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!

The images above were taken at the Opening Reception November 10th following a talk by Banks Tully, faculty advisor for the 15 Appalachian State University (ASU) students who created this exhibition that totally transforms the CCCD gallery space. Their exhibit demonstrates the creativity employed in the process that all industrial designers experience as they conceptualize, sketch, render and fabricate their designs. The exhibit illustrates the journey that ideas take, as they move from the head to the hand, and from conception to eventual reality.

Banks Tully and students will talk about the creative process involved in design - including exhibit design. The CCCD Gallery became a real-life laboratory, with students competing for the best design elements.

Appalachian State University is one of the three University of North Carolina universities affiliated with the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design.

This is the sixth ENEWS monthly focus on 2006 Windgate Fellows. 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

After graduating from Kent State University with a BFA in May, 2006, Ben Johnson relocated to Providence, Rhode Island to work as a studio assistant and continue his exploration in glass. He was able to use grant funds to take a lost wax bronze casting class at the Steel Yard and to acquire some equipment for cold work glass, and glass blowing pipes and tools. Relocating to New England was an opportunity to travel to Boston and New York to visit area museums and galleries and the ability to leave work to be a teacher's assistant at Ox-Bow School of Crafts. Work created during this time includes a piece of blown glass, sand carved, polished and acid etched selected for an exhibition, "Transformations 6: Contemporary Works in Glass" at the Society for Contemporary Craft, in Pittsburgh. The work deals with mutations caused by environmental pressures. Another work, "Black Host" was a part of "CraftForms 2007" at the Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA is on display until the end of January. It is blown glass pieces attached inside the form.

Fall, 2007 brought a move to Burnsville, North Carolina, after Johnson was awarded a residency at the Energy XChange The residency plus the remaining grant funding will allow Ben to start his own business in glass, to run a glass studio, and continue to make work. The residency allows him to work on full-time on his glass projects, to experiment with the material and to not worry about the cost of failures during the glass making process. The example of recent work is blown glass that has been stenciled off and sand blasted to reveal layers of color in the glass, to be a part of the "20'x20'x20' Exhibition" at the LSU School of Art in Baton Rouge, LA from March 16-April 4, 2008.

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.

Universities have identified their nominees for the 2008 Windgate Fellowships and students have begun their online application process. 2008 Windgate Fellowship awards will be announced in the May ENEWS.

Beginning February 1, 2008 CCCD welcomes new Assistant Director, Katie Lee. She received a BA in Art History from the College of Charleston with Departmental Honors and an Intercultural MA Art History degree from Richmond, The American International University in London. Her MA thesis was "The Problem with Modernism: The Challenge of Bernard Leach's Life and Art".

Katie Lee is moving from South Carolina where she has been the Assistant Director and Curator for the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art since 2005. During this time she has also served as Adjunct Professor Museum Studies/Gallery Fundamentals course for the College of Charleston. She assisted the Director of the Halsey Institute in coordinating a a major collaboration "Force of Nature" (www.halsey.cofc.edu/fon_index.html), bringing 10 emerging Japanese artists to five institutions in South and North Carolina for a six-week residency. Her most recent exhibition was "Surface Tension: Multimedia Abstractions by Cindy Neuschwander and Hiroyuki Hamada" exhibited at the Halsey Institute in May 2007.

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.

Eight winners, of the "YOU COUNT" raffle, were drawn Saturday, December 15th at the craft showroom of HandMade in America. Over 3000 craft lovers completed a survey on their craft purchases, enabling them to enter the free raffle generously donated by area craft galleries. This information is a major component of the 2008 update of the 1995 research on the impact of the craft industry on the economy of western North Carolina. Regional organizations collecting data for the 2008 study conducted by DESS Business Research, include HandMade in American, Penland School of Crafts, Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Program, the University of North Carolina Craft Campus, Southern Highlands Craft Guild, and the UNC Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. The 1995 study, commissioned by HandMade in America, reported a $122 million total annual economic contribution of the craft industry to western North Carolina. The organizations, and galleries contributing raffle prizes, support this study to document how the substantial growth of the craft industry in the decade since the first study.

Susan Gibson, Grimesland, NC won $200 to Blue Spiral 1, Asheville

Cathy Robinson, Forest City, NC won $200 to New Morning Gallery, Biltmore Village

Janet Fazin, Winstorn Salem, NC won $100 to Bellagio Art to Wear, Biltmore Village

Velda S. Davis, Waynesville, NC won $100 to Bellagio Everyday, Asheville

Kevin Falank, Huntersville, NC won $100 to Penland Gallery, Penland School of Crafts

Jeri Buek, Hendersonville, NC won $50 to Grove Arcade ARTS & Heritage Gallery, Asheville

Glen Houser, Orangeburg, SC won $50 to Allanstand Craft Shop, at the Folk Art Center, Asheville

K.B. Morris, Swannanoa, NC won $50 to Grovewood Gallery, Asheville

The 2008 study will review all aspects of the craft industry and how it impacts our economy, including artist surveys distributed to over 2000 artists living in the 25 counties of western North Carolina. In the next six months additional surveys will be collected from retail galleries, craft supply businesses, craft schools, publishing, and business incubators. The final report will be presented to the public in August 2008. For more information on the project contact the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, 828-890-2050.

January 17 is the deadline to apply for the National Gallery of Art, Graduate Curatorial Internships. Graduate Curatorial Interns receive a stipend of $34,000 and are in residence at the National Gallery from September 7, 2008 to August 7, 2009. For more information.

January 15 is the deadline to for artists residing in the 25 WNC Counties of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, to submit their qualifications for a $20,000 public art commission celebrating Old Time Music offered by the Waynesville Public Art Commission. For more information Go to the Public Art button at the top of the page.

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.

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 - the first issue will be released in March 2008. To place an order/subscription visit www.bergpublishers.com and download order forms or email custerserv@turpin-distribution.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.

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.