Veterans Day with Craft in America

In honor of Veterans Day, we pay homage to the individual artists who have influenced the field after attending art school on the GI Bill. We invite you to look back at last year’s SERVICE episode, which speaks to the history and impact of the GI Bill on craft. Enjoy the episode here: SERVICE

You can read about a few of these influential artist-veterans on our website:

Jim Bassler

J.B. Blunk

Arthur Espenet Carpenter

William Daley

Harvey Littleton

Charles Loloma

Warren MacKenzie

Ed Rossbach

Ramona Solberg

Peter Voulkos

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) is hosting the exhibition Art and Other Tactics: Contemporary Craft by Artist Veterans through March 2016. Craft in America collaborated with MCD to present this exhibition, which features the work of 43 artist veterans from WWII through today.