Crafting identity : the development of professional fine craft in Canada / Sandra Alfoldy.

By contrasting American experience with the Canadian context, which includes a unique Quebec identity and a Native dimension, Sandra Alfoldy argues that the development of organizations, advanced education for craftspeople, and exhibition and promotional opportunities have contributed to the distinc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Alfoldy, Sandra, 1969-2019
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Pioneering professional craft in Canada
  • Aileen Osborn Webb and the American Craft Council: establishing a professional craft ideology
  • 1967: a contennial year of crafts in Canada and a leadership role for native crafts
  • Professional education, professional aesthetics
  • The dis/unity of craft: in praise of hands, Toronto, 1974
  • The professional ascendancy of the crafts.