{"product_id":"exploring-contemporary-craft-history-theory-and-critical-writing-9781552451076","title":"Exploring Contemporary Craft: History, Theory and Critical Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jean Johnson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe craft of craft, the art of craft - here in Canada we're just starting to really talk about these things. In March 1999, Jean Johnson, who runs Toronto's Craft Studio at Harbourfront Centre, organized a wildly successful symposium on the state of craft in Canada. Curators, writers, critics, academics and craftspeople spoke about all aspects of craft: history, practice, theory, criticism. Taken together, these papers create a clear picture of the vibrant crafts scene in Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe symposium was a groundbreaking event, a first in Canada, offering to the crafts community a new depth of consideration. The book, too, is a Canadian first, and it will allow a dialogue about the academic side of the craft movement to continue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the book's three sections, History, Theory and Critical Writing, contains a keynote paper and essays by experts in each field, including Mark Kingwell writing 'On Style, ' Blake Gopnik on 'Reviewing Craft Exhibitions for the Art Pages, ' and Robin Metcalfe addressing 'Teacup Readings: Contextualizing Craft in the Art Gallery.'\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47999855624343,"sku":"9781552451076","price":941.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781552451076.webp?v=1783601941","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/exploring-contemporary-craft-history-theory-and-critical-writing-9781552451076","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}