Early craft techniques used by these artists are passed on in a continuum of creativity. The American craft tradition did not just appear, fully-formed and mature. The artists in Origins tie their ...

Anya Paintsil did not mean to match her artwork. The Manchester-based artist donned a long, fuzzy coat in response to the cool temperatures that caught her off guard after arriving in New York, but ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Clark Da nderson, Auburn University (THE CONVERSATION) The holiday season for me ...

Friedman Benda invited Calico wallpaper, along with a handful of other designers, to respond to the Japanese concept of wabi sabi—an aesthetic philosophy that finds beauty in imperfection. Calico’s ...

At the New Museum this Saturday, curator and writer Glenn Adamson and art historian Julia Bryan-Wilson will sit down for a conversation linked to Jeffrey Gibson’s exhibition The Anthrophagic Effect.

The artist Trevon Latin used to hide his textile paintings from his professors as an undergraduate at the University of Houston. At the time, he thought fabric would not be welcome as a material in a ...

IN 2012, when the future of a weaving workshop hung in the balance due to funding issues, a social enterprise was set up to assume this community of weavers and allow them to continue producing ...

2019's Zona Maco art fair reveals a surprise: a renewed worldwide interest in traditional craft from the contemporary art market. Betsabeé Romero’s works at Mexico City’s MAIA Contemporary combine pre ...

Storytelling has been a way for people to pass along knowledge, entertain, and make sense of the unknown. It gathers people together to reflect and deepen ties to community. This creative writing ...

Shingo Muramoto. “Wing of foliage” (2020). Material: Natural lacquer, bamboo, hemp cloth, Japanese paper. The Gallery by SOIL, Collect 2021. Ting-Ying Gallery, based in both the U.K. and mainland ...