Lecture By Bruce Metcalf September 30, 2008

CCA Oakland campus, 5212 Broadway, Nahl Hall
7 p.m.
Info: 415.703.9563
Bruce Metcalf has been a studio jeweler and a writer for almost four decades. He says he is always surprised at the many popular misconceptions of American craft: that the field has never experienced internal disputes; that craft education sprang to life fully formed after World War II; and that the influence of European Modernism absolutely began with the Bauhaus. His talk will focus on these and other myths, and explore their implications for the future of the field. Metcalf has taught at Kent State University, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, and many other schools. He is currently cowriting a history of 20th-century American craft with the critic Janet Koplos. His jewelry, sculpture, and drawings have been featured in hundreds of national and international exhibitions. He is based in Philadelphia.