Jan Hopkins, Orange Peel High Heels. From The Perfect Fit - Shoes Tell Stories.

The Perfect Fit—Shoes Tell Stories
June 6, 2009 – January 3, 2010

Brockton, Massachusetts, once known as the shoe capital of the world, will revive its legacy with The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories. Curated by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, who has strong family ties to Brockton’s shoe industry, this exhibition will explore how shoes can tell stories, addressing topics such as gender, history, sexuality, race, class, and culture.

Osmany Betancourt

Beyond the Embargo:
Cuban and American Ceramics
June 11, 2009– October 18, 2009

Curated by Catherine Merrill, this exhibition highlights works in clay from a group of prominent Cuban and American artists who, in spite of the continued U.S. Embargo against Cuba, have continued to work and exhibit together in both Cuba and the United States. This collaborative cultural exchange brings together artists from different aesthetic, cultural and technical backgrounds.

Chunghie Lee

Chunghie Lee: My Cup Overflows
June 11, 2009 – October 18, 2009

Korean-born fiber artist, Chunghie Lee, has been strongly influenced by the Korean wrapping cloths called Pojagi. Her powerful installation references the anonymous, ancient women who, during the Choson Dynasty, created these functional works of art. Large panels of draped silk, hemp and linen – embellished with images of Korean woman and other symbols of the past – are simultaneously contemporary in their graphic nature. Lee’s works connect past and present.

Kiwon Wang, Erotica p#10, 2007. From The Sixth Sense: Contemporary Jewelry from Korea.

The Sixth Sense:
Contemporary Jewelry from Korea
January 31, 2009 – July 26, 2009

Organized by Fuller Craft Museum and curated by Kiwon Wang, this exhibition will highlight new work by contemporary Korean jewelry artists and provide an intimate look at the spiritual and aesthetic elements of Korean jewelry while bringing to light the importance of Korean artists on the international art scene.

Christian Burchard

Days of Spring - Memories of Intimate Connections
Wood Sculpture by Christian Burchard
March 20 – November 29, 2009

Based in southern Oregon, wood sculptor Christian Burchard creates sensuous wall sculptures from Pacific Madrone root burls.  Blocks of this wood are cut into thin panels that the artist sandblasts and bleaches into series entitled “Skins” and “Torsos.”  The forms, with their undulations and textures, are supple and smooth, and bring to mind landscapes, maps and bodies.

Machiko Agano, Structured Spaces.

Machiko Agano: Structured Space
May 7, 2009 – March 7, 2010

Fuller Craft Museum presents Structured Space – An installation by Machiko Agano. Curated by William Thrasher, the exhibition of this internationally known work by the renowned Japanese conceptual fiber artist, Machiko Agano, has been newly conceived especially for Fuller Craft Museum’s Courtyard Gallery. With this installation, Fuller Craft commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Boston-Kyoto Sister City relationship, founded in 1959 as the first of the official US-Japan Sister Cities.

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Coming Exhibitions

Jeffrey Lloyd Dever, High Plains Interlude

Sculpting Color: Works in Polymer Clay
Curated by Kathleen Dustin
August 8, 2009 – November 8, 2009

Unlike any other materials in fine craft, polymer clay has no ancient history, no millennia as a utilitarian art form, no past masters from which to draw inspiration or technical expertise.  And unlike any other material, the artist can work directly with color in their hands: mixing color; blending color; squeezing color; sculpting color; pinching different colors into patterns – all without intermediary tools.

Warren MacKenzie, from Warren MacKenzie: Legacy of an American Potter

Warren MacKenzie
Legacy of an American Potter
October 31, 2009 – January 3, 2010

Organized by the Rochester Art Museum, this exhibition of ceramics by Warren MacKenzie presents over 200 works of various styles and approaches, spanning his remarkable 50-year artistic career.  He has studied the ceramics of many cultures, particularly Japan, whose forms, glazes and aesthetics can be seen in his work.  MacKenzie’s lifelong dedication to utilitarian vessels reflects a worldview where art and life are one.  Recognized as a master of 20th Century ceramics, MacKenzie has produced work that is beautiful in a natural way and comfortable in the hand.