Volume 1, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in 1975 and is centered around art fairs. Contents include reflections on art fairs; Nelson Brown's art fair List; personal reflections on juried art fairs; collection of thoughts on art fairs from artists; profiles of popular midwest art fairs (Lakefront Festival of Arts, 57th Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, and Minnesota Craftspeoples Festival); art fair questionnaire; Twin Cities first Street Artist Guild; order forms for a corks sale at Minnesota Clay Company; order forms for the Lien Kick Wheel from Atypical Woodwork & Design; and a review of Pyroman Meets Gorilla, a workshop with clay artists Don Reitz and Peter Voulkos.
Volume 1, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in spring 1975. Contents include the announcement of the new Craft Connection publication; calls for event listings and job openings; welcome message from MCC President Judy Onofrio; experiment in pottery at the Kohler Plumbingware Company by artists Jack Earl and Tom LaDousa; information about the Kohler Art Center; neon sign-making; spotlight on neon sign artist Cork Marcheschi; the 'Corn Corners Farm Program' founded by Art Morrison; reflections from participants in Arizona Project, a workshop involving observation of Navajo craftspeople; an interview with author Susan Peterson on her recent book on potter Shoji Hamada; and visits with artists in southern Minnesota.
Volume 1, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in summer 1975 and is labeled the Lifestyle Issue. Contents include an urban group living experience; urban craft cooperatives in Minneapolis; poetry by D. R. Luhn accompanying artwork by Eleanor Moty; conversation with woodworker and repairman Arthur Voss; a collective of residents at Cherrystone farm in western Wisconsin; a collective of residents at Patternstation; spotlight on weaver and designer Robert L. Kidd; profile of Octagon Art Center Director Martha Benson; and profile of potter Randy Johnson and weaver Nancy Johnson.
Volume 2, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in 1976. Contents include the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program; proposal of various committees for MCC; report on the National Endowment for the Arts' Master Craftsman Apprenticeship Program; potter Nils Lou and apprentice Howard Kiefer; the Twin Cities Metropolitan Arts Alliance; information on services, health insurance, taxes, legal assitance, and other legal issues for artists; the formation of a gallery and studio space for the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota (W.A.R.M); and summary of the 1976 Minnesota Crafts Festival.
Volume 1, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in 1976 and is labeled the Snap Shot Show. Contents include an editorial on the art community and the artist's relation to society; a no-jury snap shot show featuring 82 slide images of works created by Craft Connection readers; and tips for taking good slide images, including information on cameras, types of lighting, lighting set up, and image storage.
Volume 3, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in February 1977. Contents include a note from the editor about the publication's new tabloid format and subscription price; news about the MCC membership meeting and standing committees; profile of ceramic artist Dr. Paul S. Donhauser, the first American to receive first place honors in the International Competition of Ceramics in Faenza, Italy; the Craft Alliance Gallery in Missouri; level of support for crafts in Minnesota's art institutions; photographs of artworks from an MCC juried exhibition and statement from judge Martha Benson; the Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen organization; the Rochester Art Center; the recent opening of Kichang Cho's Mano Galleries in Illinois; the challenges of running an ultimately unsuccessful gallery; review of the 'Craft Multiples' exhibit at the Octagon Center for the Arts; and a national conference about marketing crafts.
Volume 3, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in April 1977 and is centered around marketing crafts. Contents include a note on the publication's new logo and look designed by Jan Van Dyke; call for artists for the year's Minnesota Crafts Festival; profile of glass artist Dick Huss; profile of abstract painter and stained glass artist Eric Sealine; three craft shops (Art Crate, Behind-the-Brewery Gallery, and Stoneflower Contemporary Crafts) and their differing business approaches; The Brewery Works, a brewery complex repurposed into a studio and gallery space; profile of potter John Coiner; art gallery cooperatives The Fourth Street Gallery, Pioneer Crafts Co-op Store, and Cedar Workshop; and a report on the National Association of Handcraftsmen's marketing conference and session and workshop summaries. Also includes a newspaper insert about John Coiner.
Volume 3, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in June 1977 and is centered around jurying. Contents include profile of weaver Jean Stamsta; profile of tapestry designer and weaver Muriel Nezhnie Helfman; the process jurors follow to select pieces for the American Crafts Council's Museum of Contemporary Crafts; a summary of the slide jurying process for the Minnesota Crafts Festival; National Endowment for the Arts advisory panels; public funds and the Affiliated State Agencies of the Upper Midwest; the eligibility of crafts in applications for grant money; profile and workshop review of potter Harry Davis; and news about the Minnesota Crafts Festival.
