This issue of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in the second quarter of 1998. It immediately follows volume 22, number 1, but is labeled as volume 23, number 2. On the front page is a photo of jewelry artist and metalworker Susan Crow. Other contents include a summary of the 1998 MCC Annual Meeting; the introduction of new MCC President Jini Washburn and a note from previous President Gary Crawford; making a living as an artist; the viability of production crafts and three examples of artists in production craft (Jenny Levernier, Craig Edwards and Bill Gossman, and Marit Lee Kucera); the Duluth Art Institute; and profiles of Duluth artists Richard Gruchalla, Pat Joyelle, Dick Cooter, and Carrin Rosetti.