The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design (CCCD) has launched ENEWS to keep you current with all our programs, exhibits and events. ENEWS will be sent out monthly with most news linking to more lengthy information found on our website www.craftcreativitydesign.org. Announcements cards will still be mailed for upcoming exhibits and talks. If you are on our mailing list to receive an announcement card for exhibits and would prefer to receive the information through ENEWS, please let us know and it will save us a stamp!

One explanation for the vibrant professional craft community in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the opportunity for young artists to explore their medium in a residency at one of the well-established craft schools. Many of these residents complete their residency, and become permanent residents, opening studios and further advancing their medium in a part of the country so many professional craft artists call home.

The Blue Ridge Residencies Exhibit introduces ten artists who are completing, or have recently completed, a residency at one of four residency programs - Arrowmont School of Crafts, EnergyXchange, Odyssey Center for the Ceramic Arts or Penland School of Crafts. Their work in sculpture, clay, glass, furniture and mixed media represents artistic experimentation and development during their residency, as well as excellence in craftsmanship, concept and execution. Read the entire press release.

In February, Anne Lemanski, who recently completed at residency at Penland will give a TALK at 1pm, Saturday, February 9 followed by a reception. In her work in the exhibit, "A Century of Hair, 1900-1999," Anne re-examines 20th century American history, particularly as it relates to women. Each sculpture is an iconic hairstyle of the specific decade it is depicting. The content and material used for each piece is relevant to women of the time period. Traditional women's handicrafts, such as quilting and embroidery, drive the aesthetics of her sculpture.

Dates and Venues

May 20-Aug 22, 2008	UNC Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Hendersonville, NC
Sep 9-Nov 14, 2008	Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Jan 2-10, 2009	Center for Craft, Creativity and Design Conference Reception at CCCD Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Jan 22 - Mar 8, 2009	CFine Arts Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowheee, NC
Dates TBA summer 09
Aug 20-Oct 5, 2009	Cannon Gallery, Gregg Museum of Art & Design, NC State University, Raleigh

PUBLICATION
A 56 page four-color publication will be organized by the five growth areas, with the work of exhibition artists, their training, market, and industry connections. There will be an opening four-page essay "Past-Present-Future Jacquard Textile Design." by Michele Fricke, fiber artist and Kansas City Art Institute Art History faculty. All 2009 conference participants will receive a copy of the publication.

CONFERENCE - January 7-10, 2009
Inspired Design: Jacquard & Entrepreneurial Textile Conference

Keynote Speakers
     Joan Morris, Textile design, "The Lion King"
     Grace Bonney, founder, Design*Sponge
     Michele Frick, Kansas City Art Institute

Session Speakers
Exploring five entrepreneurial textile design growth areas

You can see the images, and read the proposals and journals of all ten 2006 and 2007 Windgate Fellows at www.craftcreativitydesign.org/research/windgate.php
The 88 completed student online applications for the 2008 Windgate Fellowships have entered the jury phase. We wish all applicants the best of luck in the process. The May 2008 ENEWS will feature the 2008 Fellows, images and a summary of their proposal. In March and April we will feature 2006 Fellows with an update on how their artistic life after graduation has been influenced by one of the $15,000 Fellowships.

The Windgate Fellowship Award program was established to help encourage and advance the development of serious, innovative artists in the United States whose work is in some way related to, or informed by, the process, material, or idea of craft. The 64+ partner institutions across the country develop a careful selection process to identify two graduating seniors who best meet the following criteria:

Their work must demonstrate a balance of content and design and a mastery of materials
Their work must in some way be informed by craft process, materials, traditions and/or sensibilities
Successful applicants will demonstrate innovation and curiosity, be committed to growth of their own work, and show evidence of how their work might stimulate creative thinking or dialogue among other artists.

