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Brian Boldon. Looking and Blindness, 2006. Kiln-formed glass, aluminium, steel, digtial glass prints, LEDs.	The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft May 29, 2010 — February 6, 2011 Curated by Fo Wilson, The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Contemporary Craft steps beyond the boundaries that currently exist among technology, art, and craft. The artists in this exhibition use new technologies in tandem with traditional craft materials – clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber – to forge new artistic directions. Digital video and audio, computerized design, and other technologies are viewed as new materials to be exploited, manipulated and co-opted to enrich artistic expression. The New Materiality: Digital Dialogues at the Boundaries of Craft examines this phenomenon and its impact on the world of contemporary craft. Sponsored by George Washington Toma and WGBH. Click here to read the Boston Globe’s review.
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Josh Simpson. Inhabited Vase, 2003. Blown multiple layer silver glass with hot worked inclusions.	Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass May 1, 2010 — January 2, 2011 Best known for his intricate glass “planets,” Josh Simpson creates worlds of wonder, teeming with natural life. The kaleidoscopic magic of his undersea, land, and outer-space vistas is also seen in many of his utilitarian objects – goblets, tumblers, vases-where he has pushed the limits of contemporary glass artistry. This exhibition of approximately 100 works, selected from the artist's personal collection, traces the unique journey of this self-taught master of glass, from his early traditional pieces to the spectacular tour-de-force multi-layered works of the present. Organized by the Huntsville Museum of Art in cooperation with Josh Simpson Contemporary Glass. Art Alliance for Contemporay Glass is providing funding for educational support of the Josh Simpson exhibition. Click here to read the Boston Globe's review.
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John Garrett. Caravan, detail.	Caravan: An installation by John Garrett March 20, 2010 — March 27, 2011 New Mexico-based textile artist John Garrett, known for weaving familiar and unlikely materials into complex works, has been pushing the boundaries of traditional fiber art and textiles for over 30 years. In March he will be creating a site-specific installation expecially for Fuller Craft's Courtyard Gallery. "Caravan" will be a large, multi-layered work created in modular sections, inspired by textiles created by nomadic people from the Middle East and West Africa.
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Wendy Maruyama. Bedside Box #1, 1980. Fuller Craft Museum, Permanent Collection. Photo by Dean Powell.	Furniture from the Permanent Collection February 13 — September 26, 2010 Fuller Craft Museum is proud to present its first exhibition exclusively devoted to studio furniture from the Museum's permanent collection. This exhibiton showcases a growing collection of works from emerging and master furniture artists.
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Mariko Kusumoto. Hinamatsuri, detail.	Mariko Kusumoto: Unfolding Stories May 22, 2010 — August 8, 2010 Japanese artist Mariko Kusumoto is known for her extraordinary and intricate metal sculptures of music boxes, clocks and other constructions, with multiple doors, compartments, drawers and moving parts. Fuller Craft Museum will be the setting for her meticulously hand-crafted pieces using a variety of metalsmithing techniques: etching, enameling and casting. With each box sculpture, she presents a magical world of astounding detail and artistry. Exhibition organized by Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.
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	Art ASPIRE June 9, 2010 — October 18, 2010 Art ASPIRE, After-School Programs Integrating Residencies in Education, will be celebrating it's tenth year of programs. Fuller Craft partnered with Plouffe Academy, Southeastern Technical Regional High School, and Champion High School this year. Over 330 students learned a new craft and will have their work displayed in the Community Gallery.
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Nancy Train Smith. Migration, detail. Terracotta.	Migration: Upper Porter Pond An Installtion by Nancy Train Smith June 21, 2010 — October 31, 2010 Massachusetts artist Nancy Train Smith installs her ceramic installation project Migration in Fuller Craft's courtyard moat and adjacent pond. Consisting of 130 terracotta fish figures, the installation is a dramatic reinterpretation of the landscape through the visual tension between form, location, and color.
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	Fold It: Deena Schnitman On view in the café On view in the café is an installation of cookbooks installed by Deena Schnitman. The six designs are created from one basic fold.
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Future Exhibitions
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Lissa Hunter.	Different Lines: Drawings by Craft Artists July 31, 2010 — February 27, 2011 Known best for their work in ceramics, glass, jewelry, wood, or textiles, these artists nonetheless are consummate creators of work in other medias. This exhibition explores the prints and drawings of well respected craft artists and presents to the public an unseen side of these artists' creative abilities. Artists in the exhibition include Vivian Beer, Dale Chihuly, Dan Dailey, Steve Ford and David Forlano, Lissa Hunter, Sergei Isupov, Judy Kensley McKie, Norma Minkowitz, Jon Eric Riis, and Tommy Simpson.
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Tommy Simpson. Tennessee Tooling Box.	Boxes and Their Makers August 21, 2010 — October 31, 2010 Created by thirty contemporary woodworkers, these artists constructed conceptual and functional pieces that express their unique artistic visions, and blur the boundaries of art and craft. Originally organized by the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine, this exhibition showcases internationally renowned woodworkers who were selected for the excellence of their concepts, designs and techniques.
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Warren Mather. Downtown Crossing, 2006. Glazed ceramics.	Photo Clay: In the Picture with Warren Mather October 9, 2010 — January 23, 2011 Ceramic artist Warren Mather explores the expressive and technical potential of silk-screened photographic images on a ceramic surface. His large panorama pieces create and reinforce the physcial structure of a panoramic print in large discs of glazed earthenware.