Craft and Legacy: Writing a History, Preserving a Field, Essays by Presenters at Haystack's 2019 Summer Conference, #35

Monograph Series #35–2019

Publication date 2020
95 pages, 8 1/2” x 11”

Organized from three related perspectives­ of museums and cultural institutions, collectors, and living artists, the conference convened more than twenty presenters who served as models for developing best practices in addressing questions of legacy and fostering an expanded resource network for colleagues from across the country.

“Haystack and the Center for Craft have long played leading roles in helping to advance scholarship, and broaden our understanding of craft. While we have gone about our work in different ways, we share a commitment to engaging with some of the most pressing issues facing the field. This conference was the first time our organizations developed joint programming in this manner, and we hope this collaboration will be seen as an incentive for others to work together in a spirit of generosity and exchange.”—P. S.

Essayists include Elisabeth Agro, M. Rachael Arauz, Marisa Bartolucci, Cornelia Carey, Squeak Carnwath, Sarah Anne Carter, Lee Eagle, James Grace, Diana Greenwold, Douglas Heller, Katya Heller, Elizabeth Hulings, Kathleen Nugent Mangan, Daniel Minter, Meaghan Roddy, Rebecca Sive, Cindi Strauss, and Folayemi (Fo) Wilson.