblower in Seattle. She holds a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and has participated in residencies at the Museum of Glass, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Pittsburgh Glass Center, and the Chrysler Museum. She’s represented by Traver Gallery, Schantz Galleries, and Blue Rain Gallery. Her work is in the Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, and Shanghai Museum of Glass, among others, and in private collections.

Paul Sacaridiz is the executive director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and a member of the International Academy of Ceramics. He served on the NCECA board, and was professor and chair in the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His work has been included in exhibitions at the Charles Allis Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, and the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, among others.

Mark Shapiro is a potter and a frequent workshop leader, lecturer, curator, and writer. His work was featured in the 4th World Ceramics Biennial in Icheon, Korea, and is held in many public collections. His artist interviews are in the Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Shapiro is a founding member of POW! (Pots on Wheels!) and is director of the Apprenticelines Project.

Rosanne Somerson is a furniture designer-maker, educator, and Rhode Island School of Design’s president. She consults and maintains a creative practice, designing and creating furniture for exhibitions and commissions. She has received numerous awards for her work as a designer, artist, and teacher, most recently the Award of Distinction for lifetime achievement in the field of studio furniture by the Furniture Society. She is an ACC Fellow and the subject of an interview that is part of the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.

ACC Archives: Inside the Film and Video Vault of the ACC LibraryView a montage of our favorite clips, discovered while digitizing the American Craft Council Library and Archives.

The American Craft Council Library and Archives maintains the most comprehensive collection of print and visual material on American studio craft in the country and includes books, catalogues, periodicals, and files on individual artists. In addition to the Council archives (1941–present), the ACC Library houses the archives for the Museum of Contemporary Crafts/American Craft Museum (now the Museum of Arts and Design) from 1956–1990, the World Crafts Council (1964–present), and the Craft Students League of New York (1932–2005).

Brain TeaserFriday10:30 – 10:45 a.m.

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The Future is Built on Creativity and CollaborationThe internet has made it easy to share ideas and collect individual accolades, furthering the age of individualism. However, as the African proverb goes: “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” As we recognize the limits of our individual craft and creativity, we must shift our mindset towards collaborative individualism.

Tino Chow is a designer, entrepreneur, and team builder who served in the Singaporean military as an officer before attending Rhode Island School of Design. He is the co-founder of the “Better World by Design” conference. Chow was a TED Fellow in 2009. After working in branding and marketing agencies in New York and start-ups in Silicon Valley, he relocated back to the east coast to build Giant Shoulders, a collaborative agency.

Museum and Interpretation

Topics include: The impact of curators focused on craft in museums, perspectives on museums from small to large, how craft shifts and impacts exhibition and museum practices, curatorial authorship (institutional and individual), and shifts in craft and museums.

Moderator: Namita Gupta Wiggers is a curator, writer, and educator based in Portland, Oregon. She is the director and co-founder of Critical Craft Forum. From 2004-2014, Wiggers was curator and later chief curator and director of the Museum of Contemporary Craft. She is an adjunct instructor for the MFA Applied Craft + Design program, jointly run by Oregon College of Art and Craft, Pacific Northwest College of Art, and

Portland State University. She is the reviews editor for the Journal of Modern Craft, on the editorial board of Garland, and on the boards of ACC and the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. Namita is the editor of the forthcoming Companion on Contemporary Craft.

Speakers:Tina Oldknow is an independent curator and art historian specializing in contemporary art, craft, and design in glass. Oldknow retired in 2015 after 15 years as the senior curator of modern and contemporary glass at the Corning Museum of Glass. She has curated more than 30 exhibitions, written extensively about glass, served as editor of the Glass Art Society Journal, and edited the Corning Museum’s annual New Glass Review with Richard Price. She holds an MA in art history from the University of Pennsylvania and was inducted into ACC’s College of Fellows as an Honorary Fellow in 2014.

