Craft Happenings calendar

Fractured Foundations: Artists in Conversation

A discussion with Akinsanya Kambon and Bianca MacPherson, whose work is included in Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History.

Workshop: Traditional Cobalt Underglaze Techniques with Yunting Li

Greenwich House Pottery is thrilled to welcome Yunting Li for Blue & White Porcelain Painting: Traditional Cobalt Underglaze Techniques. In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore the timeless beauty of traditional blue and white porcelain through the use of cobalt underglaze painting techniques. Drawing inspiration from both Chinese and Japanese porcelain traditions, students will learn […]

Textures of Being Community Forum

Textures of Being Community Forum is presented through a collaboration between Contemporary Craft and Anthropology of Motherhood.

50th Annual Mountain Makins Festival

Mountain Makins is an Appalachian Folk Life Festival celebrating the unique culture of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Known for high quality crafts and artisans, the festival features a juried arts & crafts fair, top regional musical talent, storytellers, authors, craft demonstrations, and children’s activities. All activities take place at historic Rose Center. For our 50th […]

Guild Fine Craft Show: Brunswick

Shop 40 fine craft exhibitor booths within the beautiful and historic halls of Fort Andross Mill Complex overlooking the Androscoggin River.

Holiday Craft Fair

Many crafts will be available for purchase, including 3D-printed fun crafts, quilts, jewelry, holiday decorations, original paintings, and more.

Continental Drift: Encounters, North and South

Continental Drift: Encounters, North and South An exhibition presented by browngrotta arts October 17–25, 2026 | Wilton, Connecticut This October, browngrotta arts presents Continental Drift: Encounters, North and South, an exhibition exploring how artistic tradition migrates, transforms, and takes root across the Americas — and beyond. The show brings together more than 40 leading fiber […]

Berkeley Springs Studio Tour

The Berkeley Springs Studio Tour is a free, self-guided driving tour through the scenic hills of West Virginia.

Twin Cities Bead Bazaar

Twin Cities Bead Bazaar is an annual gathering of crafters, jewelry designers, and stone lovers! The show is hosted and organized by Dakota Stones. Locally and nationally known vendors will offer their wide selection of semi-precious gemstones, beads, kits and patterns, and finished jewelry. Vendors change every year so no show is the same! Attendees […]

The Watchers

Opening Reception Thursday, September 17, 2026 | 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. On view through October 30, 2026 The Jane Hartsook Gallery at Greenwich House Pottery is pleased to present The Watchers, new ceramic work by Ryan Flores. Flores uses the “still life” as a format of reference and inspiration to create low relief sculptures in […]

Washington Glass School: 25 Years of Glass & Community Exhibition

For 25 years, the Washington Glass School has been the place for artists to come together, learn, experiment, and explore new possibilities in glass and mixed media. This anniversary exhibition brings together founders, resident artists, instructors, and alumni whose work spans sculpture, installation, public art, and architectural glass. We celebrate the remarkable diversity of artists […]

The Candle Show

This fall, as HCCC marks 25 years of illuminating contemporary craft, Asher: Off the Wall proudly presents “The Candle Show,” exploring the ritual and material poetics of candlelight. This exciting show and sale brings together artists who shape light itself with handcrafted candelabras, holders, and wax-based forms. On view in our retail space, “The Candle […]

Craft Garden Tour

Learn more about the flora of Houston Center for Contemporary Craft’s Craft Garden at this unique seasonal tour!

Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts

Using donated textiles and American quilting traditions, Jesse Krimes creates intricately patterned quilts.

You Can’t Self-Care Away Trauma Webinar

In this webinar, therapist, Ginger Klee will help you navigate healing pre- and post-disaster.

Rakow Commission: Jes Fan

The Corning Museum of Glass has selected Jes Fan as the recipient of the 2025 Rakow Commission. The artist, known for exploring themes of identity, race, and gender, will create a new glass work using materials that blur the lines between human biology and art. The piece will be unveiled on November 6, 2025.

Crocheting Oya Workshop with Hale Ekinci

In this workshop, participants will learn how to crochet small shapes inspired by Turkish lace edging called oya.

CraftNow Create

An experience for elementary-age students that provides unique craft projects with demonstrations and instructions from teaching artists.

Metal Misfits: Art Furniture by Sophie Glenn

Atlantic Gallery is pleased to present Metal Misfits, and series of metal furniture pieces by Sophie Glenn. Metal Misfits is a series of non-functional, steel and aluminum furniture that makes correlations between traditional and contemporary decorative arts practices. Growing up in the East Village of New York City, Sophie was surrounded and enamored by sticker-bombing […]

60 Artists on 50th Fall Show

Join us for the 82nd 60 Artists on 50th Show, where 60 talented artists come together under one roof for a wonderful day of art, creativity, and shopping!

Craft Community Day

Join HCCC for our free, annual festival highlighting local artist guilds and community groups!

Becoming Heirlooms

Becoming Heirlooms brings together new works by ten artists whose practices address inheritance in its broadest sense.

Kerianne Quick | OH WELL WHATEVER NEVERMIND

OH WELL, WHATEVER, NEVERMIND, a solo exhibtion by Kerianna Quick, confronts the machinery of violence—and the apathy that allows it to become ordinary. Taking its title from a lyric in Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit, the exhibition brings together three distinct but interconnected series: OH WELL, body armor-inspired leather and titanium jewelry that transforms ballistic […]

Thinking Through Color: Natural Dyes on Wool with Lesley Darling

Experience the infinite world of natural dyes and color theory in this process-based, exploratory workshop with Guest Teaching Artist Lesley Darling (she/her). Expand how you work with color in any media you practice. Learn foundations of color theory and optical blending, and how to apply these concepts to natural dyeing on protein-based fibers. Blend color […]