Aid to Artisans

"Aid to Artisans was founded in 1976 by James and Mary Plaut. James Plaut, former Secretary General for the World Craft Council, started ATA based on his deep concern for helping to preserve the vitality, culture and craft of artisans around the world...

"In 1979, Clare Brett Smith became an ATA board member. Clare, a world traveler and passionate advocate of craft, owned an import company at the time called Primitive Artisans."

Board

Accessed December 2010:

• Eric O'Leary | Chairman
• Thomas Blinkhorn | Vice Chairman
• Charles Mann | Treasurer
• Alexandra Ballard
• Charles Clifford
• Andrew Corrie
• Susan Ginsburg
• Fiona Hodgson
• Mac McCoy
• Reed McMillan
• David O'Connor
• Edmund See
• Rudolph von Bernuth

# Honorary Directors

• Samuel E. Bunker | Chairman Emeritus
• Clare Brett Smith | President Emerita
• Gwen Adams Norton, Stijn Albregts, Michele Alexander, Martha Alter Chen, Carol Androccio LeWitt, Alberta Arthurs, M. Joan Chalmers, Ashoke Chatterjee, Alvin Chin, Margaret E. Clark, Susan Conway, John Crawford, Susan M. Davis, Sherri Donghia, Austin Dunham Barney II, Patricia Ferguson, Richard Ford, Marion Fremont-Smith, Mary Garland, Karen Gibbs, Robert Graff, Cornelia Higginson, Suzanne LaFetra, Docey Lewis, Lisa Lindblad, Mimi Little, Timothy Lyman, William MacCrellish, Jr., James McClelland III, Ed Johnetta Miller, Tyree Minton, Sally Montgomery-Brumbaugh, Nikone Nanong, Robert Norris, Daniel Plaut, Keith Recker, Sydney Roberts Rockefeller, Carol Sedestrom Ross, Toni Sikes, Jean Stephenson, Helene Sullivan, Nancy Tieken, W. Paul Underwood, Steven Vetter, Paul E. White, Jonathan Williams

Advisors

Accessed December 2010:

International Advisors

• Dinara Chochunbaeva
• Charlotte di Vita
• Raisa Gareeva
• Richard Lanier
• Nazeih Maarouf
• Siva Obeyesekere
• Aram Sharambeyan

Special Advisors

• Thomas Aageson
• Christopher Cox
• Richard Ford
• Docey Lewis
• Holland Millis

Contact

URL: http://www.aidtoartisans.org