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Jackson Martin Takes Repairing Everyday Objects to the Extreme
The Asheville, North Carolina–based sculptor and artist’s Making Amends series is a pointed rebuke of planned obsolescence.
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Abigail Lucien Channels Sacred African Blacksmithing Traditions into Evocative Iron Objects
The Haitian American artist and professor pairs new sculptural works and the tools of ironwork in Blood of the Earth.
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Craft Contemporary’s Clay Biennial Centers BIPOC Artists’ Relationship to the Earth
Organized around four land-based themes, tierra features 14 artists working in clay, video, printmaking, and more.
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Waymakers Collective Announces New Grant Opportunity for Southern Artists
The Appalachian Visionary Artist Fund, open for applications through August 4, will give regional artists $5,000 each.
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In Alabama, A Newly Announced Folk School for the Global Majority
Ashby Combahee and Jada G. Patterson are currently fundraising and planning programming for Olamina Folk School for Land, Memory, and Craft in Tuskegee.
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Fiber Artists Find Stories Everywhere in a New Wisconsin Exhibition
The works in Stitched Stories: Narrative Quilts and Textiles at the Racine Art Museum run the gamut in tone and form.
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Marilou Schultz Weaves Technological Motifs into Vivid Wool Tapestries
A new survey of the Diné artist's woven works opens June 27 at the Hessel Museum of Art in Upstate New York.
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At Long Last, Iconic Bay Area Artist Mildred Howard Gets a Retrospective
Mildred Howard: Poetics of Memory, Howard's first major museum survey, runs until October 11 at the Oakland Museum of California.
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Imagining the Future
In this Craft Coalition column, the former director of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts reflects on the value of ideas.
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Jesse Krimes’s Collaborative Quilts Offer Dignity and Repair for the Formerly Incarcerated
The activist and artist's new exhibition Elegy Quilts runs through November 1 at the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.
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For Tlingit Carver James Johnson, Formline is the Throughline
The Juneau, Alaska–based carver’s practice, including high-profile collaborations with snowboarding and apparel brands, is a link between Tlingit pasts and futures.
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At Nebraska’s KANEKO, Two Sides of a Studio Glass Great
Therman Statom's Coleccions de studio de invierno coincides with a show of work by participants in the ARTS for Me! program.
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A Collaborative Exhibition in Seattle Shows the Lifecycle of Coast Salish Weaving
A partnership between the Coast Salish Wool Weaving Center and the Burke Museum, Woven in Wool runs through the end of August.
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A Custom Hat Shop Puts Craftsmanship on Display
Jackson, Wyoming–based Sing Hat Company attracts tourists and locals alike to its storefront and studio.
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Connor Czora Documents Queer History in Clay
In porcelain vases, dishware, and more, the DC-based ceramist subverts traditionally stuffy forms with overlaid imagery of struggle and resistance.
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The 2026 American Craft Council Awards
Meet the winners of the American Craft Council's 2026 Biennial Awards, representing the pinnacle of recognition in the craft field.
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Lakefront Festival of Art Promises Stunning Views of the Water—and a Dizzying Array of Fine Craft
This weekend, the Milwaukee Art Museum's annual juried art market will feature works by some 145 artists.
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Who’s That Wearing My Sweater?
The knitter behind Nashville-based Studio Kelsey has seen her work on one of TV’s biggest stages, but she plans to keep things small and slow.
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At a Kentucky Luthiery, Craft and Recovery Go Hand in Hand
In Appalachia, Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Company’s employment program provides community and skills to people in recovery.
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Sam Lee Christian Finds Power and Presence in Utilitarian Objects
Hot on the heels of a yearlong residency at Arrowmont, the Richmond, Virginia–based mixed-media artist returns home with a newly expansive practice.
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Maryam Yousif’s Objects for the Living
The Iraqi American artist draws on family history and ancient tombs for her works in clay.
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Hawaiian Fiber Biennial Unites Textile Innovators in Honolulu
Fiber Hawai‘i, one of the Aloha State’s longest-running craft exhibitions, opens June 5.
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Catch a Glimpse of America’s Craft History with Radical Americana
The series of 22 Philadelphia-area exhibitions runs through July 5.
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Hecho a Mano Fosters Community With a Roster of Regional Artists
The Santa Fe gallery focuses on artists from Mexico and New Mexico, with a special emphasis on printmaking.
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