AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COUNCIL 29 WEST 53RD STREET, NEW YORK, N. Y. APRIL 1969 VOL. 10 NO.3
"YOUNG AMERICANS 1969"
A.CC's national competition " Young Americans 1969" will open June 7 at the University of New Mexico Art Gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico as part of the Council's sixth na tional conference being held at the University June 7-11.
Preliminary jurying of entries to the competition took place April 11 , 12, and 14 in New York. Jurors were Jack Lenor Lar sen, internationally known fabric designer and weaver, Peter Selz, director of the University of California Art Gallery at Berkeley, and Frans Wildenhain, professor of ceramics at the School for American Craftsmen.
Nine hundred fifty-one persons between th e ag es of 20 and 30 entered the competition. They could submit up to five works in the form of 35mm color slides of each work plus a detail view. An entry form required specific information on the size, material, technique, and date of each work.
Approximately 8500 slides were received between March lS-April 4. They were shown to the jury by means of five carousel projectors which simultaneously flashed each per Donald Reitz son 's total entry, followed immediately by related detail slides. Semi-finals were chosen in the first screening and Appointed Craftsman-trustee viewed a second time. Two hundred seventeen works by 194 At a meeting April 21 of the A.CC Trustees, Donald L. Reitz, craftsmen were preliminarily selected; they will be reviewed Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at Madison, was in Albuquerque by Mr. Lar se n, chairman of the jury. appointed by the ' Trustees to se rve out the term of James The " Young Americans 1969" competition was under the Wozniak, craftsman-trustee of the North Central Region. Mr. direction of the Research & Education Department of A.CC Wozniak plans to teach at the Un iversity of Massachuse tts in the fall and thus cannot complete the three-year term which Following its showing in Albuquerque through June 13, requires residency in the region of election. " Young Americans 1969" will open at the Muse um of Con Mr. Reitz holds a B.S. degree from Kutztown State College temporary Crafts June 27 and will continue through Septem and an M.F.A. from Alfred University. His ceramics have been ber 7. A catalog and slides of the exhibition will be available included in many national exhibitions. He and his wife live at M.CC with their two children in Spring Green, Wisconsin. POTTERY WORKSHOPS AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COUNCIL 29 West 53rd Street New York, N. Y. 10019 The School of the Arts & Crafts Society of Portland, Oregon 'Atith the cooperation of the Northwest Region of A.C.C. will THE AMERICAN CRAFTSMEN'S COUNCIL IS a nati onal non-pro fit ed uca tional organization ch art ered in 19-13 by the Board o f Re g'nts o f the State sponsor a pottery workshop on thrown tableware with Bryan 01 New York to stimulate public inleresl in and aprreci ation o f thf' work of handcraftsmcn. Membership in th e Co uncil is o pen 10 all. Newman, a young English potter. Mr. Newman has taught at Chairman of the Board & Pr es idenl A ILEEN O. WEBB the Camberwell School of Art in London and has been a mem execu tive Vice Pr(>sident DONALD l. WYCKOFF ber of the governing board of the Craftsmen Potters' Associa Membership ManaHer ANITA CHMIEL D irec tor, Administrati ve Se rvices IOSEPH P. FALLARIN O tion of Great Britain. He maintains a studio in Somerset, D,," <:Ior, Research & Educatio n LOI S MORAN England. Administrative A ssi slant, West C,,~<\ LOIS LADAS Edilor, Cralr H" ri zons ROSF SLIVKA Two separate workshop sessions will be held: July 7-8-9-10 Director, Museum o f Contemporary Crafts PAUL I. SMITH The ACC Ourlook is published monrhly, Janu ary, Ma y, lu ly, and August and 14-15 and July 16-17 and 21-22-23-24. Only advanced stu exceplt'd, by the American Cralt smen's Council. Sr' cond·class postage dents will be accepted and enrollment will be limited to fif rJleS paid.11 New )'()fk, N. Y. r\-Icmbc f 5hip rale 510,00 per YCJr and h i~ her. teen in each session. The fee of $60.00 includes materials. Editor: Lois Moran. A raku workshop by Phil Eagle of Oregon will also be of fered in two related session s, July 11 and 18. A $15.00 fee Edilor's NOle: covers both days and includes materials. For registration con This number 3 issue of OUTLOOK was regret/ably delayed tac t : Arts & Crafts SOCiety, 616 Northwest 18th Ave., Portland, because of (he jurying of " Young Americans 1969." Though Oregon 97209. daled April, care has been laken to oHer only articlC's of cur rent interesl.
