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Museum of Arts and Design

Craft Research Fund Grant

2025

In the Form of a Basket

This research will support the development of the exhibition "In the Form of a Basket" at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). The exhibition positions the basket as an extraordinary object, highlighting this ancient form as one of the most dynamic examples of material experimentation, cultural narrative, and artistic expression today.

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New York, NY

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Selected works

Ed Rossbach, "Red Hunk," 1985, plaited ash splints, rice paper, lacquer, 13-1/2 x 11 x 11 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; purchased by the American Craft Council, 1987.

Nakatomi Hajime, "Untitled," 1990, bamboo, two pieces, (Element Basket a): 18 in., (Element Box b): 12 x 19 x 19 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; gift of Barbara and Donald Tober, 2022.

Eva Queen Wolfe, "Untitled," 1971, river cane and butternut root dyes, 17-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 15 in. Museum of Arts and Design, New York; purchased by the American Craft Council, 1971.