Handwork Book Launch and Signing 

Gain insights into how craft literally shaped our nation, object by object, with causes such as sustenance, defiance and beauty. Emily Zaiden, Craft in America Center Director and Curator and editor of Handwork: Handcrafted Objects that Made America will moderate a discussion with local contributors Carol Sauvion, Jo Lauria, and Suzanne Isken, with welcome remarks by Rody N. Lopez, Executive Director of Craft Contemporary. The book surveys a wide range of creations by notable artists as well as the underrepresented and anonymous artists who have helped shaped the US out of a pure spirit of invention and innovation.