Canadian Craft and Museum Practice 1900-1950 (Publisher series: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.)

Flood, Sandra

ISBN 10: 0660178389 / ISBN 13: 9780660178387

Published by Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull

About this Item

[0-660-17838-9] 2001. (Trade paperback) Fine. 335pp. Signed with an inscription by the author. Notes, appendices, bibliography. Publisher series: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies 74. (Canada, Crafts, Museums).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Canadian Craft and Museum Practice 1900-1950 (Publisher series: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies.)
• Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull
• ISBN 10: 0660178389
• ISBN 13: 9780660178387
• Binding: Soft cover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadian History

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Synopsis

This highly readable account presents the first overview of craft activity as an integral part of Canadian culture between 1900 and 1950, and reviews the tone and focus of contemporaneous writing about craft. It explores the diversity of all aspects of craft, including makers, production, organizations, education, and government involvement. The history of museums and their lack of response to this major component of Canadian culture combined with the fate of various craft collections raise important, ongoing questions.

About the Author

Sandra Flood has taught, exhibited, curated exhibitions, and written about craft for several decades, and is the former editor of the Saskatchewan Craft Council's magazine The Craft Factor.