Sunday, July 13, Museum of Contemporary Craft hosted Craft PDX: A Block Party in celebration of the Museum’s one-year anniversary in the Pearl District. More than 4,000 people enjoyed craft demos, hands-on craft activities for children, lectures, artist talks, live music and food, on the closed streets of the North Park Blocks. The Museum would like to acknowledge all the volunteers, artists, craft guilds and organizations that made the event a wonderful success.
Please join us next year for Craft PDX '09!
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2008 EVENT DETAILS:
Free art activities include:
• Glass blowing demonstrations by the Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop
• Clay town art activity for kids
• Raku pottery glazing and firing
• Stich-o-rama embroidery project
• Regional craft guild demos
Unpacking the Collection book release
Craft PDX also marks the public release of the Museum's first catalog for its permanent collection - Unpacking the Collection: Selections from Museum of Contemporary Craft. Focusing on the importance of Museum of Contemporary Craft's collection and its role in the history of Northwest craft, the publication features essays by Janet Koplos and Glenn Adamson, text by Namita Gupta Wiggers and is edited and Anjali Gupta. Don't miss the opportunity to see this much-anticipated book for the first time and purchase a copy to take home.
Live music schedule
Lectures and presentations in The Lab
11:30 AM |
Lecture - Unpacking the Collection: 1960 - Present
In celebration of the just-released catalog Unpacking the Collection, Curator Namita Gupta Wiggers highlights Museum of Contemporary Craft's role in shaping Northwest craft, the importance of the Museum's collection and the colorful history of the organization from the 1960s to today. |
1:30 PM |
Melissa Dyne artist talk
Melissa Dyne presents a lecture on her boundary-pushing installation Glass. Breaking down her artistic process, Dyne will show slides of her past work and describe the greater context for her installation. |
3:30 PM |
Regional Focus: Glass in Portland panel
How can glass artists continue creating work that is both environmentally and financially sustainable? How are the economic recession and concerns over “green” practices affecting glass studio operations? Join Gallery artists Andy Paiko, Jeremy Newman and Lynn Everett Read as they discuss approaches to issues facing glass makers in Portland and beyond.
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Food and beverage vendors include:
• Aybla Mediterranean Grill
• BridgePort Brewing Company
• Mio Gelato
• Pizzicato
• Sawasdee Thai
• The Whole Bowl
Major support provided by:
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