Volume 3, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in August 1977 and is centered around traditional crafts. Contents include a report 1977 Minnesota Crafts Festival, including award winners and statistics; profile of blacksmith Dan Kral; an extensive list of upcoming art fairs across the midwest; crafts at Gibbs Farm Museum; Columbia College's Ethnic and American Folk Arts Project to preserve traditional craft skills; and a show of American pottery dated from the colonial period to 1910.
Volume 3, number 5 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in October 1977 and focuses on production and one-of-a-kind crafts. Contents include MCC's December membership meeting and the proposed amendments to two articles of MCC's constitution; profile of potter Jeff Oestreich; similarities and differences among the approaches of production crafts and one-of-a-kind crafts; two Twin Cities galleries (Hanson-Cowles Gallery and Sontag Gallery); selling versus selling out; catalog notes from the 'Craft Multiples' exhibition organized by the Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts; catalog notes from the 'Lucia Stern: A Life in Design' exhibition presented at the Milwaukee Art Center; exhibition information from the 'Civilizations' exhibition at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center; and the National Slide Registry of American Artists and Craftsmen.
Volume 3, number 6 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in December 1977 and is centered around craft education. Contents include a report on the MCC Annual Meeting from various committees; profile of potter Donald Frith; Minneapolis's Urban Arts program, which offers art instruction to students; a history of crafts at the University of Minnesota; art spaces in colleges and universities; Minnesota's Arts in Corrections program, which offers art instruction to incarcerated juveniles; and photographs from 'Media Exploration' workshops sponsored by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Volume 4, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in February 1978 and is focused on wood crafts. Contents include a profile of wood artists Donna and Robert Pitz; six wood craftsmen who share a studio space; working as a self-employed artist; depictions of lumberjack life at the turn of the 20th century; reflections from midwestern wood artists; and the 'Supermud' clay conference in Pennsylvania.
Volume 4, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in April 1978 and is centered around collecting. Contents include a profile of jewelry artists and metalsmiths Mike and Carolyn Lenz; art and craft collecting; professional craft collecting; collections of functional ceramics; collectors in the North Lake Superior region; Art Morrison's journey collecting Mexican clay figures; and an extensive list of upcoming art fairs across the midwest.
Volume 4, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in June of 1978. Contents include Editor Janet Koplos's departure and Craft Connection's need for a new editor; profile of rug maker Caroline Waltner; an overview of artists in northern Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota; and various types of clay local to South Dakota.
Volume 4, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in September 1978 and focuses on community and public art. Contents include the introduction of Craft Connection's new Editor Dale Archibald; community arts councils in South Dakota; community arts in St. Paul and Community Programs in the Arts and Sciences (COMPAS); overview of community arts programs in Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Ohio; and a reflection of the 'Convergence' meeting and conference of the Handweaver's Guild of America in Colorado.
Volume 4, number 5 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in November 1978 and is centered around quilting. Contents include a summary of the MCC Annual Meeting; ways one can help at the Craft Connection office; the formation of a quiltmaking association; quiltmaking in Illinois; profile of trapunto quilt artist Linda Nelson Bryan; profiles of quilters, quilt museums and galleries, and quilting groups across the midwest; The Raven Gallery and its inventory of Inuit crafts and artwork; Warren Mackenzie's and Jeff Oestreich's experiences apprenticing with potter Bernard Leach; and the Morning Star Gallery art cooperative.
Volume 6, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1980. The theme for this issue is clothing. Contents include a summary of the MCC Annual Meeting; summary of the 1979 MCC Annual Juried Exhibition; profiles of five Twin Cities women who make and sell clothing (Amy Downs, Edna Gonske, Pat Anderson, Mary Ellen Stewart, and Pat Penshorn); profile of textile artist Kurt Beutow; fashion and clothing design; weavers' study groups; and MCC officers sharing their MCC memories.
Volume 5, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1979 and is centered around wholesaling and retailing. Contents include Craft Connection's new subscription price and production schedule; pet peeves of working with artists and galleries; profiles of Minnesota quilters; using computer programs in quilt design; fundraising efforts in Ohio to build art and craft spaces; profile of fiber craftsman Jay Gage; profile of stained glass artist Gabriel Cartwright; tips on selling work; experiences in wholesaling and retailing; Fibrecations, Inc., a corporation providing a showroom for fiber artists; laws regarding artist-gallery transactions and how they affect an artist's business; travelling juries; The Octogon Center for the Arts; reflections on an apprenticeship with fiber artist Muriel Nezhnie Helfman; and a brief biography of artist and teacher Edna Dittus.
