Shows & Events Calendar

Find new and ongoing events in the craft community by browsing our calendar. You can also learn more about our American Craft Council wholesale and retail shows, or find specific artist listings and events for our 2012 shows in Baltimore, Atlanta, St. Paul, or San Francisco. Please email us to submit a new calendar listing.

This Month

Baskets

Texture & Tradition: Japanese Woven Bamboo

Jul 30, 2011 12:00AM to Jul 29, 2012 12:00AM

Focusing on Japanese woven bamboo, over 70 beautiful pieces will be displayed in this installation, including baskets, screens, trays, containers, accessories, hand warmers, and a chair. Among the works on view are pieces by basket makers who have been designated Living National Treasures.

Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place

Sep 2, 2011 12:00AM to Jun 30, 2012 12:00AM

"Land by Hand: Fiber Artists Explore Place" showcases contemporary fiber art by 15 Minnesota artists who work in a variety of fiber media including felting, tapestry, weaving, batik, basketry, art quilting, beading, mixed media, sculptural fiber and more.

Sympathies-Anchae

Oct 2, 2011 12:00AM to May 20, 2012 12:00AM

Eun-Kyung Suh's solo exhibition, "Sympathies-Anchae" will be featured at the Weisman Art Museum's Grand Opening, Minneapolis on October 2nd 2011. Weisman Art Museum will reopen to the public following a major expansion designed by Frank Gehry.

Conversations about Ceramics: Curated by Warren MacKenzie in Conversation with Lyndel King

Oct 2, 2011 12:00AM to Mar 24, 2013 12:00AM

University of Minnesota art professor emeritus and master potter Warren MacKenzie co-curated "Conversations about Ceramics" with director Lyndel King. MacKenzie had an important role in the development of the museum's extensive collection of ceramics. Selections illuminate his more
personal thoughts on the entire and diverse collection.

Gathering: John Miller and Friends

Oct 29, 2011 12:00AM to Jun 10, 2012 12:00AM

Gathering showcases a collection of super-sized Venetian-style goblets created by Miller between 1996 and 2011 in collaboration with some of his colleagues and friends. Miller selected these artists based on their contributions to the advancement of the contemporary glass movement.

A Thriving Tradition: 75 years of North Carolina Pottery

Nov 12, 2011 12:00AM to Jan 5, 2013 12:00AM

The Mint Museum acknowledges the vital role of collectors, past and present, in making its North Carolina pottery collection one of the largest and most important in the country in the special exhibition A Thriving Tradition: 75 Years of Collecting North Carolina Pottery.

Beauty Beyond Nature: The Glass Art of Paul Stankard

Nov 12, 2011 12:00AM to Jun 17, 2012 12:00AM

Beauty Beyond Nature presents more than 50 of Paul Stankard's intricately flame-worked still-life sculptures encased in clear crystal from the Robert M. Minkoff Collection. The collection spans more than 40 years of Stankard's career, from his earliest attempts at paperweights in 1969 to a monumental eight-inch Honeybee Swarm Orb commissioned for this exhibition in 2010.

Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals

Feb 3, 2012 12:00AM to Jun 30, 2012 12:00AM

The finalists for the 2011 Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize, established in 1997 in honor of Elizabeth Raphael, founder of the Society for Contemporary Craft (SCC), have been selected and will be included in the biennial juried exhibition, Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals.

Ceramics

Generations: Betty Feves

Mar 15, 2012 11:00AM to Jul 28, 2012 6:00PM

The capstone exhibition of Museum of Contemporary Craft’s 75th Anniversary Year, Generations: Betty Feves is a comprehensive retrospective of work by this important Northwest Modernist ceramic artist.

Sourcing the Museum

Mar 23, 2012 10:00AM to Aug 19, 2012 6:00PM

The Textile Museum is home to an extraordinary collection of historic textiles. For the exhibition “Sourcing the Museum” these pieces provided inspiration for eleven fiber artists to create new works.

Woven Treasures of Japan's Tawaraya Workshop

Mar 23, 2012 10:00AM to Aug 12, 2012 6:00PM

Japan’s Tawaraya Workshop has produced exquisite silks for more than 500 years for uses which include Imperial garments and Noh theater costumes.

Emerge 2012

Apr 4, 2012 10:00AM to Jun 23, 2012 5:00PM

Bullseye Gallery is pleased to exhibit work by finalists from Emerge 2012, Bullseye Glass Company’s seventh biennial juried competition for rising talents in kiln-glass.

Best of 2012

Apr 29, 2012 12:00AM to Jun 17, 2012 12:00AM

Ohio Designer Craftsmen's annual juried members' exhibition, featuring works in clay, glass, fiber, metal, wood and mixed media.

Matthew Isaacson

May 18, 2012 10:00AM to Jun 30, 2012 5:00PM

In an ongoing investigation into a post-minimal futuristic landscape, Matthew Isaacson combines industrial manufactured porcelain tiles and fabricated steel to create ‘A Grandiose Numerical Equation’. “While the idea of creating a city boggles my mind; images of the post-modern landscape continuously evolve in my imagination as I work with a “fixed” yet flexible medium.

Hooked on Wood: The Allure of the Fish Decoy

May 18, 2012 10:00AM to Jul 22, 2012 6:00PM

Hooked on Wood: The Allure of the Fish Decoy
Curated by Richard "Dick" Walters, Adviser Gene Kangas

Library

ACC Library Salon Series: Garth Johnson Movie Night

May 18, 2012 4:00PM to 8:00PM

Garth Johnson presents vintage films.

SNAG 2012 Conference: "The Heat Is On"

May 23, 2012 12:00AM to May 26, 2012 12:00AM

Jewelry by Ann Pedro. Photo: Kevin Hagan

The Jewelry of Ann Pedro

May 25, 2012 10:00AM to Aug 26, 2012 7:00PM

"A Steampunk Reliquary...A Cabinet of Curiosities: The Jewelry of Ann Pedro" features fifty one-of-a-kind jewelry designs by noted steampunk jewelry designer Ann Pedro.