Rose Slivka (January 9, 1919 – September 2, 2004) was an American poet and writer for women's magazines in the twentieth century. From 1959 to 1979 she was the editor-in-chief for ''

Craft Horizons ''Craft Horizons'' is a periodical magazine that documents and exhibits crafts, craft artists, and other facets of the field of American craft. The magazine was founded by Aileen Osborn Webb and published from 1941 to 1979. It included editoria ...

'' (now ''American Craft Magazine''). Her 1978 book on the artist

Peter Voulkos Peter Voulkos (born Panagiotis Harry Voulkos; 29 January 1924 – 16 February 2002) was an American artist of Greek descent. He is known for his abstract expressionist ceramic sculptures, which crossed the traditional divide between ceramic c ...

is considered the first contemporary craft monograph. Born in New York City on January 9, 1919, Slivka obtained her degree in English from

Hunter College Hunter College is a public university in New York City, United States. It is one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York and offers studies in more than one hundred undergraduate and postgraduate fields across five schools ...

in 1941. In 1979 she was named an honorary fellow of the

American Craft Council The American Craft Council (ACC) is a national non-profit organization that champions craft based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Founded in 1943 by Aileen Osborn Webb, the council hosts national craft shows and conferences, publishes a quarterly m ...

. She died on September 2, 2004 in Southampton, New York.

Work on ''Craft Horizons''

Slivka is notable for shifting ''Craft Horizons'' magazine away from technical articles towards more professional and critical writing that included contributions from many outside the field. While serving as editor-in-chief at ''Craft Horizons'', Slivka published ''The New Ceramic Presence'' in 1961, which the

called "groundbreaking."

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1919 births 2004 deaths American magazine editors American women magazine editors Writers from New York City Hunter College alumni {{US-editor-stub