“Words Matter: Craft and Oral History in the Digital Realm” by Catherine Whalen, Bard Graduate Center “Shifting Threads: Collective Craft Knowledge in the Digital Sphere” by Mei-Ling Israel, Bard Graduate Center “Learning through Making: Integrating Museums, Makers, and Community” moderated by James Herring, Frost Museum with panelists: Erica Halverson, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Stefania Van Dyke, Denver Art Museum; and Neal Overstrom, Rhode Island School of Design 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.

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