Museum of Contemporary Craft
presents Handmade Nation
April 3, 4, & 5, 2009

Congratulations to our Handmade Nation raffle grand prize winners!

Alea Bone and Sarah Leavitt have won festive red pennants and Briar Levit has won the Handmade Nation Portland wall hanging. Prizes will be on their way to you in the mail this week.

Thank you to all who attended.
Click here to see photos from the Show Us Your D.I.Y. photo
photo kiosk at the Museum's Flickr page.

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Join director Faythe Levine Friday, April 3 for the Northwest premiere of Handmade Nation, a new documentary now being presented to sold-out crowds across the country. Levine traveled 19,000 miles to create this first film documenting the indie craft movement—a new wave of craft marrying historical technique, punk culture, and the do-it-yourself ethos. A companion book, Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design, is now available from Princeton Architectural Press.

 

 

A first-time film director, Levine is also a writer, crafter, saw player and independent curator based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is the owner of Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery and a founder of Art vs. Craft, Milwaukee’s indie craft fair. Handmade Nation, the film, is a labor of love mainly financed by credit cards.

On April 4, the Museum will host an entire day of related programs, including a panel discussion and a hands-on crochet-a-thon with Mandy Greer.

 

 

Watch the Northwest Premiere trailers on blip.tv or YouTube
[Videos by Porter Panther]

 

Visit the Handmade Nation movie web site
for trailers, national tour information and more

 

Visit the Faythe Levine's Handmade Nation blog

 

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