Anna Walker is the Windgate Foundation curatorial Fellow for contemporary craft at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where she is responsible for the exhibition, research, and publication of the craft collection, the proposal of acquisitions, and the development of a long-term collections strategy. Her most recent curatorial projects include “#F*nked!” at the Kansas City Art Institute in conjunction with NCECA 2016, “Urban Ecologies” at the Galveston Arts Center, and “Home: The 2015 Furniture Society Members Exhibition” in North Carolina.

Featured Speaker: Tino ChowFriday11:10 – 11:50 a.m.

Moderated SessionFriday1:30 – 2:15 p.m.

Sponsored by Kathryn and Marc LeBaron

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Craft in America: “Teachers” (featuring Therman Statom) Film segment featuring Therman Statom, glass artist and ACC Fellow, in the Craft in America “Teachers” episode exploring artists committed to sharing skills and passion for craft with a new generation.

Craft in America is a Los Angeles-based nonprofit with a mission to promote and advance original handcrafted work in all mediums.

Therman Statom is a glass artist in Omaha. Statom is best known for his painted ladders, houses, and chairs constructed out of plate glass, blown-glass objects, plywood, and found objects. Much of the latter half of Statom’s career has been focused on the importance of educational programming within the arts. He has a deep interest in workshops as catalysts for social change. Working directly with Statom, adults and children alike share an experience of artmaking.

Institutional Leadership

Topics include: The changing responsibilities for leadership in craft institutions, generational shifts among leaders, and challenges and opportunities facing current leadership. Take the pulse of some of those in the trenches, and peek behind the curtain of these challenging jobs and their effects on the craft field and its future.

Moderator: Bruce W. Pepich is the executive director and curator of collections at the Racine Art Museum and Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts. In 2003, he opened RAM in downtown Racine as a second campus to house the collections. Pepich regularly lectures on contemporary

crafts. He is a published writer and has served as a juror for more than 125 national and international art competitions and fellowship awards. In 2012, he was inducted as an Honorary Fellow into ACC’s College of Fellows and now serves on ACC’s board.

Speakers:Fabio Fernández is the executive director of the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston. Prior to that, he was an associate curator at Cranbrook Art Museum and received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Fernández has shaped national exhibitions including “The Theater of Repetition: Slipcast Ceramics,” “POP Craft,” and “Wendy Maruyama: Executive Order 9066.” He is a Haystack Mountain School of Crafts trustee.

Jean McLaughlin has served as the executive director of Penland School of Crafts for 18 years. She has created new and improved studio facilities for numerous disciplines and established the school on the National Register of Historic Places. She has served on the boards of CERF+ and the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, and she is currently on the boards of the North Carolina Arts Council and ACC.

Criticism and Writing

Topics include: What compels someone to write critically about craft today? How has the rise of global social media impacted our understanding of the craftperson’s role in today’s society? Do critics write differently now because of the fast pace and distribution footprint of the virtual arena? What has been lost and gained by focusing on craft as the “material culture of daily life;” rather than addressing it as a set of specialized, skilled activities within a specific medium? What strategies have artists developed that

Brain TeaserFriday2:15 – 2:30 p.m.

Moderated SessionFriday2:30 – 3:15 p.m.

Moderated SessionSaturday9:15 – 10 a.m.

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allow them to critique craft’s role in relation to global labor practices, wealth inequality, historical social struggles, and the rarefied sphere of luxury goods? Do socially engaged projects – which often downplay skill levels in exchange for sociability and dialogue – upend our critical assumptions about what is most valuable about craft?

Moderator:Lydia Matthews is a curator, writer, educator, and founding director of the Curatorial Design Research Lab at Parsons. Her work explores how contemporary artists and designers foster critical democratic debates and intimate community interactions in the public sphere. She has been commissioned by Open Society Foundation, Trust for Mutual Understanding, CEC Artslink, Fulbright Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Emre Senan Foundation, and the US Embassy. She has curated numerous exhibitions, community-based urban festivals, and multidisciplinary pedagogical exchanges in the post-Soviet region, Turkey, Southern Europe, and New York.

