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Heirlooms of the Future

Masterworks of West Coast American Designer/Craftsmen
On View

Aug 22, 1993 - Jan 15, 1994

Curated By

Martha Longenecker

Sponsored by Charmaine and Maurice Kaplan and supported by a grant from J. Dallas and Mary H. Clark

Mingei International documentary publication

Presented as part of the national observance of 1993 as The Year of American Crafts. Twenty-one living, West Coast American Designer/Craftsmen whose work and teaching span a half century and sparked the resurgence of contemporary crafts in the United States. Blown glass by Dale Chihuly; baskets by Lillian Elliott, and Ed Rossbach; jewelry by Arline Fisch, and Svetozar Radakovich; furniture by Frank Gehry, and Sam Maloof; textiles by Eve Gulick, and Katherine Westphal; paper forms by Kay Sekimachi; enamels by June Schwarcz, and JoAnn Tanzer; turned wood forms by Bob Stocksdale; and ceramics by Laura Andreson, Rupert Deese, Otto and Vivika Heino, Martha Longenecker, Harrison McIntosh, Beatrice Wood, and Otto Natzler (including collaborative work with the late Gertrud Natzler).