10 ACC Stories to Feed Your Spirit as You Build Community Through Craft

Terumi Saito’s Brooklyn apartment serves as a studio space for her backstrap weaving—and a gallery for her vibrant, inventive works.

The Minneapolis-based artist illuminates the Hmong American experience through evocative jewelry and textiles that riff on traditional forms and patterns.

Richmond, Virginia-based woodworker Vivian Chiu created vessels from wooden shipping crates, collected by Wing On Wo & Co., a store that opened in 1890 in New York City’s Chinatown.

Called wiigwaasi-jiimaan by the Ojibwe, this light, buoyant, and fast vessel was the peerless watercraft of choice for thousands of years.

Brooklyn-based artist Cassandra Mayela weaves the garments and sentimental items of Venezuelan migrants into tapestries that tell their stories.

Karen Collins made these dioramas to teach kids about African American history—and they invite all of us into important cultural moments.

Modern makers look to old-school methods while reviving son jarocho culture.

Virtuoso violinist Vijay Gupta and third-generation luthier Eric Benning work together to create beautiful music—and both share it with marginalized communities.

An artist reflects on the ritual practice of making and how craft supports our ability to relate—and heal.

LA–based sculptor Roberto Benavidez makes extravagant piñatas based on artistic masterpieces that you wouldn’t think of hitting with a stick.