Artists now move much more freely across the once strict divide between what counted as art with a capital “A” and what was excluded as mere craft. For many contemporary practitioners, craft can be a material, a technique, a cultural resource, or all these things at the same time.

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Video created by Elissa Auther, Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and the William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator, and Christian Larsen, Windgate research curator, for the exhibition Craft Front & Center (on view May 22, 2021–February 13, 2022). Producer: Liam Harrison