Craft Happenings calendar

From Bast to Bag: Plant Fiber Workshop

For tens of thousands of years, humans have been twisting plants into string, the foundational element of bags, nets, and textiles. Join Molly Koehn (mah-lee kayn) for this two-day, beginner-friendly workshop, and learn how to harvest and process your own plant fibers to create a flexible bag suitable for carrying water bottles, oranges, seashells, cans […]

Brighton Street Art Fair

The Brighton Street Art Fair has quickly become an artist favorite! In 2026 the fair returns to Main Street in the heart of downtown Brighton, which boasts a charming atmosphere with an eclectic mix of restaurants and shops adjacent to Mill Pond and bustles with activity year round. The 3rd Annual Brighton Street Art Fair […]

Material World: Ten Women

Material World: Ten Women May 21, 2026 – August 23, 2026 Material World: Ten Women, an invitational exhibition organized by the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Michigan, features women artists working with non-traditional materials or using traditional materials in non-traditional ways. The exhibition highlights the use of the physical characteristics of material and technique […]

Designing Dynamism: Kuba Textiles From the DR Congo, The Wesley Mancini Collection

The exhibition highlights outstanding examples of Kuba artistry, examining both the influence of these motifs on global design trends and the enduring creativity of contemporary artists working in the DR Congo today.

Ceramics Now

NEW YORK – The Jane Hartsook Gallery is pleased to present work by our 2025 artists in residence: Lizzy Chemel, Amir Hariri, and Melissa Joseph. Greenwich House Pottery’s Artist Residency Program fosters artistic growth by providing makers time, space, materials, and a creative community to explore and generate new bodies of work in ceramics in […]

42nd Annual New Legacies: Contemporary Art Quilts

This juried exhibition features the current work of the finest national contemporary quilt artists.

A Woven World

BCMT Gallery will feature A Woven World with an opening reception on 6/27, from 4-7pm, in conjunction with Upstate Art Weekend. A Woven World is a consideration of the fundamentals of creation: at its core, weaving is the making of many things into one thing – adding function, strength, beauty. Fiber becomes fabric; thread becomes […]

The Out There is Right Here: Ian Collings and the Bishop Pine Preserve

Blunk Space is pleased to present The Out There is Right Here, an exhibition of new works by Ian Collings in conversation with historic works by JB Blunk, Gordon Onslow Ford, and John Anderson. Collings sourced stone locally while staying and working at the Blunk House, Blunk’s handbuilt home and studio in Inverness, California. In […]

Tread Lightly: Forrest Lesch-Middelton and Beth Schaible

Tread Lightly features individual and collaborative work by Forrest Lesch-Middelton and Beth Schaible, who together operate FLM Ceramics and Petaluma Pottery. Forrest is a potter, tile maker, and educator, and Beth is a bookbinder, letterpress printer, and graphic designer. Their works reflects a curiosity about the world, through examinations of nature and explorations of society […]

Now is the Time to Understand More

Now is the Time to Understand More These artists serve as narrators of this time. The work acts as a catalyst for insight, carrying intent and consequence, and creating paths towards understanding. Shae Bishop, David Harper Clemons, Ann Coddington, Mary Hallam Pearse, Mercedes Jelinek, Adam John Manley. Althea Murphy-Price, Lindsay Pichaske, George Rodriguez, Piper Shepard, […]

Curator Walk-Through: Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

Join curator Hollis Goodal on a walk-through of Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics. This in-person event is free with museum admission. Space is limited; pre-registration is encouraged.

Build and Brew: Mug Making workshop with Pull-Up Coffee

In partnership with Pull-Up Coffee, join us for a mug making mixer featuring community, creativity, and caffeine! First, you’ll create your own coffee mug out of clay. Three weeks later, your piece will be fired and ready to pick up at Pull-Up Coffee in Downtown Pomona where you’ll enjoy a private coffee tasting!

Glass Painting in the Workshop

Join us on Saturday, August 29th from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM for a glass painting workshop led by artist and teacher Mark Kobasz in the 1956 Workshop. Alongside his work in wood featured in WEM’s 32nd Annual Juried Woodworking Exhibition, Mark also maintains a practice in painting on glass—a method Esherick experimented with at […]

Here, There, and Everywhere

To mark the occasion of Brooklyn Metal Works’ 15th anniversary, In The Gallery presents Here, There, and Everywhere (June 13 – August 30), a juried exhibition of jewelry and objects by members of the Brooklyn Metal Works alumni network. Featuring 34 artists, Here, There, and Everywhere is a reunion, a yearbook, a map, and a […]

Virtual Curator Talk: Forming Narratives around Clay with Hollis Goodall and Kaoru Kuribayashi

Join curators Hollis Goodall and Kaoru Kuribayashi as they introduce and discuss their respective exhibitions at American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA) and The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles (JFLA), during a special online conversation.

Craft Emergency Relief Fund: Grants 101

Gain insights into the origins of CERF+ and delve deeper into our grant programs with Deanna Poelsma (Manager, Artist Grants). This virtual session offers participants the chance to ask questions, glean valuable resources, and strengthen their network.

Wire-Wrapped Earrings Workshop

Learn to make beautiful wire-wrapped beaded earrings in this beginner-friendly workshop! You’ll design and create two pairs of earrings using colorful beads and easy wire-wrapping techniques. We’ll cover the basics of jewelry tools, bead selection, and wrapping methods so you can confidently make your own wearable art. All materials are included—just bring your creativity! No […]

Fiber Reimagined IV

On View, in historic Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, “Fiber Reimagined IV”: An international open-call in-print exhibition conceived of and juried by Fiber Art Now Magazine’s creative team: Lori Butanis, Barbara Delaney, Beth Smith, and Cami Smith. Fiber Art Now Magazine has been transformed in recent years into an ad-free, visually stunning quarterly publication that focuses on […]

Hands-on Houston: 25th Birthday Celebration

This September, HCCC turns 25! Join us to celebrate our milestone birthday at this month’s Hands-on Houston with our favorite activity: making with our community. Since no birthday celebration is complete without candles and cake, we’ll be making our own! Using simple hand-rolling techniques, participants will make their own beeswax-rolled candles. Candles can range from […]

Meditation on Care

Join Revolutionary Care artists Amber Doe, Bekezela Mguni, and Alisha B Wormsley for an exhibition closing ritual at Contemporary Craft, co-hosted by Sibyls Shrine. Rooted in the spirit of Revolutionary Care, this gathering centers Black femme care, sovereignty, and collective healing as both practice and offering. Free and open to the public, registration required.

Jeff Forster: Sanctuary for Salvage

In this site-specific installation, Houston artist Jeff Forster works with reclaimed clay, glaze waste, and kiln debris to construct monumental columns.

State Fairs: Growing American Craft

Step right up to the first major exhibition to survey American state fairs’ extraordinary and unconventional crafts from the 19th century to the present. The exhibition includes exceptional examples of American craft, highlighting personal stories and regional and cultural traditions.

Art in the Pearl

Each Labor Day weekend, the North Park Blocks in Portland, Oregon, are filled with high-quality art from artists across the US.

Light Show: Summer Exhibition of Handmade Lamps

LIGHT SHOW is the summer exhibition at Hey There Projects in Joshua Tree, CA. Over 20 artists (local and non-local) were invited to create a lamp, and the results are diverse and exciting. Many of the participating artists have never made a light before and usually practice as painters, ceramicists, illustrators, and carpenters. Now, the […]