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, click here. If you are unsure which issue you are looking for, contact the library.
Winter 2024
Light. When winter takes hold, I find myself grateful to be surrounded by warmth at home: the softness of simple, natural textiles
Fall 2023
Collect. Just before we started working on this issue on the theme collect, I visited a friend in Santa Fe.
Summer 2023
Wild. For me, the magic of craft is found in the way it connects us in our everyday lives to the beauty of nature, and the sense o
Spring 2023
This issue is dedicated to the vessel, a form that not only sustains us but also offers us beauty in our everyday lives. A form that artists and craftspeople continue to draw upon to shape powerful and poignant works.
Winter 2023
As we head into winter—a time when many move indoors, close to the objects we keep and the people we love—American Craft takes an expansive look at the theme inhabit.
Fall 2022
When we were planning this issue on the theme “gather,” we found stories to share with you about the many ways craft creates connection.
Summer 2022
When putting together this issue on the theme Forge, we knew we had to include blacksmithing and jewelry, stories of artists who have forged new paths, and stories of people with the vision to create change. But this issue holds other surprises.
Spring 2022
Many magazines publish their version of “the fashion issue.” Welcome to ours, which covers so much more than what’s stylish now.
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.