Exhibit Announcement: CRAFT
Craft: The power, the force, the knowledge and wisdom behind making
February 7 – April 25
McCune Collection of the JFK Library
505 Santa Clara St, Vallejo, CA
Gallery Hours:
FIRST & THIRD Tuesdays of each month (2-4 PM)
Saturdays (12-2 PM)
Art Walks Feb 13, March 13, April 10 (5-9PM)
The original concept of “craeft” is an entire worldview and different from the hobby or pass time society sees it as today. It originally meant: the power, the force, the knowledge and wisdom behind making. Craeft was something tangential to intuition. It’s the motor skills, the personal wisdom, the experience, the insight and intuition to create something from raw or recycled materials and imbue it with beauty: designs serving as storytelling, celebrating religion, tribal communion, and marking important moments in human lives.
This exhibition challenges the way we talk about Craft and Art, and how that distinction is deeply gendered and colonial. Our artists will explore these themes:
Artful expression in the everyday: the blurred lines between everyday objects and artistic expression
Crafting and identity: creating spaces of inclusivity, whether that’s creating clothes that fit various bodies or gender identities, or expressing cultural heritage
Creative use and re-use of materials, upcycling, mending, and transforming
Our relationship with objects in a consumerist society: questioning the disposability of manufactured goods
Rethinking the value of repair, elevating it aesthetically and emotionally
Save the dates! Final list of participating artists coming soon!