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A Custom Hat Shop Puts Craftsmanship on Display
Jackson, Wyoming–based Sing Hat Company attracts tourists and locals alike to its storefront and studio.
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Connor Czora Documents Queer History in Clay
In porcelain vases, dishware, and more, the DC-based ceramist subverts traditionally stuffy forms with overlaid imagery of struggle and resistance.
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Lakefront Festival of Art Promises Stunning Views of the Water—and a Dizzying Array of Fine Craft
This weekend, the Milwaukee Art Museum's annual juried art market will feature works by some 145 artists.
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Who’s That Wearing My Sweater?
The knitter behind Nashville-based Studio Kelsey has seen her work on one of TV’s biggest stages, but she plans to keep things small and slow.
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At a Kentucky Luthiery, Craft and Recovery Go Hand in Hand
In Appalachia, Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Company’s employment program provides community and skills to people in recovery.
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Sam Lee Christian Finds Power and Presence in Utilitarian Objects
Hot on the heels of a yearlong residency at Arrowmont, the Richmond, Virginia–based mixed-media artist returns home with a newly expansive practice.
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Maryam Yousif’s Objects for the Living
The Iraqi American artist draws on family history and ancient tombs for her works in clay.
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Hawaiian Fiber Biennial Unites Textile Innovators in Honolulu
Fiber Hawai‘i, one of the Aloha State’s longest-running craft exhibitions, opens June 5.
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Catch a Glimpse of America’s Craft History with Radical Americana
The series of 22 Philadelphia-area exhibitions runs through July 5.
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Hecho a Mano Fosters Community With a Roster of Regional Artists
The Santa Fe gallery focuses on artists from Mexico and New Mexico, with a special emphasis on printmaking.
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A Pittsburgh Initiative Aims to Promote the City as a Craft Hub
Pittsburgh IS Craft draws on the city's industrial history to support craft artists.
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With Her New Minneapolis Gallery, Victoria Sass Pushes a Midwestern Theory of Design
The interior designer wants to elevate the aesthetics and values of the Heartland—and export them.
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Between Horse and Rider, A Handmade Heirloom
In Idaho, Diane Myers carefully crafts saddle pads steeped in ranching traditions.
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A Beloved Los Angeles Puppet Theater Keeps the Show Rolling
Meet the fabricators and designers behind Choo Choo Revue, Bob Baker Marionette Theater's first new show in 40 years, opening May 16.
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Mae Colburn Unravels Family and Fashion History from Wool Skirts
The Brooklyn artist has transformed her grandmother's collection of 632 thrifted wool skirts into an exhibition and archive.
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Craft Artists Aim to Divine the Future in a California Exhibition
The eight artists featured in Material Prophecies at the Armory Center for the Arts use ancestral knowledge to conjure possibilities.
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At the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts in Santa Fe, Indigenous Artists Rewrite the Record
The New Mexico museum hosts a show of works that complicate the legacy of paper in Indigenous history.
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Hudson Valley Artists Stretch Fiber to Its Limits
In a new exhibition at Hudson Hall in Upstate New York, artists from a region rich in textile history push the medium to new horizons.
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Visual Index Brings the Whole Country to North Carolina
The Winston-Salem gallery has been showing and selling works by artists from all 50 states since 2017.
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A Six-Decade Masterclass in Form and Abstraction
Nexus, a new survey of Martin Puryear’s long, prolific career, comes to the Cleveland Museum of Art this spring.
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This May, Leathercraft Takes Center Stage in Wyoming
The annual Rocky Mountain Leather Show will convene artists from around the globe for hands-on workshops and a celebration of craftsmanship.
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A South Carolina Exhibition Holds What’s Missing—And What Isn’t
Black craftspeople take center stage in Middle of Somewhere: The Art and Legacy of Black Southern Makers, on view now at the International African American Museum in Charleston.
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Utility Objects Shifts into High Gear
Aleisha Duchateau’s Atlanta-based pottery brand embraces collaboration with major retailers and local design studios.
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Fawzia Khan Weaves Our Interconnected Humanity
Opening in May at the North Dakota Museum of Art, Fawzia Khan: Ubuntu will showcase woven works by the Minnesota-based multimedia artist.
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