MUSEUM WEST the Oakland Art Museum and the good sors is now at work building support offices of Mr. Paul Mills, Director. the for this project under the kadership Council was given space in this Mu of Mrs. Lewis Carpenter of San fran seum to house office and personnel. cisco assisted by Mrs. William Mc The sympathetic interest and sup Kleroy. port given the Council by the Oakland The Administrator of Museum West Museum enabled the beginning of and its associated Council functions Council representation in this impor will be Miss Lois Hanse n. Miss Han tant section of the country. However, sen is a native Californian and a grad it was concluded that the Council's po uate of the University of California CIt sition as a national organization re Berkeley. Since I ~60 she has been quired a location independent of any Manager of Hansen Galleries. formerly other group. Art Unlimited, San Francisco, where It was, therefore. determined that she has represented. among others.
) an office be opened in San Francisco, Peter Voulkos. Stephen de Staebler. manned by a full-time administrator, Manuel Neri. and James Melchert. Miss who will report directly to the Ameri Hansen will eoordin;ltL' the exhibi can Craftsmen's Council-New York. tions programs in the g,t1leries of Mu and a secretary. In addition to hous seum West and the Region ,t1 Programs Museum West of the American Crafts Council resides and works in the West ing Council educational and rderence of ACC Northwest and Southwest Re men's Council will open to the public Coast states (Idaho, Montana, Alaska, material, a space will be devoted to a gion members. on March 20, J 965, at Ghirardelli Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Cali Gallery. This Gallery will prescnt (\ Members of the Cnuncil in the Square, San Francisco, California. This fornia, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico. program of one-man and small grour twelve western states will receive an venture is the culmination of several Utah). At least 5297 members of the shows of contemporary crafts. invitation to the formal opening of years of trial and study and will pro Council reside in these state,; there are The West Coast office will be sup Museum West and preview of the open vide a center of activity for ACC pro 3490 in California alone. ported through the allspices of a group ing exhibition. 17 em/tl/llell of the grams on the West Coast. Early in 1963 a branch office of the of interested and sympathetic individ West, a group of prize-winning wnrb Twenty per cent of the member Council was opened to serve the West uals in the San Francisco and western from the competition 1ll:ld ,It Centur) ship of the American Craftsmen's Coast area . Through the generosity of states area. A core of energetic spon- 2 1 Ccnter. Seattle. NEWS & NOTES CAMPBELL MEMORIAL craftsmen everywhere. Shown at the Friend. President of the American during the summer of I ~66. The memorial plaque shown below has dedication of the plaque are (left to Craftmen's Council 1955-1963. Erect For further inforIllation contact the been placed in the lobby of the Mu right) ACC President William J. Barr ed by his Fellow Trustees and Friends, Museum of Contemporary Crafts. 2~ seum of Contemporary Crafts by the ett and Trustees Alfred Auerbach, 1964." West 53rd Street, New York. New Trustees of the Council as a further Dorothy Liebes, and Walter H. KiI York. CRAFTSMEN USA '66 token of commemoration for the con ham, Jr. The inscription re ads: "David The American Craftsmen's Council NEW REGIONAL OFFICERS tribution of David R. Campbell to the R. Campbell, 1907-1963. Architect, will sponsor a national competition in In the North Central Region, Karl work of the Council and the welfare of Humanist, and to all Craftsmen a Spring 1966 entitled "Craftsmen USA Martz. Bloomington, Illdiana, succeeds '66." The competition will be staged Mary Schimpf Rosze ll as Prcsident; separately in each of the six ACC re Richard Schwanke, Oshkosh, Wiscon gions where jurying and exhibition will sin, succeeds Jean Podell as State Rep occur at the following locations: North resentative; Rosalind Meyer. Milwau east-Delaware Art Center, Wilming kee. Wi sconsin, replaces Gerald Boyce ton, Delaware; Southeast-North Car as Secretary Treasurer. Mr. Boyce. olina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North who was recently appointed to the Carolina; North Central-Milwaukee Governor's COlllmiss ion on the Arts. Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; will become ACC State Representative South Central-Dallas Museum of Fine for Indiana. Arts, Dallas, Texas; Northwest- Ore In the South Central Region, Ed Oshier gon Ceramic Studio, Portland. Oregon; ha s resigned as President and will be Southwest-Los Angeles County Mu replaced by Mrs. C. Emery Buffum of seum of Art, Los Angeles. California. Tulsa. Oklahoma. Ronald Hickman A selection of works from each of has accepted the post of Vice-Presi the regional shows will form a major dent. vacated by Mrs. Buffum. in addi exhibition to be held at the Museum tion to his duties as Newsletter Editor. of Contemporary Crafts in New York (Con£. over) AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COUNCIL 29 West 53rd Street New York, N. Y. 10019 THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COUNCIL is a non-profit national membership organization. c hartered in 194 3 by the Board of Regents of the State of New York. Its primary task is to act as an educational and professional service organization to promote every aspect of craftsmanship and thc use of craft pnxlucts for the enrich ment of our lives and c ulture. Chairman of the Board Aileen O. Webb President William J. Barrett Director of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts Paul J. Smith Director of Administrative Services Joseph P. Fallarino Director of Craft Services Lois Moran Editor of Crafl H ori~ons Rose Slivka Director of Development ,Inu Membership Ross Alger Administrator. Museum West Lois H ansen Tile ACC Ol/llollk is (Jilnlisl/('d /I/IIlIllIly, lalll/ary, May, lilly, (Inti Allgllsl <'.ree(lled, by Ih!' rllI/eriClI1I Croflslllell's C(!I/Ilcii. Sccolld-c/ass poslage roles paid at New York, N. Y. MClllhl'f.lllir' mIl'S $8.UO I'l'r rear (/Ild higher. 7U C(,IIIS of (/lIIIII,t! memnnship dlles is pllid liS II vellrs slIbscritJlioll to Ihe rlCC Ollliook. Edilor' BCII E. WlIlkins; Phulog- ~ ra(lher. Reni((J Honf!ing
NEWS & NOTES (Continued) REGIONAL EVENTS ACC LIBRARY March 20-2 I-Second Annual Jewelry The following revision of Council poli Workshop, under the auspices of cy in managing the Library has been Southwest Smelting and Refining reviewed and approved by the Board Company and the ACC South Cen of Trustees of the Council: tral R egion, in Dallas, Texas, at the (I) book loan service will terminate local YWCA. Regional Metals Me as of February IS , 1965; dia Chairman John Szymak and (2) the Library and shelves will re Craftsman-Trustee Wiltz Harrison main open as a browsing area until will conduct the session. Open to all, further notice; free to ACC members, $3.00 to non (3) the present collection of books members. will be reviewed and expanded to serve June 18-20 - Conference of ACC as a reference collection for research North Central Region at University by ACC staff and members at Council of Chicago Center for Continuing Education. Details in March Out headquarters. Al n. Webb ill India look. MUSEUM THEFT June 18-20 - Conference of ACC MRS. WEBB'S TRIP of the Design Department of the Na Fourteen pieces of jewelry by Stanley Northeast Region held in Nantucket, Mrs. Vanderbilt We bb, Chairman of tional College of Arts and also by Pro L<:chtzin of Philadelphia wcre stolen Massachusetts; theme: "Nantueket the Board of ACC, left New York Jan fessor Shakir Ali, head of the College. from the Members' Gallery of the Mu Inspiration." (Program details in uary 12 on a pleasure-and-World In I ndia she has been the guest of seum of Contemporary Crafts on Sun March Outlook.) Crafts Council-business trip to India the Indian government, with a tOur of day, J anuary 31. when the gallery was August 8- I 3-Textile Seminar spon and points between. She was accom thc country arranged for her by the closed to the public. The total valua sored by ACC Northeast Region at panied by her brother, Mr. Earl Os All India Handicrafts Board, of which tion of the jewelry was $9000. A re the Philadelphia College of T extiles born. who was to attend the meeting the Chairman is Mme. Kamaladevi port has been made to the authorities and Science, Pennsylv ania. Coordi of the United World Federalists in Chattopadhyay, World Crafts Council and an investigation is under way. nator: Northeast Textiles Media New