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Crafting Creativity & Creating Craft

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Courtney Lee Weida

    1. Adelphi University, New York, USA

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  • This book is unique in its eclectic and practical survey of craft across the curriculum/through various disciplinary lenses of art, including histories, sample curricula, and questions and resources framing each chapter.

Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness (ACAG, volume 14)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Nick Jaffe
    Pages 1-4

  3. Foundations of Craft in Education

    • Courtney Weida
    Pages 5-8

  4. Crafting Popular Culture

    • Celia Caro
    Pages 9-17

  5. Craft Objects and Storytelling

    • Dolapo Adeniji-Neill, Tara Concannon-Gibney, Courtney Weida
    Pages 19-27

  6. Critiquing Consumption through Craft & the International Fiber Collaborative

    • Pamela Koehler, Jennifer Marsh, Courtney Weida
    Pages 29-35

  7. Remixed/Unstitched Digital Communities of Contemporary Craft1

    • Jennifer Marsh, Courtney Weida
    Pages 37-44

  8. Crafting Inner Space

    • Diane Caracciolo
    Pages 45-52

  9. Lesson Plan on Tools for Everyday Life

    • Shari Zimmerman
    Pages 53-56

  10. Lesson Plan for Handmade Art Cards

    • Shari Zimmerman
    Pages 57-60

  11. Conceptual, Biological and Historical Analyses of Craft

    • Nanyoung Kim
    Pages 61-76
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About this book

This nine chapter volume explores creativity in art teaching through contemporary craft. A variety of artists, educators and historians share with readers their wealth of practical resources and frameworks for utilizing craft media (fiber, ceramics, baskets, needlepoint, knitting, etc.) and craft approaches (grassroots projects, digital communities, craftivism, etc.) within contemporary K-12 art education, museum and community programming, and teaching artist residencies. Authors representing a variety of specialties in craft, art, and education examine the resurgence of the handmade and homemade in contemporary youth culture, digital implications of how we define and teach craft creatively, and the overlap of design, function, and beauty in artists’ work. The anthology also describes the challenges and potentialities of working with craft in education settings, including the overarching craft of teaching practices. Each chapter provides a range of creative frameworks and practical models that educators can use comprehensively: from dynamic digital resources, to community groups, and lesson plans and activities in craft with art classes and special needs classes. The book serves to propose a working definition and rationale of the functions of craft in daily life, popular and youth culture, and larger social issues (including craft, D.I.Y., and activism/“craftivism”).

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  • Adelphi University, New York, USA

    Courtney Lee Weida

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