Issues
Explore content from the following issues of American Craft. For older issues, including Craft Horizons, visit the digital collections. If you are interested in purchasing an issue, contact member services. If you are unsure which issue you are looking for, contact the library.
Winter 2022
The stories in this issue highlight how wonder plays a role in the way humans design, create, and experience craft.
Fall 2021
The 80th anniversary issue of American Craft focuses on relationships—from an artist’s deep connection to materials to the networks of people within the larger craft ecosystem.
Summer 2021
For this issue, we looked to the craft community to find stories about many ways of flourishing.
Spring 2021
Craft can console us and offer us a more grounded way forward. We offer this issue as a balm, as nourishment in difficult times.
December/January 2021
This issue explores the gifts of craft – among them, the benefits that come with making.
October/November 2020
In this issue, we share stories of craft legacies that will help us all to better comprehend how people, movements, and events today fit within the longer timeline of humanity.
August/September 2020
We all need beauty, especially in times of challenge and grief. It inspires us to continue on.
June/July 2020
This issue highlights the shared handwork in cooking and craft, looking at ingredients as materials and the kitchen table as a site for making, gathering, sharing, and learning.
April/May 2020
Craft and Design are often considered separate disciplines, but those definitions are blurring. Both provide different yet equally vital sets of tools for solving problems.
February/March 2020
This issue attempts to expand and complicate popular narratives about “the home” and craft’s role in creating one.
December/January 2020
In this issue, American Craft showcases both reflections on the year coming to a close and opportunities offered by the new one.
October/November 2019
Every two years, the American Craft Council recognizes the next generation of craft talent and scholarship with our Emerging Voices Awards.
August/September 2019
If all the world’s a stage, then craftspeople are its builders.
June/July 2019
This issue of American Craft is all about thinking global.
April/May 2019
This issue of American Craft is all about animals.
February/March 2019
This issue of American Craft is all about ceramics.
December/January 2019
This issue of American Craft is all about tools.
October/November 2018
The October/November issue of American Craft is available now.
August/September 2018
The August/September 2018 issue of American Craft is available now.
June/July 2018
The June/July 2018 issue of American Craft is available now.