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State of Craft Summer Workshops and Presentation
The celebration of State of Craft, Exploring the Studio Craft Movement in Vermont, 1960-2010 continues with workshops for children and adults throughout the summer, and more. ...
Under the direction of Tyler Resch, Research Librarian at the Bennington Museum, a new indexing system has been implemented making the retrieval of historical information easy. ...
On View January 31 through April 30
In August of 1938, Aileen Osborne Webb invited groups with a vested interest in the production of craft objects to a meeting at the Shelburne House in Shelburne, Vermont. They came from all around the country. By the end of that three-day meeting, the participants had established the first national organization of American craft artists under the name Handcraft Cooperative League of America. This was the seed of what would become America’s largest and most significant craft organization, the American Craft Council. It can be argued that because of this momentous gathering, Vermont served as the birthplace of the modern American craft movement. Over the ensuing seven decades, Vermont developed into one of the epicenters of the crafts revival in America. Despite this pivotal position, the artistic, social, and economic history of the contemporary crafts movement in the Green Mountain State had not been researched in any depth or presented in a major museum exhibition, until now. State of Craft, a major exhibition at the Bennington Museum, examines the evolution of the contemporary studio craft movement in Vermont from the mid-twentieth century to current day. The exhibition explores three overarching themes, Living by Making, Inspirations, and Communities and Connections. Each theme includes stories of Vermont’s diverse craftspeople, and illustrates the multifaceted nature of craft production in the state. ...
September 1, 2009
Bennington Museum Receives Highest National Recognition Awarded Re-Accreditation from the American Association of Museums ...
