Rose Slivka

Rose Slivka
Slivka at her desk at Craft Horizons Magazine
Born(1919-01-09)January 9, 1919
New York City, NY
DiedSeptember 2, 2004(2004-09-02) (aged 85)
Southampton, NY
OccupationEditor-in-chief of Craft Horizons

Rose Slivka (January 9, 1919 – September 2, 2004) was an American poet and writer for women's magazines in the twentieth century.[1] From 1959 to 1979 she was the editor-in-chief for Craft Horizons (now American Craft Magazine).[2] Her 1978 book on the artist Peter Voulkos[3] is considered the first contemporary craft monograph.[4]

Born in New York City on January 9, 1919,[5] Slivka obtained her degree in English from Hunter College in 1941.[2] In 1979 she was named an honorary fellow of the American Craft Council.[6] She died on September 2, 2004 in Southampton, New York.[5]

  1. ^ Janet., Koplos (2010). Makers : a history of American studio craft. Metcalf, Bruce, 1949-, Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807834138. OCLC 658203695.
  2. ^ a b Johnson, Ken (2004-09-04). "Rose Slivka, 85, Writer and Champion of Crafts as Fine Art, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. ^ Slivka, Rose; Voulkos, Peter (1978). Peter Voulkos: a dialogue with clay. New York: New York Graphic Society. ISBN 978-0821207123.
  4. ^ Koplos, Janet; Metcalf, Bruce (2010). Makers: a history of American studio craft. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina press. p. 225. ISBN 9780807834138.
  5. ^ a b Falino, Jeannine (2011). Crafting modernism: midcentury American art and design: [exhibition Crafting modernism. Midcentury American art and design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, October 11, 2011 - January 15, 2012; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, February 27 - May 21, 2012]. New York: Abrams. p. 311. ISBN 978-0810984806.
  6. ^ "College of Fellows". American Craft Council. Retrieved 22 December 2023.