RETREAT REPORTS

Report on 7th Annual North Carolina Think-Tank, April 3-5, 2008   [Report]

2002-2005 Annual Craft Retreats - a Summary Report    [Report]
The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design began hosting a two-day spring retreat in 2002 with the charge to “identify and prioritize initiatives that will advance craft in academia and the curatorial worlds.” In the following three years, the topic of the retreats further developed the initiatives recommended in 2002. Participants in the retreats represented leaders in the field of fine craft – museum directors and curators, university faculty, scholars, editors, critics and artist - with diverse media expertise and geography. Thirty-one craft leaders gave of their time to participate in one or more retreats. Addendum A is a list of all participants. This report consists of abstracts of the four retreats.

Creating a Craft Research Fund to Expand Scholarly Research on American Studio Craft, March 2004    [Report]
Participants in this two-day retreat followed the recommendation from the March 2003 retreat to replace the goal of creating a scholarly peer-reviewed journal, with a peer reviewed grant program for craft research. the 12 participants formulated the process for a Craft Research Fund. In may 2004, CCCD received support from a foundation, to follow these guidelines, offering up to $100,000 a year for three years in a pilot program.

Creating an Inventory of Craft in Museum Collections, Chicago, October, 2003    [White Paper]
Prior to the Chicago 2003 SOFA exhibition, a group of craft leaders met to discuss the creation of an inventory of craft in museum collections. This was a component of one of four initiatives identified during the 2002 North Carolina Summit Retreat on Craft charged with identifying initiatives that will advance craft in academia and the curatorial worlds. Edmund de Waal, Senior Research Fellow, Craft Research Centre, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College and Christine Hennessey, Chief of Art Information Resources, Smithsonian American Art Museum, were invited speakers.

North Carolina Retreat on Craft Publications, March 2003    [Report]
The two-day retreat on craft publications was convened to discuss and develop specific recommendations for research and publications on craft that were identified as priorities in the March 2002 Summit Retreat on Craft. Four of the ten participants participated in the 2002 retreat. Before arriving, participants reviewed the initiatives recommended and responding comments from the field published in the North Carolina Summit Retreat on Craft. The meeting was held in UNC Asheville Kellogg Conference Center in Hendersonville North Carolina and sponsored by The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design (CCCD), a regional center of the University of North Carolina located adjacent to the Conference Center. CCCD Executive Director Dian Magie facilitated the meeting.

North Carolina Summit Retreat on Craft, March 2002    [Proceedings]
CCCD hosted a two-day retreat for 13 national leaders in the field of craft, who met to identify initiatives that would advance craft in academia and the curatorial world. A White Paper (executive summary) was then circulated to more than 80 craft leaders across the country for additional comment. The editing and publishing of the full Proceedings of the Retreat, supported with a grant from the American Craft Council, took place in the 2002 summer.