Volume 5, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1979. The theme for this issue is artspaces. Contents include the departure of Editor Dale Archibald; the MCC Annual Meeting; profiles of fiber artists Bob and Charlene Burningham; finding a studio space; artists' working and living studio spaces; tips for renting a space for art; craft store sales in times of recession; summary of a marketing workshop held by the Minnesota Weavers Guild; the Northfield Arts Guild and the Northfield Craftsmen; the Winter Quarter in Mexico program; the Minnetonka Center of Arts and Education; the opening of the Hennepin County Center for the Arts and the moving of MCC's office into the Center; and registration form and information about the 1979 MCC Juried Exhibition.
Volume 5, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1979. The theme for this issue is artspaces. Contents include the departure of Editor Dale Archibald; the MCC Annual Meeting; profiles of fiber artists Bob and Charlene Burningham; finding a studio space; artists' working and living studio spaces; tips for renting a space for art; craft store sales in times of recession; summary of a marketing workshop held by the Minnesota Weavers Guild; the Northfield Arts Guild and the Northfield Craftsmen; the Winter Quarter in Mexico program; the Minnetonka Center of Arts and Education; the opening of the Hennepin County Center for the Arts and the moving of MCC's office into the Center; and registration form and information about the 1979 MCC Juried Exhibition.
Volume 5, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1979. The theme for this issue is suppliers. Contents include the departure of President Claudia Brown; profile of glassblower Robert Doring; ceramics supplier Minnesota Clay; wool supplier North Central Wool Marketing Corporation (the 'Woolgrowers'); jewelrymaking supplier the Silver Tool Box; art glass supplier J. Ring Studio, Company; woodworking supplier The Woodworkers Store; quiltmaking supplier Quiltblock; lumber supplier Jones Lumber Company; leathercraft supplier Funk Leathercraft; Ukranian egg (pysanky) decorating; profile of weaver Susan Brock; Arrow Rock Craft Festival in Missouri; and clay supplier Paoli Clay Company.
Volume 5, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1979. The theme for this issue is craft cooperatives. Contents include profile of Dona Turbes; summary and photographs of the 1979 Minnesota Crafts Festival; craft co-ops, including profiles of Fire in the Lakes, People's Clothes, Semi Automatic Glass, and Mississippi Mud Works; summary of the North Central regional Design Conference; and the second annual Wool Day hosted by the Wool-N-Shop, a division of North Central Wool Marketing.
Volume 7, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1981. The theme of this issue is artists who continue their craft while taking on new sideline roles. Contents include the Groveland Gallery; the use of crafts and commissioning of craftspeople in the interiors business; MCC's project to compile a sourcebook of craftspeople; Wisconsin Designer-Craftsmen; quilt pattern design; quilt shop Glad Creations; working between two or more fields; the National Crafts Planning Project from the National Endowment for the Arts; the various side paths a craft career can take; reflections on sideline work from potter Wayne Branum; marketing and earning money from crafts; and mending and repairing.
Volume 7, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1981. The story on the front page is a reflection on Bishop Hill, Illinois and its crafts. Other contents include a reflection on juried shows in Illinois; crafts in Mineral Point, Wisconsin; writings on spaces; profile of potter Henry Joe and the pottery program at Knox College; craft collector Jeanne Blines: and an interview with potters Gail and Rick Hintze.
Volume 6, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1980. The theme of this issue is western Wisconsin. Contents include the MCC Annual Meeting; fiber show award winners; papermaking at University of Wisconsin-River Falls and paper artists Walter Nottingham, Ron Hinz, Daria Lappen; and Keiko Hara; the Artspeople of Wisconsin; the Hubbard Folding Box Company; University of Wisconsin-Stout; conversation with artists from New Richmond; a kiln built by Mike Norman; crafting and public support for crafts in La Crosse; visiting artist programs at Viterbo College; Karlyn's Gallery and Owner Karlyn Holman; potters in northwestern Wisconsin; selling crafts in galleries and marketing to the mainstream; and functional pots.
Volume 6, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1980. The theme of this issue is tools. Contents include a change in format and goals of Craft Connection; new directions at the Minnesota Museum of Art led by new President Jim Toscano; profile of wood carver Harry Hitchner; modern technology and the spiritual experience of crafting; finding the right rope for a hammock making kit; weaver M. Susan Brock's relationship with looms; woodworker Doug McEneany's reflection on tools; blacksmithing and reproducing tools of the past; the functions and beginnings of tools; the relocation of Captain Ceramics Artworks, including photos of products sold; and a profile of rug maker Dorothy Sauber.
