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American Craft is a periodical magazine that documents crafts, craft artists, and both practical and creative aspects of the field of American craft. Originally founded by Aileen Osborn Webb in 1941 as Craft Horizons, the magazine has been published by the nonprofit American Craft Council under the title American Craft since November 1979.

As of 1979, the magazine's monthly circulation averaged 40,000 copies, making it the main craft publication in the United States. As American Craft, the magazine developed "a more visual orientation as a coffee-table magazine". After the National Endowment for the Arts began to award grants to individual craftspeople in 1973, American Craft profiled major NEA craft recipients. However, its reviews were often limited to "one or two in-depth commentaries" accompanied by a "visual summary of shows".

Like its predecessor, which both "documented and shaped" the changing history of the American craft movement, American Craft has reflected the development of craft. Writers such as Ed Rossbach have examined the history of craft in its pages. In the 1980s Rossbach wrote a series of articles describing tensions between textile artists Mary Meigs Atwater, Anni Albers, Dorothy Liebes and Marianne Strengell in the 1940s. In 1993, the magazine marked its 50th anniversary and the national "Year of American Craft" with a commemorative issue profiling the previous fifty years. American Craft was described in 1994 as a "major scholarly periodical" of interest to both researchers and serious craftspeople.

American Craft's current editor is Karen Olson (2020-). Previous editors-in-chief include Deborah Pines, Pat Dandignac, Lois Moran (1980 to 2006), Andrew Wagner (2007-2009), Janet Koplos (guest editor, 2009-2010), Shannon Sharpe (deputy editor), Monica Moses (June 2010 to January 2018) and Megan Guerber (2018-2020).

References

1. ^ "Karen Olson". American Craft Council. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
2. ^ Zaiden, Emily (2011). "An unyielding commitment to craft: Aileen Osborn Webb and the American Craft Council". Archives of American Art Journal. 50 (3–4): 10–15. doi:10.1086/aaa.50.3_4.23355884. S2CID 191929927. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
3. Loughran, Maire (14 July 2009). How to Start a Home-Based Jewelry Making Business. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7627-5596-7. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
4. ^ Koplos, Janet; Metcalf, Bruce (31 July 2010). Makers: A History of American Studio Craft. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-9583-2. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
5. Fariello, M. Anna; Owen, Paula (2005). Objects and Meaning: New Perspectives on Art and Craft. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5701-8. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
6. "Selected articles from Craft Horizons magazine". Minnesota Museum of American Art. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
7. Mayer, Barbara (1988). Contemporary American Craft Art: A Collector's Guide. Peregrine Smith Books. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-87905-284-3. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
8. ^ Hujsak, Mary Dodge (11 November 1994). "Craft Information Sources". In Reynolds, Judy (ed.). Reference Services in the Humanities. CRC Press. pp. 5–22. ISBN 978-1-56024-692-3.
9. Moses, Monica (September 17, 2018). "Remembering an Unusual Exhibition at the White House". American Craft Council. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
10. ^ "Series 15 Craft Horizons/American Craft Historical Note". American Craft Council Archives. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
11. Lovelace, Joyce (January 26, 2021). "Remembering: Lois Moran". American Craft Council. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
12. "Monica Moses". American Craft Council. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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