Speakers:Sarah Archer is a writer and independent curator based in Philadelphia. Prior to serving as the senior curator at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, she was the director of Greenwich House Pottery. She has curated exhibitions for Urban Glass and Pratt Manhattan Gallery and has taught at the Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University, and the Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She holds an MA from the Bard Graduate Center. Her book Midcentury Mistletoe is due to be published in October.

William Warmus is a Fellow and former curator at the Corning Museum of Glass, where he was the founding editor of the New Glass Review. The son of a Corning Inc. glassblower, he studied with art critic Harold Rosenberg and philosopher Paul Ricoeur while at the University of Chicago. As advisor to the estate of the art critic Clement Greenberg, Warmus engineered the Portland Art Museum’s acquisition of Greenberg’s collection of abstract expressionism. Warmus is the author of more than a dozen books and an Urban Glass board member.

Dsgnfix with Dorothy Dunn Co-founder Dorothy Dunn introduces Dsgnfix, a new sharing and navigation app for artists, architects, designers, and friends. This free app invites you to discover and share inspirational destinations where you live and wherever you travel – including here in Omaha.

Dorothy Dunn is a creative leader, catalyst, cultural producer, and educator.

A Thread, a Hair, a Lineage Tracing connections between hair and textiles, communities and commodities, and racialized identities, Sonya Clark will present a series of artworks and projects that invoke ancestral ties, evoke historical legacies, and address contemporary relationships through crafted materials and collaborative actions.

Sonya Clark is an ACC trustee and chair of the Department of Craft and Materials Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Brain TeaserSaturday10 – 10:15 a.m.

Featured Speaker: Sonya ClarkSaturday10:30 – 11:15 a.m.

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Process

Topics include: The role of process in craft, the impact of process on meaning in personal work, the impact of collaboration and mentoring on work, the importance of process to the conceptual underpinnings of craft, the emergence of de-skilling and alternative production techniques, perspectives on low-tech and high-tech tools, and how process defines craft among other forms of contemporary art.

Moderator: Ayumi Horie is a full-time studio potter in Portland, Maine. Recently awarded a Distinguished Fellow grant from United States Artists, Horie runs Pots in Action, a curatorial project on Instagram, and works on Portland Brick, a public art project that repairs city sidewalks with bricks made from local clay. She was the first recipient of Ceramics Monthly’s Ceramic Artist of the Year award. She has organized multiple online fundraisers, including Obamaware in 2008, and Handmade for Japan in 2011, which raised more than $100,000 in disaster relief.

Speakers:Susie Ganch is an artist, associate professor, and head of the metal program for the Department of Craft and Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. She is also the director of Radical Jewelry Makeover, an international jewelry mining and recycling project. Her most recent solo exhibitions include “Tied,” an ArtForum critics’ pick at Richmond Visual Arts Center, and “Land and Sea” at Sienna Patti Contemporary. Recent exhibition sites include the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Kohler Art Center, and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Amos Paul Kennedy I was born. I am animal. I am human. I live. I live negro. I tell you this because you will mistake me for an African American, but I am negro, a descendant of the enslaved peoples of these United States of America. I live southern. I was born colored in Louisiana. I was raised negro. I was educated Black at Grambling College, a historically integrated college. Creation is within every human. We must celebrate our creativity. The moment fuels our creativity. I live to put ink on paper. This is the major outlet for my creativity. The words of my peoples have largely been excluded from “fine print.” I defy this condition and force my peoples’ presence into this part of this civilization’s culture.

Molly Hatch: Connecting Craft and Design Ceramist, designer, and installation artist Molly Hatch provides insight into her work and process – specifically SCOPE, her piece designed for this conference. Working with the American Craft Council Archives, Hatch sourced the imagery, altered it, and created a one-of-a-kind installation to honor the ACC conference and sponsors.

Moderated SessionSaturday12:45 – 1:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Martha and David Slosburg

Brain TeaserSaturday1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

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Community

Topics include: The role of community in craft education and production, the dissemination of craft processes and understanding, and the influence of community practice on production.