Volume 7, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1981. The theme of this issue is clay and pottery. Contents include profiles of potters Marti Schwem and Tim Crane; the Summer Arts Study Center; new directions at the Minnesota Museum of Art led by Chief of Operations Dean Swanson; form in pottery; two contemporary ceramic exhibitions at the University of Minnesota ('Minnesota Pottery: A Potter's View' and 'The Contemporary American Potter') and curator notes; a visit with potter Warren MacKenzie; Expatriates and clay artists reflecting on their time in Minnesota; the 'Minnesota Clayworks '81' exhibition and juror Don Reitz; and DubuqueFest in Iowa.
Volume 6, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1980. The theme of this issue is isolation, collaborations, workshops, and guilds. Contents include a profile of boatbuilder Dean Haynes; profile of slide photgrapher Peter Lee; reflections from artists on crafting in isolation; the 1980 Minnesota Crafts Festival; applying for juried shows; craft workshops (sand-casting with Bertil Vallien, basket-making with John McQueen, weaving with Peter Collingwood); the 40th anniversary of the Weaver's Guild of Minnesota; and functional pots.
Volume 7, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1981. The story on the front page is an interview with Curator of Textiles Lotus Stack on the conservation of the Minneapolis Institute of Art tapestry collection. Other contents include the second phase of the National Crafts Planning Project from the National Endowment for the Arts; summary and photographs of the 1981 Minnesota Crafts Festival; the Textile Arts Alliance; profile of wall stenciler Alice Bancroft Fjelsul; the history of crafts at the Minnesota Museum of Art; and creating brochures.
Volume 8, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1982. The the front page contains writings on the aesthetics, function, and use of crafts. Other contents include the announcement of Craft Connection's new editor Reinder Van Til; the founding of the cooperative 5th Avenue Gallery of St. Cloud; the 1981 MCC Annual Meeting; copyright protection for artists; producing and selling pottery to restaurants; By Design gallery and co-directors Sue Nardie and Nancy Gruver; profile of the Whiteway family and their craft displays, shop, and restaurant; commission weaving; the newly-formed Iowa Association of Visual Artists; Surface Design Minnesota's show of wearable art; and the Craftsmen's Gallery in Omaha.
Volume 9, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1983. The story on the front page is about woodworking in Minnesota and the Minnesota Woodworkers Guild. Other contents include messages from MCC's retiring President Nann Miller and new President Ken Davenport; summary of the MCC Annual Meeting; rug maker Dorothy Sauber's exhibition in Washington, D.C.'s Textile Museum; selling art through consignments; summary of a glass workshop at Semi Automatic Glass with Richard Marquis; Wayne Crim, woodworker Ray Kyler, and their redwood furniture shop Waynecraft Industries; the beginnings of the Fine Woodworking Company custom shop; Ojibwa art and woodcarver, beadworker, and jewelry maker Duane Goodwin; and a review of Roy Strassberg's 'Demolition Vessels' exhibition.
Volume 8, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1982. The story on the front page is about craft's status in the art field and the frequent treatment of crafts as inferior to art. Other contents include results of a questionnaire of MCC members; a conference to be held alongside the MCC Annual Meeting; profiles of two Los Angeles-area potter suppliers (Lockerbie and Thorley's Pottery Supply); profile of craftsman and model builder Roald Gunderson; jewelry artist George Sawyer and the Japanese metalworking technique mokum�; and announcement of a workshop held by Semi Automatic Glass featuring glassblower Richard Marquis.
Volume 8, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1982. The story on the front page is part one of a series on crafts in public places. Other contents incluide a message from President Nann Miller calling for volunteers; the newly-formed Textile Council at the Minneapolis Institute of Art; contract law for craftspeople; profile of silversmith, blacksmith, and boatbuilder David Christofferson; how art and crafts relate to nature, decoration, and use; profile of attorney and craftsperson Donald Harman; photographs and summary of an exhibit of 1981 Minnesota Crafts Festival award winners; DubuqueFest Art Fair; review of the 'Innovative Furniture in America' at the Minnesota Museum of Art; and information about upcoming workshops at the Summer Arts Study Center.
Volume 9, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1983. The story on the front page is about weaver and nun Sister Carlene Unser. Other contents include a keynote address from the MCC Annual Meeting about aesthetics and crafts; SACK's Gallery and silkscreen and sumi-e artist Susan Christie-Kellman; photographs and summary of an exhibit of 1982 Minnesota Crafts Festival award winners; and reviews of the 'Americans in Glass' and 'New Glass/Minnesota' exhibitions.
Volume 8, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1982. The story on the front page is a summary of the 10th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival. Other contents include the 1st Annual Minnesota Jam to Preseve the Arts; workshop held by Minnesota Clay Company featuring ceramic artists Jun Kaneko and Goro Suzuki; the Artspace Reuse Project; tax law for craftspeople; exhibition of 24 Minnesota ceramists; economist Dr. Fred Starner's survey on art fairs and the economy; profile of weaver Ruth Bright Mordy; Hmong textile art; and a review of the 'Hopi Kachina: Spirit of Life' exhibition.
