The Great Craft Gathering for Black Artists & Makers held at Peter’s Valley, Layton, NJ. An exhilarating 3-day workshop series tailored specifically for Black Artists & Makers, happening April 25-28, 2024. Peters Valley School of Craft proudly presents an annual networking and development initiative, uniting 30 mid-career and emerging Black Craft Artists from the region for an immersive campus experience.

This year I will be a presenter in the Metals shop teaching and talking about enamel and adornment.

Held at Tufts University, the Environmental Humanities Symposium brought together artists and educators at the intesection of the arts, science and the humanities. Representation included Tamiko Beyer, a poet, Min Hyoung Song author and chair of Boston College English Dept., Dr. Jerry Zee, Assitant Professor in the Anthropology Dept. at High Meadows Environmental Instititue at Princeton University, Eugenia Kisin, a visual anthropologist and Associate Professor of Art and Society at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Jessica Horton, Associate Professor of modern and contemporary Native North American Art at the University of Delaware, Natalie Doonan, a new media and performance artist, Mark Richardson, the Director of Horticulture for New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston, MA, Dr. Susannah Lerman, a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station, Eli Brown an interdisciplinary artist focusing on queer ecologies, Adam Romero, an Associate Professor of Science, Technology and Society at the University of Washington Bothell, Erin Genia, a multidisciplinary artist educator and community organizer specializing in Indigenous arts and culture, and myself, a Professor of the Practice in Metal at SMFA at Tufts whos work focuses on Identity and sustainable practices in Jewelry.

Convenors: Alex Blanchette, Silvia Bottinelli, Emily Gephart, Patte Loper, Kate Risse, Modhumita Roy

Symposium made possible by: Tufts Green Fund, Tufts Office of the Provost, Toupin-Bolwell Fund, Center for the Humanities at Tufts, Environmental Studies Program, Department of English, Visual and Material Studies Deptartment, SMFA at Tufts University.

As a featured artist for 2023, I am an invited guest this year. The Benefit Auction is Penland School of Craft’s major annual fundraiser, supporting our mission of Making Lives Meaningful Through Making. A joyous and festive celebration of craft, community, and all things Penland, we will welcome collectors, curators, artists, and friends from far and wide.

Hundreds of people and organizations come together to create the Penland Benefit Auction. It is a huge undertaking and a labor of love.

The Penland FOCUS Gallery presents WEAR, our annual exhibition exploring current interpretations and material usage in the field of contemporary jewelry. This exhibition includes both emerging and established makers from throughout the US.

* Indigo Arts Alliance Artists-in-Residence @ Hewnoaks. Hewnoaks and Indigo Arts Alliance maintain a residency partnership exclusively offered to Indigo Arts Alliance Artists-in-Residence alumni and current artists. It is intended for professional, mid-career and emerging artists to continue to explore and grow their work in a creative atmosphere. Follow the links below to learn more about the 2023 cohort: Aminata Conteh (IAA Summer 2021), Tanya Crane (IAA Spring 2022), Brian J. Evans (IAA Summer 2022), and Aina Sullivan (IAA Spring 2022).

Celebrating excellence and artistry in jewelry, BMoCA is presenting a collection of unique and one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art for sale in this limited time Pop-Up Shop. These women have much in common beyond their racial, ethnic and gender identity, sharing an excellence in their craft and a never-ending exploration of artistic expression.

Whole-cast(e) is a reference to both the jewelry process (gold casting is a traditional process using wax and molds) but also the artists’ backgrounds, race and the caste system (an artificial hierarchy that helps determine standing and respect, assumptions of beauty and competence and who gets access to resources) and how it intersects with those who are biracial (or half caste). 

For sale and on view for the first time in Colorado is work from artists hailing from North Carolina, Rhode Island, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. These artists use a range of materials – sgraffito enameling; carved shell and ceramic forms; embroidery; light and large silver and gold body adornment; to create pieces imbued with personal and historical identities. 

@ Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Opening Reception June 15th 6-8pm

curated by Kim Harrell

featuring the work of Taisha Carrington, Tanya Crane, Janice Derrick, and Nanette Pengelley

Held at The Box NYC in the Jewelry Library, Listen to my story here https://restringingthepearl.com/tanyacrane/

The Jewelry Library and BOX are pleased to present Restringing the Pearl, an exhibition and sale that explores personal and cultural perspectives on pearls as classic symbols of elegance, status, and chic.

Curated by Petra Class and Biba Schutz, Restringing the Pearl features artists Doris Betz, Elizabeth Brim, Kathleen Browne, Tanya Crane, Aaron Decker, Sandra Enterline, Susie Ganch, Brice Garrett, Mielle Harvey, Marjorie Simon, Melissa Stern, Amy Tavern, Katja Toporski, Niki Ulehla, and Mallory Weston.

“We started by asking artists to share their pearl story,” says Biba Schutz, “since pearls brought up so many memories for Petra and me–memories of our families, special occasions, growing up. We wanted stories to be the springboard for the works themselves.”

