The Annual Contemporary Crafts highlights the finest in contemporary crafts from around the country, our annual crafts exhibition has become a benchmark of innovation and quality produced within traditional craft forms such as ceramics, fibers, basketry, metals, wood, glass, jewelry, papermaking and book arts.
About the Juror: Born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Andres Payan Estrada currently lives and between Los Angeles, CA and El Paso, TX. He graduated with an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and is currently the is currently the senior curator at the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso, TX. Payan Estrada works in craft-based processes including clay, textiles, and collage which he uses to explore social surfaces, ephemeral exchanges, and queer experiences. His curatorial and academic practice focuses on issues revolving around contemporary craft with special interests in ceramics, material politics, and queer artistic practices.
