The Craft Museum: Ideals and Practice (3 of 4)
“Propelling the Encyclopedic Museum Forward: Strategies for the Future of Collecting Craft” by Cindi Strauss and Anna Walker, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston “Performance in Craft” moderated by Jeannine Falino, Museum of Arts and Design with panelists: Emily Zilber, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Gabriel Craig, artist; Jessica Jane Julius, artist; Emma Salamon, artist This symposium examines the role of the craft museum in modern culture. Coinciding with the renovation of the Renwick Gallery, the Smithsonian’s national craft museum, this program seeks a lively dialogue on craft’s institutional mission, and the execution of programming devoted to the collection, conservation, presentation, and study of craft. The issue of how to interpret the field of craft in a museum setting is increasingly urgent as the boundaries of its teaching, practice, reception, and the discipline’s very definition shift dramatically in the first quarter of the 21st century.
