JRA CRAFT QUARTERLY
Summer 2023
CRAFTING THE ANTHROPOCENE: ARTISTS AND MATERIAL REUSE by Caroline Kipp
Acclaim! Work by Award-Winning International Artists
BrownGrotta Arts
2023
Acclaim! and the Art of Serious Play by Caroline Kipp
Annet Couwenberg: Sewing Circles
CENTER FOR ART, DESIGN AND VISUAL CULTURE, UMBC
2023
Inheritance by Caroline Kipp
RINGGOLD | SAAR: MEETING ON THE MATRIX
David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park
2023
Betye saar and faith ringgold: printing new possibilities at the fabric workshop and museum by Caroline Kipp
The Journal of Modern Craft
Volume 15, Issue 3, November 2022
Exhibition Review of “Faith Ringgold: American People” by Caroline Kipp
Surface Design Journal
Summer 2022
Exhibition Review of “Marilyn Pappas: A Retrospective” by Caroline Kipp
JRA CRAFT QUARTERLY
Summer 2022
Nevertheless she persisted: marilyn pappas’ 60-year career (exhibition review) by Caroline Kipp
Surface Design Journal
Summer 2021
Exhibition Review of “sONYA cLARK: TATTER, BRISTLE AND MEND” by Caroline Kipp
JRA CRAFT QUARTERLY
Summer 2021
Bisa Butler: A Collection of Stories in Textiles by Caroline Kipp
Bisa Butler’s quilts hold a collection of stories. Some of these stories are personal – about the artist’s beliefs and sensibilities – others reflect on larger social and cultural narratives. Butler’s chosen medium, quilting, is an excellent format for collecting stories. They are layered objects, both literally and conceptually. Inherently intimate objects, they were designed to lay on a bed, swaddling the body from birth to death. Infused with time, and intention, they are objects which can hold whatever is imbued in them by their maker.
The Journal of Modern Craft
Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2021
THE ART OF MASKS SERIES
Masks for this Medical Moment. July 7, 2020 by Caroline Kipp and Ana María Rule
Sustainability and Mask Making. July 8, 2020 by Caroline Kipp and Yasmin Ahram
Masks, Art, Protection and Politics. July 15, 2020 by Caroline Kipp and Kate Kretz
Fashion and Disease Prevention. July 16, 2020 by Caroline Kipp and Alison Matthews David
Fashioning Masks. July 20, 2020 by Caroline Kipp and Erin Robertson
American Craft
Spring 2021
Community of Makers: Social Justice Sewing Academy by Caroline Kipp
A youth education program bridges artistic expression and activism.
JRA CRAFT QUARTERLY
Winter 2021
Statement Piece: Learning From Julia Kwon and Kate Kretz's Thought Provoking Face Mask Artwork by Caroline Kipp
As the novel coronavirus pandemic sweeps the world, masks have become an iconic, singularsymbol of this global moment. Presented with this new canvas for identity and expression, artists have taken the material of their time and created interesting, arresting and even playful responses. In their regular studio practices, Kate Kretz (a featured artist in the April 2021 JRA Distinguished Artist Series) and Julia Kwon are both politically and socially minded, and this is no exception when it comes to the masks they’ve produced.
The Journal of Modern Craft
Volume 13, Issue 3, November 2020
Exhibition Review of “Let’s Face It: Mask Design Competition” by Caroline Kipp
JRA CRAFT QUARTERLY
Fall 2020
Craft in Action: Artists Create COVID-19 Face Masks for Frontline and Essential Workers by caroline kipp
Since April 2020, the U.S. Center for Disease Control has asked the general public to wear face masks to help curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Combined with a lack of available medical- grade personal protective equipment, this has given rise to a mass movement of cloth mask making. Undoubtedly, we are witnessing a not just a seminal moment in the history of the world but in the history of craft in the 21st century.
Boston Art Review
ISSUE 03: TRACING MOVEMENT
Sculpting with Space: A Conversation with Leah Medin by Caroline Kipp
Leah Medin is an artist who is interested in transcendent connections mediated through cloth. Educated in a craft tradition, she builds on the legacies of Anni Albers and the Bauhaus weavers’ notions of “fabric in space.” Bauhaus concerns were concentrated on fabric functionalities within the context of interior architecture; Medin takes this utilitarian design concept and expands the realms of space. Her work is centered on large-scale, outdoor, architecturally inspired installations and, more recently, performative acts. Medin’s interest in impermanence, and presence, ties directly into the performative nature of the installations.