Blog
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Craft Stays
Whether you’re looking to take classes or inhabit a well-curated guest room, these hotels provide a tangible connection to craft and place. -
Kilns That Build Community
It takes a lot of work to fire up a kiln and keep it stoked. So artists often invite others to join in—helping both craft and community to flourish.
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The Queue: Jonathan Christensen Caballero
Jonathan Christensen Caballero’s figurative sculptures stand as tall as living people and bring Latin American workers into view. In The Queue, the Lawrence, Kansas–based artist shares some of the artists featured in his new curatorial project and why and how he works big. -
Craft Without Boundaries
The startlingly beautiful works of a path-breaking designer and an iconic Iranian artist are highlighted in two retrospective exhibitions in Atlanta. -
Rocks That Roll
The marbles that players use in Rolley Hole, a hyper-local Southern game, are works of art and ingenuity. -
Fine Folds
The simple act of folding—turning material back upon itself—can become powerfully expressive in skilled hands. Four artists discuss how the art of the fold operates in one of their significant works. -
The Queue: L Autumn Gnadinger
L Autumn Gnadinger takes a critical eye toward craft, the art world, and the sticky spots where the two meet. In The Queue, the Philadelphia-based artist, writer, and teacher muses on technology, craft’s generative properties, and artists they admire. -
Craft Happenings: Winter 2023
Winter is around the corner, and the colder weather makes indoor activities more appealing. Why not be inside at these craft events?! Here are 20 exhibitions, festivals, and more happening across the country to help fill out your calendar, organized by the month in which they start. -
The Queue: Mattie Hinkley
Mattie Hinkley’s fantastical, blobby, sexy domestic objects bring the joy home. In The Queue, the Chico, California–based artist shares how they combine Shaker and comic book aesthetics, the many uses of blue tape, and the artists they would choose to furnish their dream room. -
American Craft Council Announces Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith as Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships
Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith, a widely respected member of the national craft community, has been named senior director of programs and partnerships at the American Craft Council, a national nonprofit based in Minneapolis. -
The Queue: Einar and Jamex de la Torre
The de la Torre Brothers, Einar and Jamex, are renowned for their large-scale, vivid mixed media sculptures incorporating religious and cultural iconography from their Chicano background. Based in San Diego and in Baja California, they work primarily in glass and lenticular printing. In The Queue, they share how they got into glass, the surreal aspects of making art across the US–Mexico border, and some of their favorite contemporary glass artists and exhibitions. -
The Queue: Cynthia Morelli
Cynthia Morelli is a ceramist in Homer, Alaska, where she operates a wood-fire kiln. In The Queue, she shares about her current clay project, how to build a community in the face of COVID and geographical isolation, and her favorite contemporary artists. -
Spotlight: Emerging Artists to Watch at American Craft Made / St. Paul
Ger Xiong, Enyo Farabi, and Loriene Pearson have something in common. They are talented Minnesotan craft artists—in jewelry, ceramics, and embroidery—who are beginning to draw the recognition they deserve. -
The Queue: Jeannine Marchand
Jeannine Marchand is a Puerto Rican ceramist who lives and works in North Carolina. In The Queue, she shares her sources of inspiration in the natural world, her favorite TV craftspeople, and a sculpture she returns to over and over again.