Craft Happenings calendar

Basket Week

Join us for a gathering of basket-makers, both advanced and aspiring! Basketry embodies the soul of traditional craft: simple tools, natural materials, and skilled hands result in purposeful, beautiful items. Birch bark, spruce root, willow, black ash—the northern forest has been generous to basketmakers. Through coursework, free evening gatherings, and Basket Gathering Day, we’ll explore […]

American Craft Forums: For the Record

Following the American Craft Council’s landmark gift of its nationally significant Library and Archives Collections to the Center for Craft, the conversation will explore the vision for these extraordinary resources as they become part of the new Center for Craft Community Library and Archives.

Virtual Tour of “Locating Girlhood: Place and Identity in Early American ‘Schoolgirl’ Art”

Curators will offer a virtual tour of this exhibition.

Woven Vessel Workshop with ebere agwuncha

The Woven Vessel Workshop invites creatives of all skill levels to learn basket weaving techniques to craft a unique functional object.

Functional Fall: Handled With Care

An exhibition of small-scale functional ceramic works that celebrate surfaces, decoration, and detail. Guest juried by Lindsay Scypta and Mike Stumbras. Please join us for an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 19, from 5:00-7:00 PM Clay Art Center presents the fourth Annual Functional Fall Exhibition: Handled With Care, guest juried by former Artists-in-Residence Lindsay Scypta […]

Too Hot to Handle: Ceramic Candleholder Workshop

With the arrival of fall and shorter days, create a unique candleholder to add cozy warmth and light to your evenings!

Clay Play – Ghosts & Ghouls

Saturday, October 17, 2026 • 1:00-2:00 PM • In Person  Looking to fill your Saturday with fun, exciting activities that are all about clay? Come to AMOCA the third Saturday of every month for our Clay Play all ages workshops, where we will offer educational clay activities, admission to our current exhibitions, and undeniable fun […]

SLO County Open Studios Art Tour

The 28th Annual SLO County Open Studios Art Tour, a program of SLO County Arts, is taking place over the weekends of October 10-11 and October 17-18 during National Arts and Humanities Month. Free to the public, fine artists and crafters open their studios to showcase their art and share their processes. Visitors create their […]

Craft Coven Convention

In collaboration with Fleisher Art Memorial, The Craft Coven Convention brings together the greater Philadelphia craft community for an educational and celebratory gathering.

Workshop of the World: Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia

This landmark exhibition will explore the region’s distinctive contributions to the Arts and Crafts movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Artazan Sacramento

Artazan brings together over 200 artists, makers, and independent studios for a three-day celebration of handcraft.

The Active Archive: How to Organize Your Art Practice, Grow Your Career, and Protect Your Artistic Legacy

In this live workshop, you'll explore archiving as an active, ongoing part of your art practice.

Workshop: Traditional Cobalt Underglaze Techniques with Yunting Li

Greenwich House Pottery is thrilled to welcome Yunting Li for Blue & White Porcelain Painting: Traditional Cobalt Underglaze Techniques. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the timeless beauty of traditional blue and white porcelain through the use of cobalt underglaze painting techniques. Drawing inspiration from both Chinese and Japanese porcelain traditions, students will learn […]

Textures of Being Community Forum

Textures of Being Community Forum is presented through a collaboration between Contemporary Craft and Anthropology of Motherhood.

Holiday Craft Fair

Many crafts will be available for purchase, including 3D-printed fun crafts, quilts, jewelry, holiday decorations, original paintings, and more.

Twin Cities Bead Bazaar

Twin Cities Bead Bazaar is an annual gathering of crafters, jewelry designers, and stone lovers! The show is hosted and organized by Dakota Stones. Locally and nationally known vendors will offer their wide selection of semi-precious gemstones, beads, kits and patterns, and finished jewelry. Vendors change every year so no show is the same! Attendees […]

50th Annual Mountain Makins Festival

Mountain Makins is an Appalachian Folk Life Festival celebrating the unique culture of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Known for high quality crafts and artisans, the festival features a juried arts & crafts fair, top regional musical talent, storytellers, authors, craft demonstrations, and children’s activities. All activities take place at historic Rose Center. For our 50th […]

Guild Fine Craft Show: Brunswick

Shop 40 fine craft exhibitor booths within the beautiful and historic halls of Fort Andross Mill Complex overlooking the Androscoggin River.

Continental Drift: Encounters, North and South

Continental Drift: Encounters, North and South An exhibition presented by browngrotta arts October 17–25, 2026 | Wilton, Connecticut This October, browngrotta arts presents Continental Drift: Encounters, North and South, an exhibition exploring how artistic tradition migrates, transforms, and takes root across the Americas — and beyond. The show brings together more than 40 leading fiber […]

Berkeley Springs Studio Tour

The Berkeley Springs Studio Tour is a free, self-guided driving tour through the scenic hills of West Virginia.

The Watchers

Opening Reception Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. On view through October 30, 2026 The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present The Watchers, new ceramic work by Ryan Flores. Flores uses the “still life” as a format of reference and inspiration to create low relief sculptures in […]

Craft Garden Tour

Learn more about the flora of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft’s Craft Garden at this unique seasonal tour!

Washington Glass School: 25 Years of Glass & Community Exhibition

For 25 years, the Washington Glass School has been the place for artists to come together, learn, experiment, and explore new possibilities in glass and mixed media. This anniversary exhibition brings together founders, resident artists, instructors, and alumni whose work spans sculpture, installation, public art, and architectural glass. We celebrate the remarkable diversity of artists […]

The Candle Show

This fall, as HCCC marks 25 years of illuminating contemporary craft, Asher: Off the Wall proudly presents “The Candle Show,” exploring the ritual and material poetics of candlelight. This exciting show and sale brings together artists who shape light itself with handcrafted candelabras, holders, and wax-based forms. On view in our retail space, “The Candle […]