Craft Power: Miriam Schaer and Melissa Potter present at CAA 2015 /  by Miriam Schaer

Felt Feminist Masks ride in Tushetti, Republic of Georgia, near the Dagestan border

Melissa Potter and I will be presenting Craft Power: Enhancing the Power of Women through Traditional Arts, part of Women in the Market Place: The Rise of the Artisan Cooperative. The panel, sponsored by College Art Association's Committee on Women in the Arts, will be moderated by Committee Chair Claudia Sbrissa, St. John’s University. The panel will part of CAA's 103 Annual Conference,  February 11-14 in New York City.

Women in the Market Place will take place on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 9:30 AM—12:00 PM at the Hilton New York, 3rd Floor, Trianon Ballroom

 

A Conversation About Studio Practice and Artist Books /  by Miriam Schaer

 I will be on a panel about studio practice and artist books with Philip Zimmermann and Brad Freeman founder of Journal of Artist Books (JAB), in conjunction with the launch of the current issue of JAB. Friday November 7, at 6 pm, at the Center for Book and Paper Arts, Room 302. I hope you can come!

Miriam Schaer presenting at TFAP@CAA2014! /  by Miriam Schaer

I will be presenting the Presence of Their Absence at The M Word, The Feminist art Project Day of Panels at CAA on Saturday, February 15, on From Sentiment to Sexuality: Revisiting the Maternal Body as Threat, which will begin at 12.40.  The panels run from 9-5. The panels are free and open to everyone! Please stop by if you are in Chicago for CAA! You can find more information, abstracts of the talks here IMG_2730

Columbia College Chicago
Stage 2
618 S. Michigan Ave., 2nd floor
Chicago, IL 60605

Craft Power! at the Baird Center, South Orange NJ Jan 14 /  by Miriam Schaer

Last year I was fortunate to go to the Republic of Georgia twice, working with Clifton Meador and Melissa Potter, my friends and colleagues at Columbia College Chicago. In January we worked with women's groups to make artist books from felt-a local craft heritage. In June, I returned with Melissa to work more closely with Women's Fund in Georgia. Please join us on January 14, at 11.30 for lunch and an in depth look at craft and women's empowerment. Craft Power: Enhancing Women's Rights Through The Practice of Traditional Craft, is sponsored by the Book Arts Roundtable! Reservations are necessary and will cover the cost of lunch ($20/$15 for members of the  Book Arts Roundtable)  Call 973-761-7151 or email bookartsroundtable@gmail.com before Jan 1. Please join us!

Craft Power in South Orange