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Artist and Ceramic Restorer Debra Broz on Gender, Craft Traditions & Her Own...
In honor of Women’s History Month, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) is participating in #5womenartists, a national campaign led by The National Museum of Women in the Arts to share...
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Five Women Artists Working in Metals, Ceramics, and Glass
Kat Cole, “Boulder Necklace.” Mixed Media. Photo courtesy of the artist. As part of the #5womenartists campaign, this week we bring you five talented women artists working in traditional craft media....
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Artist and Independent Curator Amelia Toelke on Recontextualizing Tradition &...
Amelia Toelke, “Light & Shadow, Part I” (detail), 2012. Photo by Jim Escalante. Have you been following #5womenartists? In honor of Women’s History Month, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft...
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Sondra Sherman on Her Artistic Influences & Social Conventions in Jewelry
Sondra Sherman, “Listen the Wind Necklace,” 2010. Sterling silver (hollow construction). Photo courtesy of Sienna Patti Contemporary. In honor of Women’s History Month, Houston Center for Contemporary...
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Ceramic Artist Caroline Slotte on Her Sandblasting Process & Ascribed Memory...
Caroline Slotte, plate from the “Tracing” series, 2015. Reworked second-hand ceramics. Photo by Caroline Slotte. As part of the social media campaign “Can You Name Five Women Artists?” this blog entry...
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Niki Johnson on Forging a Career as an Independent Curator and Artist
Niki Johnson, “God & Country,” 2012. Altered commemorative plates. Photo by Scott Cartwright. For Women’s History Month, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) joined The National Museum of...
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Fiber Artist Nick DeFord on the Supernatural, the DIY Movement, and...
Nick DeFord, “Bermuda Triangle”, 2015. Hand-sewn sequins on game board. Photo by Nick DeFord. Don’t miss our Spring exhibitions before they close on May 8, 2016. Last week, Mixed and Mastered:...
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Garth Johnson on Cross-Cultural Translation, Communing with Secondhand...
Garth Johnson,”Making Legends into Posters” from the “Proverb Plate Series,” 2010. Sand-blasted found porcelain plate with silver PVD coating. Photo courtesy of artist. This week, HCCC’s Curatorial...
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CRAFT ACTIVISM
Image found on Twitter: @rmayersinger. Keeping up with current events, it was impossible to miss the millions who participated in the Women’s March on Washington D.C. and the sister marches organized...
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#5womenartists: Alicia Dietz
Photo of Alicia Dietz by Maj. Richelle Treece, US Army National Guard. In honor of Women’s History Month, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft (HCCC) is participating in #5womenartists, a national...
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ALTHEA CROME ON STORYTELLING THROUGH KNITTING & OUR CULTURAL FASCINATION WITH...
Installation view of Althea Crome’s “King and Queen of Hearts Coronation Sweater,” 2015. On view in “Pocket Museum” at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft through March 18, 2017. Photo by Scott...
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CASE STUDY: PUSSYHAT
The cat-eared knit hat on view at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft this spring, has traveled thousands of miles, from a Maine-based knitting group to New Jersey; Pennsylvania; Washington, D.C.;...
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THE ARTIST IS IN THE BUILDING
Not infrequently, while on the phone or in a meeting in my office at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, the conversation will be distracted, if not outright interrupted, by the sounds of making...
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MADISON CREECH ON MEMES, COLLABORATION, AND THE MATERIALITY OF NOSTALGIA
Madison Creech, “#TBT Smiley,” from the series, “Always Low Brow Always,” 2016. Hand embroidery on plastic Wal-Mart bag. Photo courtesy of Madison Creech. HCCC Curatorial Fellow Sarah Darro recently...
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CASE STUDY: PETER VOULKOS
Peter Callas assisting Peter Voulkos in Belvidere, NJ, 1998. Peter Callas built the first anagama kiln in the United States, and Voulkos fired many of his pieces in it later in his career. Photo by...
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A BUZZY NEW ADDITION TO HCCC
Honeybees are here! Photo by Perry A. Price. This spring, HCCC added around 10,000 new staff, give or take a hundred, but you will probably never notice them. They are working in our Craft Garden and...
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RESIDENT ARTIST SHIYUAN XU ON INSPIRATION & PROCESS
Shiyuan Xu, “Through the Lens #4,” 2016. Photo courtesy of Lisa Hardaway. The following interview is the first in a summer series of Q&A sessions with current resident artists. HCCC Intern Claire...
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TAKE A LOOK, TAKE A SEAT
Annie Evelyn, “Oshibana,” 2017. Handmade paper flowers, silk flowers, foam, wood. Photos by Scott Cartwright. One of the pleasures of the field of contemporary craft is the tactile experience of...
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RESIDENT ARTIST REBECCA HEWITT ON ENVIRONMENTAL JEWELRY
The following interview is the second in a summer series of Q&A sessions with current resident artists. HCCC Intern Claire Alderson recently spoke with Rebecca Hewitt, a metalsmith interested in...
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