Namita Gupta Wiggers
Namita Gupta Wiggers is a curator, writer, educator, and artist living in Portland, Oregon. A first generation American of South Asian descent, she is a keen observer of\xa0how people select and organize their lives. She began her\xa0career in museums, eventually serving as curator and then director of the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland. Namita sees curation as both collaborative and empathic\u2014that the curator's job is to\xa0make room for multiple narratives to exist within a project. A lifelong learner, she believes that when she comes across something she isn't familiar with\u2014a culture, a tradition, an artist\u2014the onus is on her to learn more. In keeping with that approach, Namita\xa0is a co-founder of Critical Craft Forum, which provides spaces for makers to discuss critical issues to the field of craft, including a recent symposium on Gender and Jewelry in New York City. After more than a decade of focusing on writing and curating, she\xa0joins Make/Time just as she returns to making jewelry with upcoming residencies with\xa0Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts and Ox-bow School of Art.
Make/Time shares conversations about craft, inspiration, and the creative process. Listen to leading makers and thinkers talk about where they came from, what they're making, and where they're going next. Make/Time is hosted by Stuart Kestenbaum and is a project of craftschools.us. Major funding is provided by the Windgate Charitable Foundation.