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How Do You Flip Through the World’s Largest Pop-Up Book?
Luceros y Penumbras, nestled into a library rotunda in downtown Los Angeles, requires a substantial team—and a lot of care—to turn each page.
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Corey Pemberton is Living Well
With a new solo exhibition at the Mint Museum Uptown, the LA-based artist is enjoying his time in in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Beauty Lives Where the Circle Meets the Square
A new show at her hometown museum puts Toledo, Ohio–based artist Hannah Bowlus's striking glass compositions on display.
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He Used to Make People Dance. Now He Can Make You a DJ Booth.
Attuned to the needs of acoustic needs of DJs from his own experience, Seattle-based Tyler Morrison crafts custom DJ booths for clubs and bars.
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A Scandinavian Textile Tradition—Refashioned in Clay
Finnish artist Marianne Huotari's turns high-pile rya rugs into three-dimensional wall hangings and psychedelic sculptures, one ceramic bead at a time.
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Dieu Donné Celebrates 50 Years of Papermaking
The New York City paper mill and atelier will mark a half century of turning wood pulp into fine art with two exhibitions—one local, one traveling—and a book.
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Black Furniture Designers Look to Africa for Inspiration
The functional objects featured in Reset: Abstraction Embodied in Design weave together form, material, and ancestral memory.
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An Art Space’s Innovative Programming Draws Visitors to Small-Town Alabama
Sumac Cottage, in the tiny town of Greensboro, holds workshops, music, and exhibitions in a lovingly restored outbuilding.
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This Honolulu Exhibition is a Family Affair
Ea Mai ‘Eiwa: Patterns of Practice brings together works by hula practitioner Nālani Kanaka‘ole and her family members.
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Midwest Glass Art Expo Brings a Major Glass Show to the Milwaukee Area
This weekend, glass art exhibitors and vendors will gather in West Bend, Wisconsin, to share tricks of the trade and learn from one another.
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Stitch by Stitch, Christian Le’s Garments Celebrate the Beauty of Traditional Vietnamese Clothing
Folding Screens, a solo show by the Houston fashion designer, runs through September 27 at the Houston makerspace TXRX Labs.
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Chaos Contemporary Craft Brings Fresh Takes on Familiar Materials to Ohio’s Capital City
Owner and founder Margaret Wunderlich represents a wide swath of craft artists at her downtown Columbus gallery.
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Leilah Babirye’s New Exhibition is the Wedding Event of the Year
A political refugee from Uganda, the New York–based artist combines found materials and handcrafted wood and ceramics into evocative totems.
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Erin Jane Nelson’s Hybrid Ceramics Confront Impending Climate Collapse
An early-career survey of the artist and photographer’s work runs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham through September 26.
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No Power? For These Hand Tool Enthusiasts, No Problem
This Labor Day weekend, woodworkers will gather in Iowa to celebrate the decidedly low-tech tools they love.
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A New York City Exhibition Puts Creative Exchange on Display
The artists in Children's Art Carnival: The Making of Contemporary Artists reflect on lessons learned in the program.
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Bernhard Schobinger’s Anarchic Jewelry Reaches the US
Going Underground, the Swiss art jewelry giant’s first American retrospective, opens this week in Houston.
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Rachel Burnstein is the Queen of Bad Glass
Through collaborations and a steady focus on social media, the LA-based stained-glass artist has grown her pandemic hobby into a thriving business.
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A Kentucky Basketry Apprenticeship Aims to Keep Traditional Craft Alive
The four-month apprenticeship program, led by farmer and artist Micah Wiles, put white oak directly into the hands of makers.
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Alaska Native Weavers Turn Baleen into Masterful Vessels
Once dismissed as a "tourist" craft, intricate woven baleen baskets made by the likes of MaryJane Litchard have become a collectible art form.
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A Booming Craft Market Meets the Moment in a Surging Southern Town
Sixteen years after its founding, Indie Craft Parade is a cornerstone event in Greenville, South Carolina, drawing visitors to this thriving city.
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Artists from the Upper Midwest Advance Scandinavian Traditions in a New Iowa Exhibition
Nordic Echoes: Tradition in Contemporary Art highlights artists who innovate within Swedish, Norwegian, and Finnish traditional arts.
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In Downtown Portland, Oregon, A Craft Gallery is an Oasis of Calm
At Storied Objects, proprietor Alexandra Hughes showcases the quiet presence of minimalist homewares.
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Artists in a First-of-Its-Kind Connecticut Exhibition Embrace Craft Traditions
Contemporary artists from across the Nutmeg State contributed to the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum's first decennial, on view through January 10.
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