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  • Nigerian artist Layo Bright’s Adebisi VII, 2020, kiln-formed glass, 11.5 x 11.5 x 3 in., appears alongside glass artworks from a global group of Black artists in A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists at the Museum of Glass. Photo courtesy of the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.

    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.
  • Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger invited members of the public to embroider bandanas for Each/Other, 2021, approx. 12 x 20 x 9 ft., part of Sharing the Same Breath at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

    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.
  • dome shaped ceramic shelter with hands prying open the door from the inside

    Craft Happenings: Spring 2022

    The craft field is flourishing this spring with new exhibitions, exciting conversations, and more. Here are 29 events happening across the country for you to explore.
  • handmade gold necklace inlaid with fragments of a shattered car window

    Maker: Tracey Beale

    Much like the jewelry of ancient Egypt, a source of inspiration for Beale and where jewelry was also believed to be spiritually charged, the shapes she incorporates into her collections each have their own meaning.
  • grayscale photo of two people in an office environment organizing rolls of slides

    Remembering: Nancy McNeil

    With sadness we recognize the passing of Nancy M. McNeil, who died on January 18, 2022. She was an ardent supporter of the field of contemporary American craft both in her home city of Philadelphia and in the national arena.
  • set of three handmade furniture pieces made with traditional upholstery techniques—a club chair and an ottoman with a stool stacked on top of it

    Revealed

    Matthew Nafranowicz and the secret craft of upholstery
  • William Daley portrait with sculpture and wall sketches

    Remembering: William Daley

    Ceramic artist, educator, and ACC Gold Medalist William Daley died on January 16, 2022, at his home in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. He was 96 years old.
  • artist posing in green chair beside rectangular wallhanging featuring textured copper plates

    The Queue: Tracey Beale

    Tracey Beale creates metal jewelry and copper wall art that she describes as modern relics. Beale's interest in African artifacts and articles of adornment informs a lot of her work. In The Queue she shares what medium has been a major source of finding beauty, what go-to tool she uses to create texture in her jewelry, and more.
  • three colorful tufted rugs overlapping one another on a gray floor with a person wearing checkered slip on shoes and white pants standing on them

    Tufting Magic

    From Instagram to #RugTikTok—the rug-making corner of the platform, naturally—rug tufting has gone viral.
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Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition