Kathryn Hall Named New HCCC Curatorial Fellow
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft has added newly-minted University of Georgia grad Kathryn Hall to their staff as their new Curatorial Fellow. The three-year position that offers experience in curating and research. Kathryn will work with HCCC Curator, Anna Walker, and Curatorial Assistant, Ashley Powell, to develop exhibitions, conduct research, and install exhibitions. She received [...]
Your Ultimate Holiday Shopping Guide: TX Museum Gift Shop Edition
Wherever we go in Texas, we always make time for the museum gift shops. Our museum shops reliably have some of the most fun, unique and affordable gifts (for yourself and others) to be found. We’ve rounded up some of the best of them this year. For more shopping delight, be sure to check our [...]
Cat Wrangler, curator and educator: Houston Craft Center adds three new staffers
The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft has signed on three new crew members: artist Miriam Mendoza is the new Education Coordinator, and will manage the center’s artist residency program. New Curatorial Fellow Susie Silbert just completed her master’s degree at Bard, where she focused on craft history. Previously, she was the business manager, archivist and [...]
Piero Fenci named Texas Master
Piero Fenci has been named Texas Master craftsman of 2012 by the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft. Fenci is the fourth Texas Master, and will receive a solo show at HCCC in the summer of 2012 and will jury the center’s CraftTexas 2014 exhibition. Fenci has been a teacher and the head of the ceramics [...]