Blog
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Craft Happenings: Fall 2023
Step into fall with these 23 craft exhibitions and events around the country, organized by the month in which they start. -
Craft Happenings: Summer 2023
Make craft part of your summer plans with these 25 events and exhibitions happening across the country, organized by the month in which they start.
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The Connector
Visionary artist Sonya Clark fashions artworks—cosmic, spiritual, and sociopolitical—with the help of many hands. -
American Craft Council Announces Andrea Specht As Its New Executive Director
Please welcome our new Executive Director as she joins at an exciting time in our organization's history. -
From Discarded To Maximized
Our obsession with stuff is a problem. Nicole McLaughlin demonstrates how it could also be a solution. -
The Queue: Rhiannon Griego
Based in Santa Fe, Rhiannon Griego is one of nine textile artists featured in our Spring 2022 issue who are "grappling with issues of environmental, economic, and social sustainability." In The Queue she shares about finding beauty in paradox and steadiness in change—and gives a shoutout to another textile artist whose work she'd love to own. -
The Object in Its Place: As Designed by Ted Cohen
The Museum of Craft and Design is especially proud to present a distinctive, celebratory exhibition honoring the extraordinary exhibition designer Ted Cohen (1928–2021). -
The Queue: Shae Bishop
Shae Bishop is a North Carolina–based ceramic and fiber artist who makes sculptural garments that he displays with photographs of himself wearing the pieces in specific environments. In The Queue Shae shares how fashion and history inform his craft, what he's been reading, and about two artists whose work he admires. -
The Queue: Beth Dow
Based in the Twin Cities, Beth Dow is the artisan behind Fieldwork Goods, a line of leather accessories made with traditional saddlery techniques and vegetable-tanned leather. In The Queue, Beth shares about the intention behind her work and how she balances her craft with a photography practice—with a shoutout to another leather artist she admires. -
Beloved Patches of Orange
A fashion scholar reveals the story of a collaboration between the quilters of Gee’s Bend and designer Greg Lauren—and the power of color in quilts. -
[Object As...] Alex Anderson
Learn how one of our six "Object As..." participants brought their object into being and what it means to them, followed by a note from the curator. -
[Object As...] Ebitenyefa Baralaye
Learn how one of our six "Object As..." participants brought their object into being and what it means to them, followed by a note from the curator. -
[Object As...] Bukola Koiki
Learn how one of our six "Object As..." participants brought their object into being and what it means to them, followed by a note from the curator. -
[Object As...] Leandro Gómez Quintero
Learn how one of our six "Object As..." participants brought their object into being and what it means to them, followed by a note from the curator.