Crafts (art genres)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara Cowles collection on Shop One
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0450
Overview
The Barbara Cowles collection on Shop One contains materials about the retail store that featured handmade crafts by RIT professors, as well as other craftsmen in the Rochester area and beyond. Included are posters, news clippings, exhibition announcements, photographs, digital images and HTML pages from a website about Shop One (no longer live on web).
Dates:
1953-1978
Craft Aesthetics Seminar slides and digital audio recordings
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArc-0614
Overview
Slides and audio recordings of the Craft Aesthetics Seminar held at RIT in 1979.
Dates:
1979
Doug Baker collection on Shop One
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0554
Overview
The Doug Baker collection on Shop One contains materials about the retail store, Shop One, that featured handmade crafts by RIT professors, as well as other craftsmen in the Rochester area and beyond. Included are copies of his designs for Shop One related materials including letterhead, logos, invitations, and advertisements.
Dates:
1952-1976
Edward G. Dykstra collection
Collection
Identifier: RITArc-0264
Overview
The Edward G. Dykstra collection contains silverware and ceramic pieces; books and magazines about crafts, design, and silverwork; photographs of silver work and two Alfred University yearbooks. Mr. Dykstra attended the School for American Craftsmen (SAC) at Alfred University, graduating in 1948. The silver and ceramic include bowls, pitchers, plates, a vase and a box created by either Mr. Dykstra or a contemporary of his from SAC.
Dates:
circa 1948-1950
Found in:
RIT Archive Collections
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Edward G. Dykstra collection
Erica Bello jewelry
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArt-0083
Overview
Two oxidized silver necklaces, one titled Emerald Trough necklace features ten oxidized silver bars connected by a trough containing a natural emerald. The other untitled piece is made of silver teaspoons and cotton string. The spoons create a silver cage that contains a spray of bay leaves. Ms. Bello created it during her time as a student at RIT's School for American Crafts.
Dates:
2013-2014
Found in:
RIT Archive Collections
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Erica Bello jewelry
Hans Christensen digital audio recordings
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0637
Overview
Digital audio recordings of two interviews with Hans Christensen. Christensen was a world renowned silver smith who taught at RIT for 29 years.
Dates:
1982-1982
Hobart Cowles Outstanding Teaching Award digital audio recording
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: RITArc-0624
Overview
Audio recording of Hobart Cowles receiving the Outstanding Teacher Award.
Dates:
1975
Joe and Ann Watson collection on Shop One
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArc-0555
Overview
The Joe and Ann Watson collection on Shop One consists of a 1990 School of American Craftmen's calendar and eight photographs of Shop One goods and artists.
Dates:
circa 1970's, 1990
Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez jewelry
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: RITArt-0097
Overview
The collection contains two pieces of fine jewelry created by artist Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez. One is a large necklace with a center breast plate and the other is a hand-piece titled You and me.
Dates:
2001, 2007
Paul Rankin collection of Frans Wildenhain sketchbooks and slides
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RITArt-0069
Overview
The Paul Rankin collection of Frans Wildenhain sketchbooks and slides contains four books of sketches done by Mr. Wildenhain in the 1970's, approximately 154 slides of his sculptures, pots, and murals, several books and publications relating to the Bauhaus in Germany, Marguerite Wildenhain, and crafts, some in German.
Dates:
circa 1965 - 1985