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One of a Kind: The Studio Craft Movement
December 22, 2006–December 2, 2007
Modern Design and Architecture Gallery, Lila Acheson Wallace Wing, 1st floor
This episode, written and performed by the Museum's summer 2007 high school interns, brings the Studio Craft movement to life:
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The studio craft movement developed in the United States during the post–World War II years. By the 1970s in both Europe and the United States, a shifting political climate and an "anything goes" art scene encouraged a new freedom of artistic expression. Artists working with traditional materials began to experiment with new materials and techniques, producing bold, abstract, and sculptural art. This exhibition of approximately 50 works from the Metropolitan’s collection includes furniture, ceramics, glass, metalwork, jewelry, and fiber.