The Museum of Contemporary Crafts, in preparing a NEW SLIDE KITS retrospective exhibition on th e artist Peter Voulkos, The building and firing of a salt glaze kiln is the subject of a seeks information on the whereabouts of works by the new slide kit prepared by A.c.c.'s Res ea rch & Education De artist. Any persons owning Voulkos works or knowing partment. Photographed at the pottery of Byron Temple in of institutions or persons who have collected them, are Lambertville, New Jersey, the slides are a colorful documenta asked to communicate with Mrs. Lois Lad as, the West tion of the process of constructing Jnd firing this srecial kiln, Coast Administrator tor A.C.C, at ')4 Mission Avenue, A printed script with much helpful information was g ner ously prepared by Mr. Temple and accompanies the seventy San Rafael , Califo rni a 94901. (If photographs exist, one slides which form the kit. Rental fee is $7.10; purchase 91ease so indicatel. price is $71.00. In an exhibition held early this year, The Art Institute of Chicago presented its fine and comprehensive collection of Sound Exhibition Planned western textiles ranging from early Peruvian examples to those of this century. As a cooperative project, the Council's Re The Museum of Contemporary Crafts ha s announced that it search & Education Depar tment is offering a kit of 140 color will present an exhibition on sound late this year. Current slides from this exhibition through " Your Portable Museum" technology of sound will be included, but concentration will service. The textiles illustrated include tapestries, silks and be on the artistic use of sound-as objects or non-visual aural velvets, coverlets, embroideries and needlework, lace, and experience. Scores, instruments, and sound environments are prints. A script provides details. Rental fee is $14.00. (This kit some o f the exhibition elements which will be gathered from is not for sale.) the United States and other countries. Should any member A 20% discount is granted on rentals to all $12.00 and own or know of interes ting or unusual material rel ating to higher members of A.C.C. Please list alternate rental dates and sound, th e Mu ~ eum invil es th eir corres po ndence to: Mr. RJY address orders to the Research & Education Department, A.c.c. Pierotti, M.C.C, 29 West 53rd St. , N . Y., N. Y. 10019.
Dublin Set For wee Assembly FOCUS Program The Directors of the World Crafts Council have announced Various programs during FOCUS, A.c.c.'s sixth national COIl that Dublin, Ireland will be the setting August 16-21, 1970 of ference at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque the Fourth Biennial Meeting of the WCC General Assembly June 7-11, 1969, ha ve been announced by Donald Wyckoff, The facilities of Trinity College, Trinity Hall, and the Royal A.c.c. Vice President. Benj amin Thompson, architect and Dublin Society have been offered for the Assembly Meetings. PreSident of D es ign Research Inc, will present " Thoughts On A state reception at Dublin Castle, an evening at the Abbey Environment Leading Toward /\ New City Of Man." The Theatre, a tour of the Wicklow Hills and special exhibitions of Southwest and Southeast Regions of A.C.C. will give programs Irish crafts and archeological treasures are some of the plans on ed ucation and cu I tu ral heri tage respectively; the Northeast being made for the five-day meeting. Further details will be announced in the WCC news letter which is published three Re gion will le ad a craft auction. A presentatIOn on the young times a year as a benefit of membership. Annual membership American Indian will be given by the Institute of American dues is $5.00 and only WCC members of six months' standing Indian Arts. Films and an information center run by A.c.c.'s will be eligible to attend the 1970 Assembly. Research & Education Department are also planned. Conference/Fair Craft Courses 1969-70" has been issued and may be ordered from Publication Sales at ACC for $1.00. Included with the ACC.'s Northeast Region has announced that Mary Caroline 11-page Directory is a mimeographed listing of schools offer Richards, potter, poet, author ("Centering: Toward A New ing summer craft studies. Humanism") will be the keynote speaker at "Insight '69," a NATIVE AMERICAN ARTS, a publication issued by the In conference sponsored by the region July 7-8 at Bennington dian Arts and Crafts Board, U. S. Department of the Interior, College in Bennington, Vermont. It is planned that conferees has just been received in the Research Library. Planned to be will divide into small groups for discussion following the key a series of special titles, its first is sue deals with the Institute note presentation; each group will have a leader prominent in of American Indian Arts, reporting the history and work of the arts. Included among these are Paul Smith of the Museum this Indian school. The new 59-page publication takes the of Contemporary Crafts, Donald McKinley, director of the place of SMOKE SIGNALS which The Board published for Sheridan College School of Design, Paulus Berensohn, potter, some time. Copies are obtainable by sending 65(1 to the Super Paula Adler, weaver, Janice Lourie of IBM, Hiram Haggett of intendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Wash ington, D. C 20402. NASA, Bill Holst, photographer, Carolyn Bilderback, dancer.