This is the third year Center for Craft, Creativity and Design has administered the Windgate Museum Internship Award program, providing $5,000 to four museums for paid internships. The goal of the program is to expand the number of future curators with experience and expertise on studio craft artists and their work. BFA, MA, and MFA students should send a letter of interest together with their vitae to the museum. The museum will select the interns.

TWO Intern Positions: The two internships will be scheduled consecutively. Each intern will work with the assistant curator of American decorative arts and sculpture on either of two projects involving the MFA's large collection of studio craft. One project will be conducting oral history interviews with artists represented in the Daphne Farago collection of contemporary jewelry, a recent gift to the MFA of more than 600 objects. The other project will involve researching the Museum's collection of contemporary ceramics, glass, and furniture, planning future gallery installations of the studio craft collections, and cataloguing incoming acquisitions of studio craft objects. B.A. in art history or a related academic field required; graduate study is strongly preferred. The first internship will being in June 2008, and the second internship may begin in October 2008. Each position will be for five days a week for 12 weeks, although alternate schedules may be arranged.

Application deadline - March 14, 2008 include curriculum vita and cover letter to:

Senior Manager of Employment
Human Resources Department
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

No phone calls, please. Only those selected for consideration will be contacted. The Museum is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity.

Intern Position description: In 2009, the MFAH will mount an exhibition of contemporary glass from the collection of Dennis and Barbara DuBois. Focusing on master artists in the field, the exhibition will contain approximately 40 pieces. The intern will research artists and individual works in the collection in preparation for the exhibition catalogue. Duties will also include working with the education staff to develop related programs, the design department on the exhibition design, and the public relations department on press materials.

Application deadline - March 14, 2008 include curriculum vita and cover letter to:

Cindi Strauss, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Arts and Design
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
PO Box 6828, Houston, TX 77265-6826
FAX 713-639-7399 cstrauss@mfah.org

Intern Position description: Fuller Craft Museum seeks an intern for its Exhibitions department. This intern will work closely with the Exhibitions Manager to provide support for a number of upcoming exhibitions. Duties will include online research, general administrative work, data entry, and assistance with installation of the exhibits. Candidates should have experience with Studio Art (especially with craft materials) and/or Art History. College upperclassmen or graduate students are preferred. Candidates must have excellent attention to detail, a good sense of humor, the ability to work in a past paced environment, knowledge of Microsoft Office. Knowledge of Quark and/or Photoshop would be lovely, but not required. Applicants must be able to meet deadlines, work autonomously, and be creative in developing exciting materials. The candidate must be flexible and willing to work on a wide variety of projects.

Application deadline - March 14 , 2008 by emailing a cover letter and resume to: exhibitions@fullercraft.org. Please put "Curatorial Intern" in the subject line

Guidelines and applications are now available online at www.craftcreativitydesign.org for the 2008 Craft Research Fund, awarding PROJECT GRANTS of up to $15,000 for research in United States craft by academics, independent scholars, and curators and GRADUATE RESEARCH GRANTS of up to $10,000 to graduate students currently enrolled in a graduate program in an accredited college or university for research related to a thesis or dissertation on United States craft. This is a national award program in its fourth year, administered by the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design.

Deadline for the 2008 grants in both categories is July 1, 2008, with announcement of awards by September 15, 2008 for research beginning October 1, 2008 to be completed within 18 months.

Makers: 20th Century American Studio Craft (working title)
At the first "Think-Tank" convened by CCCD in 2002, of craft faculty, museum director and curators, scholars and critics, the initiative ranked as most important to the advancement of the field was a history of American Craft in the twentieth Century. The journey toward making this a reality can be tracked on www.craftcreativitydesign.org/research/history.php. 20th Century American Studio Craft by Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf is with the publisher, the University of North Carolina Press. Long awaited, the book, researched and written under the auspices of CCCD, will include 500+ images and also serve as an undergraduate text. The University of North Carolina Press is making craft history and criticism a focus of the Press.

