- A collective from Hull, London and Maine. Modernism, contemporary, feminist art history. Modes of modern art and modernism.
- Started in 2017. Decorative art and craft in modernism.
- Lottie Wayland. Women of New York. Dada book currently writing.
- Pretty much forgotten artist. Assemblage artwork. Household. Why craft is left out of modernism. Boundaries. Uniformly white. Masculine and Eurocentric.
- Group of "others"
- Craft isn't just materials – it's who is doing it that makes it craft. Fabric typewriter accepted as high art whereas other pieces considered as purely decorative.
- We aim to bring together artists, makers, interacts, academics and bridge that gap between them all.
- Looked online to show line new work which led to us to launch our own journal online.
- Powerful political acts that can empower marginalised voices.
- Why is craft political? Craft has been viewed outside the art history. Not as necessarily high value or important.
- Our platform gives attention to lasting legacies of other modes of making.
- Black Mountain College, Carolina, 1933. New type of college. Unique environment, community, individuality of the Bauhaus international style. Key part of American modernism. Intersection quite early on of artists with different means and mediums. Women were pushed into weaving and craft at the Bauhaus. Students were encouraged to experiment, cook, tend to the land, especially the female students.
- However many females were not paid and their legacy is forgotten. Now being uncovered.
- New York - The Dinner Party.
- Different movements of voice in feminism. Contemporary craft. Ann Albers from Tate modern.
- Faith Ringold - craft, making the public aware of different narratives and perspectives.
- Such attention and detail to a commercial space. Really important works to a white space.
- Institutions taking craft more seriously. Nick Cave suits protected from abuse. In an abstract way.
- Crafts were fundamental to the 20th century. Bauhaus. German art school. Arts with the fine arts. Art back in touch with The every day.
- Dada. Zurich followed by New York, Paris and other centres. Collage, photomontage and other methods in their work.
- Gender, race, sexuality and class.
- Weave In. 16 performance artists live-weaving.
- The Bauhaus thought that women were suited to 2-D inventions and could only weave.
- Power poses in photos. Women were mainly involved in weaving workshops.
- Kinship and community.
- "The Event of the Thread"
- artistic research and performance. Two people leave together. If one person slacks then the whole thing falls apart. Collaborative system. The piece was made was done exhibited. There are videos of the weave in the exhibition too.
- Take Dada Seriously (It's Worth It!)
- Moved everything online. Focusing on the centenary of dada. Absurdism, the ready-made and collage. Can dada help us navigate through the chaos?
- Question dada through a contemporary lens.
- We have a website, Instagram and next year a podcast!
- We take submissions and open to collaboration.
- There is a mindfulness and a calmness to craft.
- Loom workshops online through zoom. Different theme every day. Still make and come together collectively.
- Craft caps of the political conversation that the government tackled. Form of protest. Making masks, making scrubs for the NHS. Taking agency over our lives again.
Reflection of today's Visiting Lecturers:
I really enjoyed today's session and it reminded me very much of doing Contextual Studies back in my first year of Access to HE with Frances. I'm feeling rather nostalgic for those times, when we had a sense of normality, freedom and when I had Tami, and this was a nice reminder of a time gone by.
My practice does not involve craft yet, but it could do in the future so I found the history captivating - especially the political element of feminism. I would want to perhaps use craft to raise awareness of disability and to make my work more tactile, though the medium would need to be accessible to me.
The particular comment "there is a mindfulness and a calmness to craft," stood out to me especially - linking to the work I'm undertaking and providing a reassurance that creativity boosts our mental health.
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