Moderator: Michael J. Strand is a professor and head of visual arts at North Dakota State University. With a background as a functional potter, Strand has moved into social and community engagement and investigates the potential of craft as a catalyst for social change. Ceramics Monthly named him 2015 Ceramic Artist of the Year. He is a 2014– 16 Bush Foundation Fellow focused on the potential of functional design to facilitate cross-cultural communication. Strand lectures and leads workshops, and his work is included in 40 Under 40: Craft Futures and Nation Building: Craft and Contemporary Culture.

Speakers: Tanya Aguiñiga is a Los Angeles-based designer and artist who was raised in Tijuana, Mexico. She has an MFA in furniture design from Rhode Island School of Design and has created collaborative installations with the Border Arts Workshop. She founded the group Artists Helping Artisans and spread knowledge of craft by collaborating with traditional artisans. She is a United States Artists Target Fellow in the field of Crafts and Traditional Arts, a GOOD 100 recipient, and has been featured in American Craft and on Craft in America. Nicholas Galanin was born in Sitka, Alaska, and has struck an intriguing balance between his origins and the course of his practice. His work simultaneously helps to preserve his culture and explores new perceptual territory. Galanin holds a BFA in jewelry

design and silversmithing from the London Guildhall University and an MA in indigenous visual arts from Massey University in New Zealand. Valuing his culture as highly as his individuality, Galanin has created an unusual path for himself. He deftly navigates the politics of cultural representation as he balances both ends of the aesthetic spectrum.

Closing Featured PresentationLettering and type design are artistic disciplines that require an eye for detail, a love of tedium, and generally a lot of time alone in the studio. There has been an explosion of interest in recent years among young creatives seeking to pursue their passions for making. Now that there is a sea of enthusiastic talent, how do you stand out? How do you form relationships with the very people you’ll likely compete against? How do you help others when you’re having impostor syndrome or just feel like you have a lot of growing to do professionally? Jessica will discuss this and more, including building an online community through trust, over-sharing, and swearing a little too much.

Jessica Hische is a lettering artist and author working in San Francisco and Brooklyn. Her clients include Wes Anderson, the United States Postal Service, the New York Times, and Penguin Books. She was named a Print magazine New Visual Artist (20 under 30), one of Forbes’ 30 under 30 in Art and Design two years in a row, an ADC Young Gun, and a Person to Watch by Graphic Design USA. Her side projects include Daily Drop Cap, Should I Work for Free?, Mom This is How Twitter Works, and Don’t Fear the Internet. Her first book, In Progress, is available through Chronicle Books.

Moderated SessionSaturday1:45 – 2:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Hamann Charitable Fund

Featured Speaker:Jessica HischeSaturday4 – 4:30 p.m.

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Sense of the MeetingIn the Quaker tradition, a sense of the meeting is “a general agreement reached by the assembled group.” In a very loose interpretation, or perhaps inspired by this idea of summing up, this will be a take on the conversations, presentations, and general mood and feeling of the gathering – where there is consensus, disagreement, celebration, or confusion. Kestenbaum is indebted to Ralph Caplan, who used this idea at a conference he once organized.

Stuart Kestenbaum is the author of four collections of poems, Pilgrimage, House of Thanksgiving, Prayers and Run-on Sentences, and Only Now, and a collection of essays called The View From Here. He was director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts from 1988–2015, and he has written and spoken widely on craft and creativity. His poems and writing have appeared in numerous small press publications and magazines including Tikkun, the Sun, Beloit Poetry Journal, and on Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac. He was named an ACC Honorary Fellow in 2006. He was appointed as Maine’s poet laureate in 2016, and serves as president of the ACC’s board of trustees.

Speaker:Stuart KestenbaumSaturday4:30 – 5 p.m.

Sponsored by Annette and Paul Smith

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Grab a copy of the Engage & Explore! handout for a full schedule of all non-main-stage happenings.

You’ll find all of the details on everything ACC and Omaha have to offer, including:

• ACC Library Lab, featuring author talks organized by sponsor Schiffer Publishing

• Thursday Icebreaker

• Common-Interest Conversations

• Tours of Kaneko, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, and historic, downtown Omaha with Dsgnfix!

