Richard Abnet is a founding potter and host of the Annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour. He established his studio on a farm near Stillwater, Minnesota in 1961. Abnet died on March 1, 2011.
Image of pottery on hold for guests at Robert Briscoe's home in Harris, Minnesota. Briscoe is a founding potter and host of the annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour. The 22nd annual tour was held May 9, 10, and 11, 2014.
Minnesota potter Robert Briscoe is a founding potter and host of the annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour. The 22nd annual tour was held May 9, 10, and 11, 2014.
Minnesota potter Robert Briscoe is a founding potter and host of the annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour. The 22nd annual tour was held May 9, 10, and 11, 2014.
Black and white photo proof of customers at a basket booth at the 12th Annual Minnesota Crafts Festival in 1984. A basket-maker is at work in the foreground.
Will Swanson and Janel Jacobson are founding potters and hosts of the Annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour. Both Swanson and Jacobson were photographed and interviewed as part of the 22nd Annual St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour held May 9, 10, and 11, 2014. Swanson and Jacobson's distinctive studio and home are near Harris, Minnesota.
Volume 2, number 1 of Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) Craft Connection was published in 1976. Contents include the Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program; proposal of various committees for MCC; report on the National Endowment for the Arts' Master Craftsman Apprenticeship Program; potter Nils Lou and apprentice Howard Kiefer; the Twin Cities Metropolitan Arts Alliance; information on services, health insurance, taxes, legal assitance, and other legal issues for artists; the formation of a gallery and studio space for the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota (W.A.R.M); and summary of the 1976 Minnesota Crafts Festival.