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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.
  • Judith Schaechter stained glass

    Shows to See: February / March 2020

    Midcentury domestic design gleams in Southern California; tools tell stories in St. Louis; and in Asheville, North Carolina, artists imagine craft’s future.
  • Portrait of Glen Kaufman

    Remembering: Glen Kaufman

    Textile artist, designer, educator, and ACC fellow Glen Kaufman died on January 16, 2020 in his home state of Georgia. He was 87 years old.
  • Bar None Hat Company hat

    Bar None Hat Company

    In a small Nebraska town, Kaycee Orr-Hoffman of Bar None Hat Company makes fashionable, utilitarian hats for ranchers.
  • Ashley Willemain cufflinks

    Moonshot

    Lunar-inspired craft shines 50 years after the moon landing.
  • Alice Kagawa Parrott at the loom

    Encountering Alice Kagawa Parrott

    The practice of fiber artist Alice Kagawa Parrott (1929 – 2009) springs to new life in slides uncovered in the American Craft Council’s Archives.
  • David Colton Untitled

    New Year, New Glass

    An annual publication by the Corning Museum of Glass chronicles developments in the field.
  • Arrowmont executive director Bill May

    Deep Roots

    Fire and finances brought the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts to the brink. A strong community and a dynamic leader came to the rescue.
  • Beatriz Cortez

    Imagining New Worlds

    LA metal artist Beatriz Cortez looks to the past and to the present to inspire groundbreaking visions of the future.
  • Albert Pantone Knotweed Lamp

    Climate Change

    Art raising the issue of climate change greets commuters in downtown Pittsburgh’s busy Steel Plaza transit station.
  • Taisha Carrington Bun Halo

    Taisha Carrington

    A jewelry series by Taisha Carrington untangles complicated beliefs about natural hair.