Costs for the conference include $33 .00 for room/board at Bennington College plus registration fee of $17.00 for ACC Group Activities members or $27.00 for non-members. Registration is open Mrs. Pat Baldwin of TUJunga, California reports of a new to all. group called "Tapestry West" whi ch she founded in October, 1968. With twenty-five contemporary weavers from Southern Immediately following the conference the region will spon California composing the membership, this group aims to pro sor its fourth annual fair on the grounds of Mt. Anthony Union vide an exchange of ideas concerning modern tapestry weav High School in Bennington. Indoor and outdoor selling areas ing and woven sculpture. Their first exhibition was held al the will be set up July 9. July 10 and the morning of July 11 will be GMA Gallery in Los Angeles in November; Iheir parent reserved for wholesale buyers. Selling to the public will begin show is at the Laguna [leach Art Association Gallery through at noon July 11 and continue through 5 p.m. July lJ. Craft June 22. demonstrations will be given each afternoon during public Another group, formed in 1967 is the National Council on selling. Education for the Ceramic !\rl ~, which helel their annual meeting March 27-29 at the Kan sa , City Art Institute under Indoor selling space will be available only to craftsmen of the chairmanship of Kenneth Ferguson of the Institute. Daniel th e Northeil st Region who are $12.00 or higher members of Rhodes and James Melchert were featured speakers for this ACC The fee for such space is $45.00. Outdoor (tailgating) weekend meeting. NCECA is a national organization of pot space is open to any craftsman for a $15.00 fee. tery teachers and ceramic artists. It has active committees Reg istration for "Insight '69" and the Fair is being handled dealing with such areas as Jobs, exhibitions, publications, and hy Miss 1. Anderson, 1301 A 35th St., N.W, Washington, D. C slide services. In the latter, Richard Peeler of DePauw Univer sity has assembled a collection of 35 mm color slides on 20007. ceramics which may be purchased for 50(1 each. (A catalog will be sent on request by writing Mr. Peeler at the University, Notes From Research Greencastle, Indiana 46135.) Membership in NGCA is open to teachers, artists, and others who have demonstrated a con The Resea rch & Education Department of ACC has pub cern for the ceramic arts. Annual dues is $25.00 and there is lished an up-to-date listing of its audio-visual service, " Your also a student membership at $5.00. For information contact Portable Museum." This new listing reflects a major review Mr. Roger Corsaw, School of Art, University of Oklahoma, and overhaul of the service occurring over th e past months. Norman, Oklahoma 73069. "Your Portable Museum" consists of 35mm slide kits and The Louisiana Crafts Council opened new headquarters April filmstrips as well as motion films. Slide kits are categorized 15 at lJ9 Broadway in the garden district of New Orleans. into 1) exhibitions of the Museum of Contemporary Crafts Marking the occasion was an exhibition of Louisiana crafts from 1958 through 1968,2) kits assembled by the Research & juried by Donald Wyckoff, Vice Presielent o f A.CC. The Education Department from its files or through cooperative Louisiana Crafts Council is managed by volunteers. It offers arrangements with other institutions during the period 1961- craft courses and maintains a gallery which may be visited 1968, and 3) craft processes. Six filmstrips are listed, the Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. majority based on Museum of Contemporary Crafts exhi bitions. The motion films number three: " The Music Rack ," A symposium on plastics was held at Arizona State Uni " Reflections," and " Three Potters Throwing." versity in Tempe April 12-lJ under the sponsorship of the Arizona Craftsmen's Council. Financial