Tag: craft
Call for nominations: Maine Craft Artist Award
The 2021 Maine Craft Artist Award will be announced in May with an award presentation and exhibition later in the year. In 2009, the Maine Crafts Association began to honor individual Maine craft artists each year by awarding recognition for a body of work that is exceptional. This award will confer the prestige and acknowledgement […]
Maine Craft Interview Project: Jordan Carey interviews Owen Kelly
The Maine Craft Interview Project brings emerging craft artists together with established Maine craft artists in an interview, led by the emerging artist. The project serves to support and engage emerging artists by providing a platform and structure to access firsthand craft career experiences one-on-one. The emerging artist designs interview questions and interviews an established […]
SHOP Maine Craft [by artist]
SHOP Maine Craft: The MCA Online Gallery offers a diverse selection of handcrafted items made exclusively by the artist members of Maine Crafts Association. With hundreds of artists to choose from and 16 shopping categories (organized by medium and location of work), there are dozens of pages of unique Maine craft wares for you to […]
MCA Essay Series: What Maine Craft Means to Me
By Emmanuel Sogunle I didn’t really notice that my world was filled with craft until recently. Thanks to the Lunder Institute for American Art, I was able to work on a project called the Makers Map. The Makers Map is an interactive map that identifies and locates makers and craftspeople to provide an online network […]
Archipelago features work by jeweler Judith Barker
Judith Barker Jewelry is featured at Archipelago. Barker creates artistic, handmade pieces with warmth and character. She is an accomplished jeweler who has exhibited throughout the country in galleries, museum shops, trade shows, and art exhibits since the early 1970s. She designs and creates silver and gold jewelry with a strong influence of the natural […]
It’s time to get cozy at Archipelago
Fall is here, and the chill in the evening air means that it’s time to think “cozy.” Archipelago has got you covered with a great selection of everything from beautiful throws and luxe scarves to scented candles and cookbooks. With the seasons changing, it’s the perfect time to practice a little self-care and nourishment, and […]
Craft Classifieds: September Issue
[SOURCE & SELL] ‘Craft Classifieds Edition’ is a facet of the Maine Crafts Association’s [SOURCE + BUY] project. This resource is free for MCA members and nonmembers. Are you buying, selling, trading, hiring, or renting? Perhaps it’s time to clean out your studio and find new homes for some tools or equipment? Looking to hire […]
MCA Essay Series: ‘What Maine Craft Means to Me’ by Theresa Secord
I weave ash and sweetgrass baskets in the traditional Penobscot tribal style. I admire the resilience of my ancestor basket makers, especially my great-grandmother, who actively practiced economic self-sufficiency as an Indigenous woman entrepreneur. I was always very interested in basketry and my native culture, especially when I visited the Indian Island home of my […]
Maine Crafts Association launches new online sales platform
The Maine Crafts Association is thrilled to introduce and invite you to explore its brand new online gallery: SHOP Maine Craft! MCA is proud to offer for online purchase hundreds of handmade craft objects made by hundreds of Maine craft artists. With the ability to shop in a socially distant manner from your couch, the […]
Guided Makers Joins Maine Craft Association
Product development and sourcing strategist Rachel Battarbee and technical designer and pattern maker Myranda Caputo combined have 50 years of industry experience on a range of product categories and came together to create Guided Makers. Guided Makers is a new institution member of the Maine Crafts Association. Guided Makers, located in the greater Portland area, […]