Explore your Kaneko surroundings, engage with our Library Lab, and add to the dialogue by participating in our Common-Interest Conversations.

Friday: 12 – 1:30 p.m.3:15 – 5 p.m.

Saturday: 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m2:30 – 4 p.m.**Location: 2nd floor/ Conversation Cafe

Common-Interest ConversationsRound-table breakout conversations on both Friday and Saturday at lunch and at the end of each conference day. Designed to offer a forum for dialogue and exchange of ideas across disciplines and generations.

A Place at the Table **Don’t miss this final Common-Interest Conversation. Bring your favorite coffee mug from home and swap with others – join us as we celebrate community over coffee and conversation.Sponsored by Whole Foods Market, Nebraska

Brett Freundceramic mug

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ThursdayNoon – 4 p.m.

Friday8 – 9 a.m. 10:45 – 11:10 a.m. Noon – 1:30 p.m. 3:15 – 5 p.m.

Saturday8 – 9 a.m. 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. 11:15 am – 12:45 p.m.2:30 – 4 p.m. 5 – 6 p.m.

ACC Library LabBe sure to check your Engage & Explore! handout for the schedule of additional programming happening throughout the conference.

The Library Lab, sponsored by Schiffer Publishing, offers a comfortable, engaging space for you to learn more about the collections at the ACC Library and Archives in between sessions.

• Browse more than 100 new and notable books and catalogues by conference presenters, ACC artists and award recipients, and curators and scholars in the field.

• Explore ACC’s digital resources, including images and videos documenting ACC history.

• Learn about the extraordinary history of ACC’s conferences, exhibitions, and awards, as well as the pioneering artists who were involved.

• Sit down, relax, and try your hand at embroidery inspired by vintage designs from the Archives.

Schiffer Publishing will be onsite to offer the latest craft books and catalogues from their collection for purchase. Book talks with Schiffer authors will also be scheduled throughout the conference.

About Schiffer Publishing: Since 1974, Schiffer Publishing has worked with passionate authors to create books that educate, entertain, instruct, and inspire. Schiffer’s 5,800-plus diverse titles include a focus on art, craft, and design.

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Craft Council Awards are a celebration of our nation’s top artists, scholars, curators, and influential arts advocates. This year, along with our Gold Medalist, Award of Distinction, and Award for Philanthropy honorees, we welcome seven new individuals into our College of Fellows, established in 1975 to honor outstanding achievement and contributions to the field.

Join us Friday night at the Kaneko as we celebrate these creative heavyweights with a dynamic program and reception. Mingle, make connections, and congratulate the honorees! Tickets to this event are included in conference registration.

Kaneko, Main Hall/Main StageDoors: 6:30 p.m.Program: 7 – 8 p.m.Reception: 8 – 10 p.m.

GOLD MEDAL FOR CONSUMMATE CRAFTSMANSHIPGerhardt Knodel (Bloomfield Hills, MI)

FELLOWSHank Murta Adams (Millville, NJ)Nick Cave (Chicago, IL)Edward S. Cooke, Jr. (New Haven, CT), Honorary FellowMichael Cooper (Sebastopol, CA)Françoise Grossen (New York, NY)Chris Gustin (South Dartmouth, MA)Myra Mimlitsch-Gray (Stone Ridge, NY)

AILEEN OSBORN WEBB AWARD FOR PHILANTHROPYSara S. Morgan (Houston, TX)

AWARD OF DISTINCTIONCraft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+) (Montpelier, VT)

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Gerhardt KnodelIt Had To Be You: Legacia, 2015,

cotton, polyester, fiberglass, photography, 72 x 54 in.

Photo: Courtesy of the artist

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Robert Duncan and Kathryn LeBaron, for their tireless efforts in connecting us to their community of Omaha.

