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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.
  • Located in a former church, Mo’s Art Supply & Framing promises, “You will be converted." Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Places and Spaces

    “Most of us get our clay from Alligator Clay Company in Baton Rouge,” says MaPó Kinnord. The company manufactures and distributes over 30 kinds of moist clay...

  • Charles DuVernay, a Black Masking Indian, in his home with a spread of his beaded works. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: Charles DuVernay

    DuVernay grew up in the 7th Ward in downtown New Orleans, a cultural hub for Black Masking Indians, also known as Mardi Gras Indians.

  • MaPó Kinnord works on a new sculpture in her studio. Photo by Cedric Angeles.

    The Scene: MaPó Kinnord

    Chair of the Department of Fine Arts at Xavier University of Louisiana, Kinnord has shared her love of clay as an artist and teacher for over 40 years.

  • Dirk Joseph with his painting Fractal Being, 2023, acrylic on canvas. Photo by Dirk Joseph.

    The Queue: Dirk Joseph

    For Dirk Joseph, art and artmaking is the ultimate form of play. In The Queue, the Baltimore-based artist, educator, and puppeteer shares about the puppet show that inspired him to perform, his material experiments with paper, and a landmark book on puppeteering in the African diaspora.

  • This 2023 table lamp is from the Ontologia collection and is made of aluminum, brass, and mahogany-stained birch, 9.5 x 10 x 10.25 in. Photo by Graham Tolbert.

    The Illuminators

    Blending sculptural elegance and everyday practicality, craft artists and designers transform earthy materials into imaginative and luscious lamps
  • Ian Alistair Cochran holds a piece from his Dew Drops series. Photo courtesy of the artist.

    Like Candy

    Ian Alistair Cochran discusses how resin allows him to make furniture and objects that play with light.

    Ian Alistair Cochran discusses how resin allows him to make furniture and objects that play with light.

  • Stoneware and porcelain tableware by Miro Chun, 2022. Photo by Miro Chun.

    The Queue: Miro Chun

    With an architect’s eye, Miro Chun creates minimalist, functional tableware. In The Queue, the Phoenix, Arizona-based ceramist shares about the beauty in commonplace materials, the other artists in her family, and her dream collaboration.

  • String Theory Theater founder Dirk Joseph performs with a crankie. Photo courtesy of Creative Alliance.

    Hand-Turned Tales

    For centuries, craftspeople have created backlit moving scrolls to tell stories. Intimate and expressive, the “crankie” tradition is thriving thanks to a growing troupe of enthusiasts
  • At her loom textile and visual artist Amber M. Jensen weaves fine blue and ivory woolen threads into a classic Whig rose pattern.

    Immersed in Beauty

    A Minneapolis-based textile and visual artist describes finding inspiration and introspection in her warehouse studio during winter.
  • Sarah Zapata in her studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn, 2023. Photo by Minnie Bennett.

    The Queue: Sarah Zapata

    Sarah Zapata weaves the many strands of her identity into colorful, cascading, textile installations. In The Queue, the Brooklyn-based fiber artist shares about a piece of textile art she first encountered as a teenager, the potential of fabric waste, and the joys of researching a site-specific installation in Kansas City.

  • Detail 1: Surviving as the anomaly created by white supremacy, 2021–2022—made by vanessa german, Ché Rhodes, and the collective Related Tactics—is part of the exhibition Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass at the Corning Museum of Glass. Photo courtesy of Related Tactics.

    Craft Happenings: Winter 2024

    This winter, warm up with these 18 events and exhibitions happening across the country, organized by the month in which they start.

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