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SUMMARY:Making a Difference Symposium a CraftNow Event
DESCRIPTION:Making a Difference Symposium | CraftNow Philadelphia | Fri Nov 2\, 2018 | 11 am – 7 pm | University of the Arts Gershman Hall\, 401 South Broad Street\n  \n\n\n\n\nEach year\, CraftNOW hosts a symposium to provide a platform for critical discourse in contemporary craft. A half day of talks and moderated discussions is being planned surrounding the theme Making a Difference and is generously being hosted by The University of the Arts. Presentations will focus on the use of craft and making to promote positive change\, social cohesion and meaningful dialogue. \nRoberto Lugo will be the keynote speaker presenting Pottery Saved My Life. In Lugo’s words\, his experiences as a poor\, brown kid from the ghetto of Kensington Philadelphia have provided years of research from which his work as a potter\, activist\, culture-maker\, rapper\, poet\, and educator. Lugo will share his journey with audiences as evidence that craft and making can ignite change and save lives. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nAn RSVP is required to attend the networking brunch. An RSVP is also recommended for large groups. Please email leila.cartier@craftnowphila.org to make your reservation. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nLecture and Event Schedule\n11:00 am         Networking Brunch – RSVP required to leila.cartier@craftnowphila.org\n12:00 pm         Opening Remarks by CraftNOW\n12:15 pm         Annet Couwenberg and Timothy Veske-McMahon\,  Craft Education in a Digital Future\n1:00 pm           Merryll Saylan with Curator Glenn Adamson\, This is Your Life\n1:45 pm           Sylvia Houghteling\, Rina Banerjee\, Jodi Throckmorton – Troubling High/Low Art through Craft and Folk Art\n2:30 pm           Coffee and Refreshments\n2:45 pm           Paula Winokur Tribute with Helen Drutt\n3:15 pm           Jennifer Zwilling with Richard Notkin\, Ayumi Horie and Syd Carpenter – Activism in Clay\n4:00 pm           Sarah Archer and Glenn Adamson – @unthinkpink\n4:45 pm           Mayoral Proclamation for CraftMONTH\n5:00 pm           Keynote Roberto Lugo – Pottery Saved My Life\n6:00 pm           Closing Cocktail Reception/First Friday in Old City \n  \nAnnet Couwenberg and Timothy Veske-McMahon  – Craft Education in a Digital Future \nWith the opening of the Makers Space (Digital Lab) launching at University of the Arts in 2018\, nationally acclaimed artists Annet Couwenberg and Timothy Veske-McMahon will discuss applying digital process in the studio\, forecasting craft education and the difference digital technology can have on contemporary craft production. \n  \nMerryll Saylan with Curator Glenn Adamson – This is Your Life \nThe California-based wood sculptor and turner Merryll Saylan has long been recognized for her unusual approach to the medium. In conversation with Glenn Adamson\, Saylan will reflect on her technique in contrast to prevailing trends as well as her perspective of working in a male-dominated sector of the arts. \n  \nSylvia Houghteling\, Rina Banerjee\, Jodi Throckmorton – Troubling “High/Low” Art through Craft and Folk Art \nArt historian Sylvia Houghteling\, artist Rina Banerjee\, and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Jodi Throckmorton\, will discuss the constructed difference that art history imposes upon high/low art and craft and how folk\, craft\, and material culture productively trouble these categorical distinctions. \n  \nJennifer Zwilling with Richard Notkin\, Ayumi Horie and Syd Carpenter – Activism in Clay \nCurator Jennifer Zwilling invites artists on view in the current exhibition Making A Difference: Social and Political Activism in Clay to discuss their approach to using ceramic arts as a platform and rallying cry for change. \n  \nSarah Archer and Glenn Adamson – @unthinkpink \nArcher and Adamson recount a cultural history of the color pink through their ongoing research shared frequently via Instagram at @unthinkpink\, which includes everything from historic decorative objects to the powerful visual shorthand a pink yarn hat has made during anti-Trump protest movements. \n  \nRoberto Lugo – Pottery Saved My Life \nIn his words\, Roberto Lugo’s experiences as a poor\, brown kid from the ghetto of Kensington Philadelphia have provided years of research which inform his work as a potter\, activist\, culture-maker\, rapper\, poet\, and educator. Lugo shares his journey with audiences as evidence that craft and making can ignite change and save lives.
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LOCATION:University of the Arts\, 211 South Broad Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19107\, United States
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SUMMARY:Old City Fest
DESCRIPTION:Old City Fest | The Center for Art in Wood | Sun. Oct 7\, 2018 | 11 am – 6 pm\nOld City Fest is a celebration of art and design\, fashion and food\, creativity and culture on the streets of America’s most historic square mile— Old City\, Philadelphia. Visit the Center that day for LIVE woodturning in front of our wood doors\, demo’s by local artists\, paper crafts with artist Jessica Eldredge\, hands-on crafting table for all ages and a door prize. CraftNOW will join us that day giving a sneak peek for Craft Month. Don’t miss this fun-filled festival!
URL:https://museumforartinwood.org/event/old-city-fest-3/
LOCATION:The Center for Art in Wood\, 141 N 3rd Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19106\, United States
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