Crafting creativity & creating craft / edited by Courtney Lee Weida (Adelphi University, New York, USA).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS -- OVERVIEW -- PROLOGUE: MY BEGINNINGS WITH CRAFT -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. FOUNDATIONS OF CRAFT IN EDUCATION -- REFERENCES -- 2. CRAFTING POPULAR CULTURE: A Hands on Approach -- INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING QUESTIONS -- CRAFT PRINCIPLES GO POP -- RESISTING THE STATUS QUO -- MAKING IS THINKING -- THE CARTOON STUDIO AS LABORATORY -- THE POWER OF PLAY -- CRAFTING COMMUNITY -- PRIDE IN WORK -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- 3. CRAFT OBJECTS AND STORYTELLING -- INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING QUESTIONS

STARTING WITH STORY: INTERDISCIPLINARY & CROSS-CULTURAL CONNECTIONSSEQUENCE AND STORY: CONTEXT, THREADS, & SKILS OF NARRATIVE -- WONDERFUL WORDS: ILLUSTRATING/INTERPRETING SAYINGS AND STORY STRUCTURES -- SENSES AND STORY: EXPERIENCING AND EXPRESSING NARRATIVE -- SELFHOOD AND STORY: IDENTITY AND COMMUNITY -- REFERENCES -- RESOURCE WEBSITES -- 4. CRITIQUING CONSUMPTION THROUGH CRAFT & THE INTERNATIONAL FIBER COLLABORATIVE -- INTRODUCTION AND RESOURCES -- THE TREE PROJECT: IDEA(L)S OF INTERDEPENDENCE -- KNOTTING AS METAPHOR FOR CRAFT COMMUNITIES

CONCLUDING COMMENTS: CRAFT ACTIVISMREFERENCES -- 5. REMIXED/UNSTITCHED DIGITAL COMMUNITIES OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFT -- INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING QUESTIONS -- CRAFT CONNECTIONS -- CRAFTING SPACES -- CONTEXTUALIZING CRAFTS -- CRAFTING COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATING CRAFT -- CRAFT CONCLUSIONS -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 6. CRAFTING INNER SPACE: Guided Visualizations for the Creative Classroom -- INTRODUCTION -- STRENGTHENING EXERCISE -- CREATIVE IMAGINATION EXERCISES -- IMAGINARY JOURNIES -- EVERYDAY CLASSROOM USES -- PROJECT-BASED WORK -- RESOURCES

Modifications/AccommodationsVocabulary -- Extensions -- RESOURCES -- 9. CONCEPTUAL, BIOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL ANALYSES OF CRAFT -- INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING QUESTIONS -- COMPONENTS OF CRAFT -- THREE FIELDS OF CRAFT -- EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN OF CRAFTS -- HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CRAFTS -- Crafts as mechanical arts -- Separation of fine arts from crafts -- Industrialization and the disappearance of crafts -- Revival of crafts -- Separation of design from crafts -- Rejection of ornamentation -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES

This nine chapter volume explores creativity in art teaching through contemporary craft. A variety of artists, educators and historians share with readers their wealth of practical resources and frameworks for utilizing craft media (fiber, ceramics, baskets, needlepoint, knitting, etc.) and craft approaches (grassroots projects, digital communities, craftivism, etc.) within contemporary K-12 art education, museum and community programming, and teaching artist residencies. Authors representing a variety of specialties in craft, art, and education examine the resurgence of the handmade and homemade in contemporary youth culture, digital implications of how we define and teach craft creatively, and the overlap of design, function, and beauty in artists' work. The anthology also describes the challenges and potentialities of working with craft in education settings, including the overarching craft of teaching practices. Each chapter provides a range of creative frameworks and practical models that educators can use comprehensively: from dynamic digital resources, to community groups, and lesson plans and activities in craft with art classes and special needs classes. The book serves to propose a working definition and rationale of the functions of craft in daily life, popular and youth culture, and larger social issues (including craft, D.I.Y., and activism/"craftivism")

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