An immersive environment encourages visitors to view the works and hear the artist tell the personal story that inspired it. Join us for an Opening Reception Wednesday, April 26th, 6:00–8:00pm. Other In Person and Online Programming will include…

• Tuesday, May 2nd (5:00pm): Gallery Talk with Biba Schutz and JB Jones, co-founder of NYC Jewelry Week.

• Thursday, May 11th (4:00–7:00pm): Pearl Stories Afternoon Tea (and cocktails) in honor of Mother’s Day. Bring a photo of pearls in your family, share your story, and view the exhibition! Email info@thejewelrylibrary.com to RSVP.

• Tuesday, May 16th (11:00–1:00pm) and Wednesday, May 17th (4:00–6:00pm): Pearl Redesign Workshop. Join Biba, Petra, and other artists for a conversation about giving your old pearls new life! Email info@thejewelrylibrary.com to RSVP.

• Monday, May 22nd (7:00pm EST): Zoom Storytelling Workshop.

• Tuesday, May 23rd (3:00pm EST): Online Gallery Talk with Petra Class and JB Jones.

I’m excited to be included as one of 40 emerging artists for the 2023 Museum of Art and Design’s Mad About Jewelry annual benefit sale April 27–30. MAD About Jewelry has become known as the ultimate pop-up shop for contemporary, artist-made jewelry, where collectors and jewelry enthusiasts have the rare opportunity to meet and acquire pieces from some of the most innovative creators in the field.

@madmuseumjewelry

MAD ABOUT JEWELRY SALE HOURS 

Tues, April 25, 8 pm Opening Benefit Reception for ticket holders

Wed, April 26, 10 am to 6 pm
Thu, April 27, 10 am to 8 pm
Fri, April 28, 10 am to 6 pm
Sat, April 29, 10 am to 6 pm

An exhibition featuring Contemporary Enamel Vessels at Springfield Museum, Missouri.

Honoring the work of Bill Helwig at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Shared Past/Divergent Futures

@Emerge Gallery and Art Center

Jan. 6-26, 2023

Indigo Arts Alliance first annual Pop Up

Exploring current interpretations and material usage in the field of contemporary jewelry, the exhibition includes both emerging and established makers from throughout the United States. 

The 2022 exhibition dates are Tuesday, August 16 - Saturday, September 10 in the Penland Focus Gallery

Follow my adventures on Instagram during the month of April. I have the honor of being an artist in residence at Indigo Arts Alliance in Portland, Maine. Indigo Arts Alliance embodies a Black-led, multiracial approach to the rich intersections of citizenship, community-building, and creativity. Indigo Arts is committed to the artistic development of Black and Brown Artists.

https://indigoartsalliance.me/

@tmcrane613

@indigoartsalliance

“Ultimately, (craft) is subversive not when it frightens, repels, or even stigmatizes, but when it is pensive, when it thinks.” ― Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

RAM Showcase: Four Jewelers and the Artist of Color Acquisition Fund, Racine Art Museum, WI (curated by Lena Vigna). 2022-2024

On view-Pangea necklace as part of Racine Art Museum’s Permanent Collection

Utilizing rich and varied materials like sea grass, silicone, recycled keychains, and bronze, the contemporary artists featured in this exhibition create evocative and poetic adornment. Each artist undertakes investigations linking media, conceptual threads, and notions of wearability. They create jewelry that also functions as a way to explore the world—covering topics such as organic growth; personal, cultural, and social history; pop culture; and heritage. What further connects the featured work is that every piece is new to RAM as part of the first round of acquisitions specifically focused on supporting artists of color. These additions reflect RAM’s desire to further broaden the scope of creative voices that comprise the museum’s permanent collection.

While RAM has maintained its status as the largest contemporary craft collection in North America for almost a decade, dedicated funds for acquisitions are not typical as the institution primarily relies on gifts of artwork. In 2022, the museum combined a recent grant focused on acquiring works in craft media with an objective to increase historically underrepresented artists and purchased the work of seven artists of color. Critically, most of these objects were purchased directly from the artists themselves.

Part of the recently formed RAM Showcase exhibition series, this first show to focus solely on new artists of color in the collection features the work of Lorena Angulo, Tanya Crane, Seulgi Kwon, and Georgina Treviño. Because documenting these artists and sharing their stories is especially critical, panels detailing biographical information and artist statements are included alongside the artwork.

"Opening December 3rd 2021, the Jay Taylor Gallery will be hosting its second exhibition, featuring a group of artists working and living in Providence and the surrounding area. Splitting the Rent is a group exhibition of artists working with material and space to navigate the various ways we encounter one another and inhabit our shared spaces. From the monumental to the minute every-day, the diverse collection of work and ways of working all, in some way, negotiate our relationships - between a moment and a history, between material and form, and between ourselves and the world we live in."

Artists include: Anadid Ypres, Ben Herndon, Gabriel Feld, Jean Blackburn, Jerry Mischak, Marita Torbick, Meg Callahan, Stephanie Tyson Osorio, Tanya Crane, Triton Mobley, Wu Hanyen

Curators: Tyler Mills and Fernando Pezzino