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Jimmy Carter - For the first time, we recognized a...
For the first time, we recognized a medium that takes our ordinary, everyday objects like bowls, baskets, and quilts and elevates them to art forms that rival painting and sculpture in their impact. (From the forward to "Crafts in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects. (Jimmy Carter)

For the first time, we recognized a medium that takes our ordinary, everyday objects like bowls, baskets, and quilts and elevates them to art forms that rival painting and sculpture in their impact. (From the forward to "Crafts in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects.

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