Minnesota Crafts Council records, 1965-2007.

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Minnesota Crafts Council records, 1965-2007.

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Administrative records, gallery records, festival and show files, and photographs documenting the operation, membership, and activities of the Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC). The MCC was an organization that supported artists and the crafts industry in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest by sponsoring crafts shows, workshops, conferences, a gallery, and a regional communications network. The collection is strong in its documentation of two annual events, the Minnesota Crafts Festival and the Fiber/Metal Arts Show, and contains a large number of photographs, artist slides, and biographical information, mostly on artists.

32.65 cubic feet (34 boxes)

Minnesota Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7713631

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Minnesota Crafts Festival

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Minnesota State Arts Board

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Minnesota Crafts Council

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The Minnesota Crafts Council (MCC) was a non-profit organization based in Minneapolis aimed at promoting public awareness of fine arts and crafts and providing artists a communications network for professional services and benefits. The MCC started in the 1950s, was dormant for a few years in the 1960s and 1970s, became incorporated in 1974, and closed in December 2006. In 1979 the MCC opened permanent offices in the Hennepin Center for the Arts in downtown Minneapolis. ...