Craft Happenings calendar

Hands-on Houston: Soap Carving

Join sculptor, woodworker, and current resident artist Arden Carlson to explore the wonders of carving! Using a variety of carving tools and a bar of soap, create your own reductive sculpture. Reductive art is the process of removing parts of your base material to shape a form or design. As you remove parts of the […]

Family Workshop: Pinch Pot Pumpkins

Saturday, October 3, 2026 • 11:30 AM–1:30 PM • In Person  Fall is fast approaching and so is the spooky season! Join AMOCA this October to build your own ceramic pumpkin to last you through many Halloweens to come! In this one-day pottery class, you’ll learn how to hand-build and decorate your very own pumpkin, […]

Skat Game Party

End Oktoberfest strong this year and come learn to play Skat, the national card game of Germany! Skat is a beloved three player trick-taking card game, widely played across German speaking regions. At AMOCA, you’ll enjoy a brewski and friendly competition, and take a guided peek into the just-opened Villeroy & Boch Exhibition. Through ceramic […]

MKE Studio Tour

The MKE Studio Tour invites the public to discover Milwaukee’s vibrant craft community during a free, self-guided weekend tour of artist studios and creative spaces throughout Milwaukee County. Now in its eighth year, the MKE Studio Tour offers a unique opportunity to step inside the places where local artists create. Meet talented makers, see where […]

Art Along the Lake

Art Along the Lake is a ten-day, self-led art tour along Minnesota’s north shore of Lake Superior during peak fall colors.

Maine Craft Weekend

Maine Craft Weekend is an annual, statewide tour of craft artist open studios and events held each October across Maine.

Artifacts: Nature’s Readymades

'Artifacts: Nature's Readymades' is a three-week exhibition celebrating the launch of a new lighting series by Constantin and Laurene Boym (founders of the award-winning multidisciplinary studio Boym Partners). Inspired by a nature-based approach to readymades, 'Artifacts' features bark from Sycamore and other trees, whose natural camouflage patterns are enhanced with decorations evoking the Native American […]

Glass Pumpkin Patch 2026

Glass Pumpkin Patch 2026 Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts 2213 Snelling Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, 55404 Explore a spectacular array of handcrafted glass pumpkins, participate in seasonal glass activities, or enjoy free glassblowing demonstrations during the Glass Pumpkin Patch October 3rd & 4th, 2026! Saturday- Sunday October 3-4, 2026 from 12:00-5:00pm, an all ages event! […]

Naples Open Studio Trail

The Naples Open Studio Trail is a free, two-day event with art studios open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  the first weekend of every October. Centered in Naples, the Trail extends northeast and northwest of Canandaigua Lake. We are a group of dynamic, innovative artists located in the Finger Lakes in Western New York. […]

2026 CERF+ Field Survey: What We Heard from Craft Artists

This conversation will look at artists’ financial realities, readiness and risk, changes in the craft marketplace, and barriers to accessing resources.

Stop Working Nights and Weekends: The Ground Truth Workshop

Join HCCC and business coach Jessica Abel in this interactive online workshop designed for craft artists! When your business isn’t bringing in the revenue you need, the instinct is to throw things at it to try to bring in more cash. More products, more marketing…more time. But that instinct is expensive and often leads you […]

Cultural Patchworks A New Folk Art

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Cake & Cocktails: Exhibition Opening + 30th Birthday

Cake, cocktails, and 30 years of craft! Join us at Center for Craft on October 9, 2026, as we celebrate the Center’s 30th birthday and the opening of our newest exhibition, Crafting Variance. The evening begins with a talk featuring guest curator Lola Ben-Alon, Assistant Professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and […]

A Conversation with the Artist: Melissa English Campbell

Join us for an engaging conversation with artist Melissa English Campbell as she shares the story, ideas, materials and processes behind the work in her exhibition, Bodies In Motion. Gain deeper insight into the artist's work through an informal interview and audience Q&A Bodies in Motion is Currently on view through through October 31 in […]

Francesca Anfossi

Blunk Space is pleased to present a short-run exhibition of new work by London-based artist Francesca Anfossi, inspired by time spent living and working at the Blunk House in Inverness. Originally trained as a painter, Anfossi's multidisciplinary practice spans ceramics, furniture, sculpture, and community-based projects. For this exhibition, she created a collection of functional ceramics […]

Warren Mather: All Around

In All Around, Mather brings together photography, color, and shape to create works that ask us to see the world—and one another—from more than a single point of view. There is a wonderful presence to these works: strong color, unexpected shapes, and a physicality that gives us what feels like a hard copy of the […]

“The Eternal Quality of Aesthetic Joy” : Laura Andreson and Her Legacy

This exhibition brings to light the seminal impact that Laura Andreson had on the Southern California clay movement, contemporary sculpture, and design.

HGA’s Spinning & Weaving Week

HGA’s Spinning & Weaving Week brings together fiber enthusiasts of all experience levels for online learning, inspiration, and connection with Art Sparks classes, Thread Talks, Studio Tours, Panel Discussions, and more! Explore techniques, meet artists and makers, and connect with the international fiber community. Every session is recorded and available for 90 days, so you […]

Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour

Studios of as many as 15 artists in Gloucester and Rockport MA will be open both Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Membership in Cape Ann Artisans is juried. This is a self guided tour.

A2 Artoberfest

A2 Artoberfest is a celebration of the arts in Downtown Ann Arbor. The event stretches across Ann Street and North Fourth Ave. from Huron into the charming Kerrytown area. This intimate and rich celebration of the arts will feature 90 jury-selected artists, live entertainment, food vendors, art activities, and several adult beverage offerings. Sip, shop, […]

Cape Ann Artisans Open Studios

For over 42 years the Cape Ann Artisans have been welcoming visitors to their studios for two days in June and two days in October. We now also include a one-day open studio in August, during tax free weekend, August 8th. We are proud of how our hard work has made the studio tour one […]

Spruce Pine Potters Market

The Spruce Pine Potters Market (SPPM) is a celebrated two-day showcase of exceptional ceramic art in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This juried event features work by thirty outstanding potters from Mitchell and Yancey counties, offering everything from functional wares to sculptural pieces. Visitors can meet the artists, discover one-of-a-kind pottery, and experience […]

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 […]

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

Curators will offer a virtual tour of this exhibition.