Museum of Arts and Design
Craft Research Fund—Exhibition Grant
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2025
This research will support the development of the exhibition "In the Form of a Basket" at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). The exhibition positions the basket as an extraordinary object, highlighting this ancient form as one of the most dynamic examples of material experimentation, cultural narrative, and artistic expression today.
Selected works
Ed Rossbach, "Red Hunk," 1985, plaited ash splints, rice paper, lacquer, 13-1/2 x 11 x 11 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; purchased by the American Craft Council, 1987.
Nakatomi Hajime, "Untitled," 1990, bamboo, two pieces, (Element Basket a): 18 in., (Element Box b): 12 x 19 x 19 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; gift of Barbara and Donald Tober, 2022.
Eva Queen Wolfe, "Untitled," 1971, river cane and butternut root dyes, 17-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 15 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; purchased by the American Craft Council, 1971.
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