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ADVOCATION

Organizations, individuals, and Festivals Furthering and defending the Cause for Craft

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Hudson River Valley, New York

five-century family-owned parchment and leather tannery, honoring  connection to ancient traditions while striving for sustainability and innovating products and processes. Passionate about and helping creators unlock the potential of parchment and leather. 

Covington, Kentucky

PUBLISHER AND WOODWORKING COMPANY DEDICATED TO PRODUCING BOOK, VIDEOS AND TOOLS TO PRESERVE our ever-diminishing link to the handwork of previous centuries...changING the course of the craft, and CHANGING people’s lives

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Jack Blake and Barbara Salvadori

two women Cycling through  asia and europe, tracing the history of paper. They explore past and present paper mills and connect with contemporary papermakers, with the intention to meet artists, historians, crafts people, and any creative involved with this unique material that changed human history

Amy Undel and Brien Beidler, Hosts

Cut the Craft is a podcast that brings stories of handcraft and its makers to you. Perhaps you are a craftsperson looking for a fresh perspective, or a newcomer to handmade things; no matter your starting point, your hosts are here to cut the craft.

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Spruce Pine, North Carolina

AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE ART OF THE BLACKSMITH

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

finding what was lost- and sharing a passion for hand skills, fine craftsmanship, and the pursuit of excellence

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James Renwick Alliance for Craft

 celebrating and advancing american craft and craft artists by fostering education, connoisseurship, and public appreciation

for a great conversation about the difference between art and craft:

OxBow School of Art, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Paper and Book Inten­sive is an annual work­ing sab­bat­i­cal in the book arts, paper­mak­ing, and con­ser­va­tion for sea­soned prac­ti­tion­ers and moti­vated begin­ners. For more than thirty years, par­tic­i­pants have gath­ered together from around the world for two weeks of daily work­shops to pro­mote unusual lev­els of exchange, knowl­edge and inspi­ra­tion

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Salt Lake City, Utah

The Glass Art Guild of Utah is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing a forum to increase exposure and appreciation of art glass in our community, and a networking opportunity for artists and patrons of art glass

Guilford, Connecticut

GUILFORD ART CENTER inspires and promotes community participation in the visual arts through education, exhibitions, and outreach, INCLUDING Preservation of craft traditions and encouragement of innovation

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Berkeley, California

a nonprofit design and construction school for girls and gender-expansive youth ages 9-18. Through classes in carpentry, welding, architecture, and activist art, THEY support and equip a community of fearless youth who are building the world they want to see

Headquarters: East Waterboro, Maine

private organization offering a variety of services and outreach to preserve Blacksmithing in the State of Maine. Using mainly 19th century & earlier techniques, strives to catch the spirit of a bygone era and encourage working and creating by hand, not machine

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Los Angeles, California

nonprofit organization founded in 2004 to document, promote and advance the importance of handcrafted objects and the artists who make them.  Via programs in all media, craft in america provides a gateway to discover, explore and experience craft and to celebrate our nation’s cultures through craft

Daniel Howell, Host

podcast and website devoted to learning and sharing the traditional and folk skills of artisan craft, with a focus on promoting the ethos of self-reliance. the ultimate goal of folk craft revival is to get people learning, trying, and making

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