Cahiers m�tiers d'art* Craft Journal, is a nonprofit organization that encourages and publishes critical, historical and technical research on local and international craft. Membership includes a subscription to the Cahiers m�tiers d'art* Craft Journal published twice a year. Each issue presents essays from international researchers in both French and English; book and exhibition reviews; and profiles of craftspeople from around the world. (www.craftjournal.ca) Denis Longchamps, publisher and managing editor, is interested in critical, technical and historical research on craft from all regions of the world.

It is out! The first issue of The Journal of Modern Craft, edited by Glenn Adamson, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK; Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Yale University, USA; Tanya Harrod, Royal College of Art, UK, is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum in its subject area. It address all forms of making that self-consciously set themselves apart from mass production - whether in the making of designed objects, artworks, buildings or other artefacts. Published three times a year in March, July and November. To place an order/subscription visit www.bergpublishers.com and download order forms or email custerserv@turpin-distribution.com.

Knitting America: A Glorious Heritage from Warm Sock to High Art by Susan Strawn, has a Ph.D. in textiles and Clothing from Iowa State University and currently teaches textile-related classes at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. The first fully detailed, full-color, comprehensive history of knitting in America from colonial times to present. Available through www.voyageurpress.com.

The 96th Annual Conference of the College Arts Association (CAA) will be held in Dallas-Fort Worth, February 20-23, 2008. CCCD is sponsoring a session entitled Enabling Creativity and Preserving Processes: Partnerships between Academia, Artists and Communities. Chaired by Jody Servon, Assistant Professor, Appalachian State University, the panel includes Marjorie Devon, Director of the Tamarind Institute, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico; Brent Skidmore, Director, Craft Campus, University of North Carolina at Asheville, and Dan Rockhill, University of Kansas. For all sessions or registration see conference.collegeart.org

CCCD is sponsoring a session at the annual conference of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Confluence: Innovation, Community, Environment held in Pittsburgh, March 19-22, 2008. The Session, Critically Speaking, will be held Thursday, March 20th, at 10am. Rob Pulleyn, WNC ceramic artist, publisher Lark Books 1980-2006, and CCCD board member will moderate the panel that includes Janet Koplos, Senior Editor Art in America and co-author of the upcoming history/text Makers: 20th Century American Studio Craft; Mark Shapiro, woodfire potter for 20 years is a frequent workshop leader and panelist, who recently curated "Containing History" a show of contemporary pots inspired by history at the Albany Institute in NY, and Josh DeWeese, studio potter, professor at Montana State University, former Direction of the Archie Bray, and originator of Jentel at the Bray, a residency for critical writing in ceramics.

Save the dates - September 10-13, 2008, Utilitarian Clay V: Celebrate the Object is an intimate, four-day clay symposium sponsored by Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. Seventeen nationally and internationally known potters have been selected to demonstrate and lead thought-provoking discussion about current technical and aesthetic considerations of contemporary, functional pottery. Limited to 200 attendees, registration opens April 16. For more information see www.arrowmont.org.

Save the dates - January 7-10, 2009, Inspired Design: Jacquard and Entrepreneurial Textiles, with 3 keynote speakers and 16 session speakers, (8 U.S. the remainder from UK, Canada, Holland, Norway, Australia) who are leaders in five growth areas of textile design: 1) Smart Textiles (e-textiles); 2) Performance and interactive Textiles; 3) Boutique Clothing textiles; 4) Exclusive Interior textiles; and 5) Commissioned Fine Art Textiles. Organized by the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design, the Hendersonville conference schedule, registration and speaker information can be found at www.craftcreativitydesign.org/education/textiledesign.

The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design is an inter-institutional Center of the University of North Carolina.

The mission of the regional UNC Center is to support and advance craft, creativity and design in education and research, and, through community collaborations, to demonstrate ways that craft and design provide creative solutions to community issues. The mission of the nonprofit CCCD is to support the mission of the UNC center through funding, programs, and outreach to artists, craft organizations, schools in the community, region and nation.