Additional thanks to the people in the Omaha community who helped make this conference possible:Kaneko Chris Hochstetler Andrew Bauer Michael HollisBemis Center for Contemporary Arts

Dsgnfix Contributors:Bemis Center for Contemporary ArtsKanekoAmy MatherLiz MoldenhauerWatie White

Thank you to ACC’s 2016 education committee members for their input and support:Namita Gupta Wiggers, chairSonya ClarkMiguel Gómez IbáñezStoney LamarWendy MaruyamaLydia MatthewsAlexandra MosesBruce W. PepichKay SavikJosh SimpsonStuart Kestenbaum (ex officio)Gabriel Ofiesh (ex officio)

Thank you to the ACC Awards chair:Bruce W. Pepich

Thank you to the following individuals for their creative and inspired work:Graphic DesignerJoseph D.R. OLeary

Event Operations and Logistics Ashley Morgan,

AM Productions LLC

Conference ProductionMonica C. Hampton

Conference Outreach and Promotions

Brigitte Martin

American Craft Council Staff:Executive OfficeChris Amundsen,

Executive DirectorEric Gjerde,

IT Operations ManagerLindsay Noble,

Office Coordinator

DevelopmentElissa Chaffee,

Director of DevelopmentChristian Novak,

Membership ManagerLauren Kebschull,

Strategic Partnership Coordinator

Rebecca Merrill, Development Associate

FinanceGreg Allen,

Director of Finance and Administration

Nsay Yang, Bookkeeper/Accountant

EducationMichael Radyk,

Director of EducationJessica Shaykett,

Librarian/ArchivistRachel Kirchgasler,

Education CoordinatorDulcey Heller,

Library Assistant

MagazineMonica Moses,

Editor in Chief, American CraftJulie Hanus,

Senior EditorMegan Guerber,

Assistant EditorAndrew Ranallo,

Digital ProducerJoanne Smith,

Advertising Sales ManagerKathy Pierce,

Advertising Sales Coordinator

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Director of Marketing and Communications

Elizabeth Ryan, Interactive Editor and Media Specialist

Kristen Powell, Marketing Associate

ShowsMelanie Little,

Show DirectorKristine Goldy,

Show Operations ManagerOliver Chapoy,

Show Operations CoordinatorAlanna Nissen,

Show Operations AssistantJessie Stepanek,

Show Operations Assistant

American Craft Council Board of TrusteesStuart Kestenbaum, Board ChairGabriel Ofiesh, Board Vice ChairKevin Buchi, Board TreasurerLisbeth Evans, Board SecretaryBarbara BerlinSonya ClarkCharles E. DuddingstonRobert DuncanKelly GageMiguel Gómez-IbáñezJames R. Hackney Jr.Charlotte HerreraAyumi HorieGiselle HubermanMichael LamarStoney LamarLorne LassiterKathryn LeBaronWendy MaruyamaLydia MatthewsAlexandra MosesBruce W. PepichJudy PoteKay SavikJosh SimpsonThomas TurnerDamian VelasquezNamita Gupta WiggersPatricia A. YoungSidney D. Rosoff, Counsel and

Honorary Trustee

Exhibition at Kaneko: “Passion & Obsession: From the Collection”

Curated by Ree Kaneko, this exhibition of regional, national, and international collectors’ work will be on view at Kaneko throughout the ACC conference.

It is difficult to convey, in an exhibition, the profoundness of change and the cycles that are intrinsic to the practice and lives of prolific artists, but “Passion & Obsession: From the Collection” will do just that. Specially curated pieces from a few key collections in the region will join with pieces from the Kaneko collection under one roof. Artists include Viola Frey, Jun Kaneko, Therman Statom, Goro Suzuki, Akio Takamori, Sunkoo Yuh, and a few other visionaries. Visitors will share in the overwhelming passion of the artist to create fine and lasting work and join in the obsession of the connoisseurs who are moved to collect it. “Passion & Obsession” opens to the public on November 12, and it runs through May 6, 2017.

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Jun KanekoUntitled, Head, 2015hand-glazed cast raku ceramics, stainless steel, 69 x 20 x 24.5 in.Photo: Colin Conces

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