Aimed at students, artists and educators, the ThinkCraft Symposium at the Cleveland Institute of Art, September 20 through 22, will focus on issues critical in craft today. Visitors may attend one day or all three, and hear from top thinkers and makers in contemporary craft.

Day One will focus on contemporary practice. Day Two will focus on education and theory as it applies to craft education. Day Three is for exploring how curators and collectors think about their respective practices.

Presenters include Tom Joyce, sculptor; Judith Schaechter, stained-glass artist; Stuart Kestenbaum, poet and collector; Janet Koplos, writer and critic; Glenn Adamson, senior scholar at the Yale Center for British Art and editor-at-large of The Magazine Antiques; Elisabeth Agro, a curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Jessica Calderwood, metal and enamels artist; Stephen Yusko, sculptor and furniture artist; Lisa Clague, ceramics artist; and N² Clay Studio, ceramicists Nicci Winrock and Neal Barman.

Registration is $15 a day or $40 for all three days for the general public. CIA students and employees are admitted free. CIA alumni and students from other institutions may attend all three days for $15. ThinkCraft takes place at CIA’s Gund Building in University Circle.

Details and registration information can be found at cia.edu/thinkcraft.

Symposium Schedule
Thursday, September 20

8:30-9:30am       Registration

9:30-10am          Welcome

10am-noon         Concurrent sessions in CIA studios: Ceramics (N² Studio), Glass (Nate Cotterman), and Jewelry + Metals (Jessica Calderwood)

1:30-3:30pm       Concurrent sessions in CIA studios: Ceramics (N² Studio), Glass (Nate Cotterman), and Jewelry + Metals (Jessica Calderwood)

4pm                  Keynote: Judith Schaechter

6:30pm              Keynote: Tom Joyce

8pm                  Opening night reception

Friday, September 21, 2018

8:30-9:30am       Registration

9:30-10am          Welcome

10am-noon         Concurrent sessions in CIA studios: Ceramics (Lisa Clague), Glass (Judith Schaechter), and Jewelry + Metals (Stephen Yusko)

12:15am            Keynote: Stuart Kestenbaum

1:30-3:30pm       Concurrent sessions in CIA studios: Ceramics (Lisa Clague), Glass (Judith Schaecter), and Jewelry + Metals (Stephen Yusko)

4pm                  Keynote: Janet Koplos

6-9pm               Lolly the Trolley tour of Cleveland maker studios or FRONT Triennial exploration

Saturday, September 22

9am-noon           Lolly the Trolley tour of Cleveland galleries

10am-noon         Tour of Cleveland Museum of Art decorative arts and design collection

1-2pm               Keynote: Eisabeth Agro

2-3:30pm           Keynote: Glenn Adamson

 

 

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