Houston Center For Contemporary Craft
4848 Main Street
Houston, Tx
77002

www.crafthouston.org

Rating –Good
Level –Intermediate/Emerging
Type – Contemporary
Subcategory:  Craft/ non-profit/ fiber, metal, glass, clay and wood

Their Published Description:
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is a nonprofit organization founded to advance education about the process, product and history of craft.  The Center’s major emphasis is on objects of art made primarily of fiber, metal, glass, clay and wood.
The Center provides a much-needed venue for exhibition, retail and studio spaces to support the work of local and national artists and to serve as a resource for artists, educators and the community at large.

After more than two years of careful planning by a nine member Board of Directors and Advisory Council of 24 local and national members, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft opened its doors in the fall of 2001with an inaugural exhibition, Defining Craft I: Collecting for the New Millennium, from the collection of the American Craft Museum in New York. 
As a resource for both artists and educators, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft offers the community at-large a unique opportunity to experience the excitement of the handmade through workshops, gallery talks, studio demonstrations and educational outreach programs.

Editors Description:
Education and outreach are the main interests of this space.  They have good residency program lots of lectures and artistic demonstrations and special outreach events. This space is pretty large and located in the Museum district of Houston, so there is a lot of overflow form the museums to go see your show. This is craft at its best, with nice vitrines to showcase small metal work and weighted bases for fragile glasswork.

Friends Comments:
None at this time.