Delhi. Vice-President. NEW OllTLOOK 'SCHEDULE Cha irman Robert Stafford. (Regis Her first stop was in Paris where H er principal activities in New Delhi During 1965 the Outlook will appear tration & agenda details in March she conferred with Dr. d'Arcy Hayman, were attending the famous Independ in the following months: Outlook.) Head, Section of Arts Education and ence Day celebration on January 26, February, March. April, June, Sep August 13- IS- Conference of ACC the Cultural Development of the Com and presiding at the presentation of tember, October, November, Decem Northwest Region in Ellensburg, munity, Arts Division, of UNESCO, awards to fifteen Indian craftsmen. In ber. Washington. (Details in April Out She also addressed a group of French addition she saw many friends from Potter Charles Counts has received an look.) craftsmen assembled by Mr. Rene the First World Congress of Craftsmen. Area Redevelopment Administration ACC Craft Services announces the re Dieleman, Director, Centre National From New Delhi she expected to go grant to conduct an experimental work vision of the rental slide kit on Gen des Ateliers Edueatifs, and our World to Agra, Jaipur. Bombay, Aurangabad, shop in training apprentice potters in eral Textiles. The kit is available in Crafts Council representative for Madras, Calcutta, Banaras and C eylon, the New Salem, Georgia, community. two parts: 0-13 Weaving-SO slides; France. and Mr. Jacques Anquetil, and then on to Nepal, Bangkok, Hong Counts and his wife Rubynelle have be 0- I 3a Print, Dye and N'eedlework- President, Maison des Metie rs d'Art Kong and Tokyo before returning to gun a 16-weeks initial trai ning period 50 slides. Rental fee is $4.00 each part. Francais. this country about the middle of March. with several young people in the area, Bookings will be available in mid In Rome unfortunately she fell and Several Craft Shops have joined the to demonstrate the viability of this March. broke her wrist, but after a few days ACC " Invitation to Membership" pro project. Upon the results of this pilot Due to the response to ACe's slide started on again with her arm in a cast. gram since last issue. they are: program will depend the direction and rental rates as announced in Outlook Tn Rome she visited the ceramic studio Ambassador of Asia, lnc . New York City (Dee. '64). ACC Craft Services has of Mr. Nino Caruso, World Crafts The Brown Barn Billings. I\"\ontana extent of ARA interest and support in American Craft Center. Inc. San Francisco, the future. Further developments in announced a new pOlicy of a 10-day Council representative for Italy, and in California rental period on all slide kits in order Lahore, Pakistan, was entertained by T "!lisman E
LETTERS "As a member of the Special Com ing Member. " ... I realized rather students, two of which arc printed mittee on Aging, I am especially glad suddenly one day that lowed ACC, here along with a rendering of the Taxes and the Craft.,man continues to have this book, and I commend you you, Mrs. Webb, the Museum, Ameri highly successful Accorsi roller coaster. to draw favorable comment from many for the work your Council is doing in ca House and Craft Horizons a great craftsmcn- extending the program to i.nclude the deal. All craftsmen do. Back in 1947 Dear Head of Crafts Museum, " ... The only publication of its ficld of crafts for older people. I of when l was just stepping into this field I like the roller coaster best because kind to date, will be immensely useful course agree wholeheartedly with the the opportunities for a craftsman a nd the men have faecs and also I likc the to large numbers of craftsmen through statcment in the Introduction that the demand for his work were rather tower of music and I like the movie and out the country." ' ... we must guard against the very restricted-to put it mildly! It was I like everything I like the telephone. "For the first time, the position of real menace of increased leisure time's probably inevitable that public interest Thank you the craftsmen regarding income tax beco ming a burden rather than a bless- would grow but it was surely helped Sincerely structurc has been clarified. It has 10 9. along by thc work of the ACC and of Daryl helped mc, greatly." Thank you again for providing me course, Mrs. Webb in particular. Be .
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