Volume 11, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1985. On the front page are photographs of kiln building. Other contents include comments on wholesaling; the departure of Ad Sales Manager and longtime MCC volunteer Joan Chalmers; profile of potter Linda Christianson; the upcoming Annual Meeting in February; The Artisans' Cooperative in Santa Cruz; the glass exhibition 'Timeless Motion: The Art of Glass in Transition'; two galleries on Grand Avenue (Grand Frame and Gallery and Hmong Handwork); advice on taking good slides of crafts; clay jewelry-maker Joyce Yamamoto; review of and exhibition of Riki Kšlbl Nelson's works at Steensland Gallery; and the closure of By Design gallery.
Volume 10, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the first quarter of 1984. On the front page is a photograph of dancer Lois Cato modelling a tutu by Teresa Nomura. Other content include comments on the MCC Annual Meeting moving to a January date and the lull in work after the holiday season; profile of glass artist Morris Lillethun; basic legal principles for craftspeople; viewing crafts with a fresh eye, the 'Meet the Maker' exhibition at By Design, and the 'American Ceramics from Mid-Century' at the Minnesota Museum of Art; photographs of displays and sales from the past holiday season; review of Teresa Nomura's fabric art exhibition 'Opposites Attract' at SACK's Gallery; review of the Raven Gallery's First Invitational Craft Show; and a review of an exhibition of potter Tom Kerrigan's work at By Design.
Volume 10, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1984. On the front page is a photograph of weaver Else Bigton and wood carver Phillip Odden. Other contents include women crafters; interview with silkscreen and sumi-e artist Susan Christie-Kellman about her experiences in China; summary of a survey about crafts in museums; profile of Norsk Wood Works co-proprieters Else Bigton and Phillip Odden; the distinction between handmade and handcrafted items; a maker's relationship with an object and what makes an item handcrafted; exhbition of the 1984 Minnesota Crafts Festival award winners; the "art to wear" movement; review of Leonard DuBoff's book "The Law (in Plain English) for Craftspeople"; review of an exhibition of clay houses by Wayne Branum; and "The Weaver's Journal" moving headquarters to St. Paul.
Volume 9, number 4 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the fourth quarter of 1983. On the front page is a photograph of clay artist Mark Shekore at work. Other contents include comments on MCC meetings, festival jurying, and membership benefits; profile of Mark Shekore; reflections of New England and east coast art fairs; profile of fiber artist Tim Harding; exhibition of fiber artist Fran�oise Grossen's work sponsored by the Weaver's Guild of Minnesota; and an exhibition of Judaic needlework.
Volume 10, number 2 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1984. On the front page is a photograph of bedroom textiles by Suzanne Rasschaert. Other contents include copying in crafts; a workshop with ceramic artist Tony Hepburn by Minnesota Clay Company and By Design gallery; profile of quilter Nancy Gipple; textile designer Suzanne Rasschart; and the survival of Hmong needlecraft traditions.
Volume 9, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1983. The story on the front page is about jewelry maker and blacksmith Bill Fiorini. Other contents include the introduction of the Crafty Comments column; profiles of ceramic artists Tom Kerrigan and Mark Marino and ceramic murals; leatherworker Chris Chapman; summary and photos of the 11th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival; and Wool-N-Shop's annual Wool Day.
Volume 10, number 3 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the third quarter of 1984. On the front page is a photograph of woodworker Glenn Elvig at the Minnesota Crafts Festival. Other contents include being rejected by art shows; profile of quilter Jan Myers; sculptor Anne Truitt's book 'Daybook: The Journal of an Artist'; public arts organization Forecast and their 'Fore-Site' exhibition; an American folk art exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art; photographs and summary of the 12th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival; review of the exhibition of 1983 Minnesota Crafts Festival award winners; what makes an item handmade and the decision-making process of the craftsperson; and two shows of Native American artwork at the Raven Gallery.
Black and white photo proof of customers at a basket booth at the 12th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival in 1984. A basket-maker is at work in the foreground.
Black and white photo proof of customers at the booth of glass artist and award winner Robert Beer at the 12th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival in 1984.
Black and white photograph of basket sculptor and grand prize winner Mary J. Giles (left) and Tony Bouza (right) at the 12th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival in 1984.
Black and white photograph of Tony Bouza (left) with woodworker and award winner Mark Ruddy (right) at the 12th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival in 1984.