support was given Since new material is regularly added to the service, the by the Southwest Region of ACC as the beginning of a Department intends to issue revised listings semi-annually. plan to aid specific craft programs in the status of the re Persons interested in obtaining a current copy should address gion. Pauli Lame of Tempe, state representative to the a stamped self-addressed envelope with their request to the Southwest Regional Assembly, was chairman of the event. Research & Education Department at ACC George Laisner of Washington State University was the sym The Department's third annual edition of " Directory of posium leader. BIOOI "A "N ')lHDA M3N 'H3H1S DHES lS3M B~
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Santa Fe , " 1969 South Western Craftsmen's Exhibition, " Museum of CALENDAR Inlernatio nal Folk Art, lune 6-September 14 . California New York Belmonl, the 13th annual Bay Area Arts & Crafts Guild Exhibition, Ithaca , 16th annual York State Craft Fair, Ithaca College, August 4-9 College of Notre Dame, June 6-14. New York, " Fabrics : Stone Age to Space Age," Owens -Corning Fiber Berkeley, ceramic sculpture by Gail Feuer, ASUC Studio, June 2-21. glas Center, thru July 31. Orinda , batik group show, Galeria 126 thru June 10. Rochester, " 1969 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition," Memorial Art San Francisco, Guatemalan Indian Textiles, June 30 ; group show July Gallery at the University of Rochester, thru June 6. & August; Anneberg Gallery. Valley Slream, long Island Craft'men's Guild all m ember exhibition, Sonoma, W eav ings by Ida Grae, EI Paso Gallery, thru June .10 . The Dime Savings Bank, May l1-June 9. Stanford, Coplic Tex tiles from the Stanford Collection, Stanford Uni North Carolina versity, Ihru June 15. Asheville, Craftsmen'S Fair of the Southern Highlands, City Audito Colorado rium, July 14 ·18. Central City, ACC South Cenlral Craftsmen, 1969, Gilpin County Arts Pcnland, Residen t Craflsmen exh ibition, Terry Sanford Center for Associalion , May 25 - luly 5. Producing Craftsmen , June 8-july 18. Connecticut Ohio Willimantie, Southern Highland Handicraft Guild traveling exhibition, Troy, 3rd annual Welding Workshops for Sculptors, Hobart Welding East Connecticut State College, June 2J-July 24. School, july 7-25 . Indiana Oregon Fort Wa yne, " Interpreta tions: jack Lenor Larsen," co-sponsored by Portlanc/, En vironmenlalisls w ith Black Lighl, Roger Hackelt and David Ihe Ft. Wayne Museum of Art and Designer Craflsman Guild of Ft. Hansen, thru June 30; Non-loomed textiles by Carole Beadle, Ceramic Wa yne, july ll-August 24 . sculpture by Ron Wigginton , July 1-31; Contemporary Crafts Associ· Indianapolis, "Indiana Crafts '69" Ihe Jrd bi-annual Indiana Artist ation. Craftsmen competilion, H e rron Museum of Art, thru Augusl 10. Portland, pottery workshops, Sc hool of the Arts and Crafts Society of Kansas Po rtland, July Wichita, Workshorr-Macrame, non-loom weaving, batik and stitchery, Vermont Wichila Siale University, june 2-20. Bennington, 4th annual Craftsman's Fair, sponsored by the Northeast Wichita, Macrame exhibition from the Western Association of Mu Region of ACe, July 11-13. " Imi gh l '69" conference, lull' 7-8, B"'n seums, Wichita State University, thru June 30. nington College. Maryland West Virginia Stevr'nson, melal by AI Wilson, thru june 22; leather by lustus Taylor Ripley, Mountain Slate Arts & Crafts Fair, lull' ]-6. lune 23-july 19; Galleries Greif. Massachusells W e invite afl organizations to inform 1/<\ o f craft €'venf5 the)' will ~r O fl s or. Com p/ere informacion should be' sent to chI ' Edito r of Oul/co.", Am~riC(jn CrJ/rsm cn's Amherst. New England Weavers Seminar, luly 14-18. Council, 29 West S3rd St. , N. Y., N. Y 10019. Outlook IS published e')ch month Michigan e xc ept January, May, luly, dnd August. In/nrmalion should be .