Wendell Castle has been creating unique works of handmade sculpture and furniture for more than four decades - his dreamlike pieces challenging established rules of function and design. He received the American Craft Council’s Gold Medal in 1997.

June Schwarcz used innovative techniques with surface treatments, such as etching, electroforming, and engraving, to create forms which she then covered with transparent enamels. She received the American Craft Council’s Gold Medal in 1996.

Jack Lenor Larsen, 1996 American Craft Council’s Gold Medalist, is an innovator in textile design and technology and his handwoven fabrics represent the pinnacle of 20th century design.

Kay Sekimachi's objects are at once simple yet crafted with an astounding complexity of detail. She received the American Craft Council’s Gold Medal in 2002.

Warren MacKenzie, 1998 American Craft Council Gold Medalist, is one of the most influential functional potters in American history. He uses form, color, and surface to create striking, expressive pottery.

William Daley is a leading figure in contemporary ceramics and is known for his large, unglazed stoneware vessels. He received the American Craft Council’s Gold Medal in 2003.

Stephen De Staebler received the American Craft Council Gold Medal award in 2012 and was a sculptor known for his grand human clay forms.

Toshiko Takaezu, an American Craft Council Gold Medalist (1994), was an inspirational artist whose closed vessels and asymmetrical forms blend Eastern and Western traditions, recalling the landscape of her native Hawaii.

Sheila Hicks has been at the forefront of textile design and sculpture for over four decades, was inducted into the American Craft Council College of Fellows in 1983, and received the ACC Gold Medal in 1997. 

Sam Maloof was one of the greatest American woodworkers of our time. He received the American Craft Council's Gold Medal in 1988.

Ronald Hayes Pearson was one of the true pioneers of the postwar American craft movement and received the American Craft Council’s Gold Medal in 1996.

Robert C. Turner, internationally acclaimed artist and professor of ceramic art, was awarded the American Craft Council's Gold Medal in 1993.

Margret Craver received the American Craft Council's Gold Medal in 1985 and was a metalsmith involved in the Occupational Therapy department during World War II.

Ken Ferguson was widely considered one of the most influential educators in the ceramic arts and was awarded the American Craft Council's Gold Medal in 1998.

Katherine Westphal is considered one of the seminal figures of fine art quilting. The 2009 American Craft Council Gold Medalist works with a wide range of mediums such as jewelry, books, paintings, and ceramics.

John Prip, known for his innovative designs in American metalsmithing, was awarded the American Craft Council Gold Medal in 1992.

Marianne Strengell was an influential Finnish-American Modernist textile designer and a 1993 American Craft Council Gold Medalist.

Lenore Tawney was a redefining figure for the fiber arts. She received the American Craft Council Gold Medal in 1987.