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DR. MICHELLE MILLAR FISHER: READING CRAFT

7/1/2026

ReaDING CRaft: Exploring a discipline through the texts that have shaped it
4 WEEK ONLINE ZOOM COURSE
$109 JRACRAFT MEMBERS | $139 NON-MEMBERS

July 1 - July 29, 2026
Wednesdays 12pm - 1:15pm ET

Every discipline is formed, shaped, and re-formed by the texts that constitute its discourse. Craft history is still a nascent discipline, and the texts that describe its boundaries and centers are both significant and yet still hungry for better company. Each week in this course we will come together to discuss a few key texts — excerpts, essays, and short-form popular writing — that have in their own ways impacted craft history, give us something meaty to discuss, and point towards what might still be needed or what could come next. The course will require active participation from those in attendance and will be shaped much like a friendly, conversational, engaged book club.

meet your instructor, dr. michelle millar fisher

Dr. Michelle Millar Fisher is the Ronald C. and Anita L. Wornick Curator of Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Previously, she worked at The Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Guggenheim Museum. Her work focuses on the intersections of people, power, and the material world. At the MFA, she is working on “Craft Schools: Where We Make What We Inherit” which took her on a train journey across all 48 contiguous US states. She leads an independent team on a project called “Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births.” She holds an MA and an M.Phil in Art History from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and received an M.Phil and PhD from The Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). She publishes widely on art, design, and architecture.

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MEMBER MEET-UP: WESLEY CLARK STUDIO TOUR

7/1/2026

WESLEY CLARK STUDIO TOUR
College Park, MD 20740
IN PERSON | MEMBERS ONLY
FREE

Wednesday July 1, 2026 | 1:00pm

Join JRACraft members for a studio tour with Wesley Clark, in person at his studio in College Park, MD! Peek behind-the-scenes of Clark's work, see some current projects, and learn about his studio process.

Due to to limited space, registration is limited to the first 20 guests who will be sent the complete address upon registration. This tour will including walking and standing; some seating will be available during the studio tour.

Wesley clark

Wesley Clark currently resides in Hyattsville, MD, with his wife and two beautiful children. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Syracuse University and a Master of Fine Arts from The George Washington University. At the core of his practice, Clark primarily creates mixed media wood assemblages that read as familiar and are often hybrids of two, or more, objects/concepts. He refers to these objects as fictional artifacts, made to look as if they’ve lived a life prior to being on display prompting viewers to question their importance and create their own narratives. Clark has exhibited works at institutions such as the Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC; Fisk University, Nashville Tennessee; University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Maryland; as well as Scope and Prizm Art Fair, Miami, Florida during Art Basel. Clark’s work can be found in public and private collections such as: the Asheville Art Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, the Duke Ellington School for the Arts, and Kaiser Permanente. In 2016 Clark was commissioned by The American Alliance of Museums to create a temporary public artwork. That foray has led to several permanent public artworks located throughout Washington, DC and Maryland.

Wesley Clarke

Wesley Clarke working in his studio

Wesley Clarke, My Big Black America, 2015, stain, spray paint, latex, salvage wood. Installed in the lobby of the Asheville Art Museum. Posing in front of work, JRACraft Board member Christina Waddler and Windgate Foundation Grants and Operations Manager Ashley-Pauline Moore

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