02359mam a22003134a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001700066020002300083020002300106020001500129035002300144040002700167042000800194043001200202050002300214110003200237245014800269260010100417300004100518504006400559520033100623520053400954520036001488610004201848650006901890650006401959700002202023336993020161205113840.0020529s2002    paua     bc   001 0 eng    a  2002072705  a0876331614 (cloth)  a0876331622 (paper)  a0813532035  a(OCoLC)ocm49936182  aDLCcDLCdYDXdOrLoB-B  apcc  an-us---00aNK808 b.P495 20022 aPhiladelphia Museum of Art.10aCrafting a legacy :bcontemporary American crafts in the Philadelphia Museum of Art /cSuzanne Ramljak ; with an introduction by Darrel Sewell.  aPhiladelphia :bPhiladelphia Museum of Art in association with Rutgers University Press,cc2002.  a191 p. :bill. (some col.) ;c30 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index.1 a"Published to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, Crafting a Legacy showcases the Museum's burgeoning collection of contemporary American crafts. More than one hundred color plates illustrate many of the Museum's prime holdings in ceramics, wood, fiber, glass, metal, and furniture.8 aEntries on sixty-four featured artists, including Dale Chihuly, Wharton Esherick, Sheila Hicks, and Peter Voulkos, place their work in the context of the dynamic field of American crafts. Suzanne Ramljak reveals the valuable role that crafts play in contemporary culture and artistic practice. In a world of bland, mass-produced consumer goods and technologically mediated virtual experience, Ramljak argues that crafts - one-of-a-kind handmade objects - can reawaken our senses. In his introduction, Darrel Sewell, the Robert L.8 aMcNeil, Jr., Curator of American Art, outlines the history of the crafts collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as the vital role Philadelphia has played as a center for innovation in contemporary crafts. The book also includes an illustrated checklist of the Museum's more than three hundred holdings in contemporary crafts."--BOOK JACKET.20aPhiladelphia Museum of ArtvCatalogs. 0aDecorative artszUnited StatesxHistoryy20th centuryvCatalogs. 0aHandicraftzUnited StatesxHistoryy20th centuryvCatalogs.1 aRamljak, Suzanne.