Highlights from the ACC Conference
The American Craft Council 2016 conference, Present Tense isĀ taking place right now in Omaha at the Kaneko. Here are a few photos from our time there.
- The Kaneko building where the ACC conference is being held
- Apprenticeship and Education panel at the ACC conference
- Sonya Clark presenting her work at Present Tense. Sonya talks about hair as textile and textile as language
- Letters to Sam Maloof from the ACC archives
- Letters to Sam Maloof from the ACC archives
- Highlights of Therman’s installation and work at the Kaneko
- Highlights of Therman’s installation and work at the Kaneko
- Inside Therman’s glass house at Kaneko gallery
- Inside Therman’s glass house at Kaneko gallery
- Inside Therman’s glass house at Kaneko gallery
- Inside Therman’s glass house at Kaneko gallery
- View of the party from Therman’s glass house
- Sculpture by Viola Frey at the Kaneko gallery
- Sculpture by Hank Murta Adams at the Kaneko gallery
- Sculpture by Jun Kaneko at the Kaneko gallery
- Sculpture by Akio Takamori at the Kaneko gallery
- A Dale Chihuly sculpture in the Burlington Railroad Building that is now a center for many arts organizations
- The conference is over. The sculptures relax!
While in Omaha, we also attendedĀ the dedication of the medicine wheel benches that Therman Statom designed when we filmed him for the TEACHERS episode. It’s great to see the final product.
- Therman Statom dedicates medicine wheel bench, a piece honoring the first cultures in our nation and expanding the classroom outdoors