Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a nationwide Semiquincentennial initiative to showcase the importance of the handmade both throughout our history and in contemporary life.
Installation view of Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago. Courtesy of Intuit Art Museum

Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago

presented by
Intuit Art Museum
May 23, 2025 -
Mar 22, 2026
Chicago, IL
Exhibitions + Shows
Nowhere Else to Go. Kathy Nida

Quilt Visions 2026

presented by
Visions Museum of Textile Art
Jun 27, 2026 -
Oct 10, 2026
San Diego, CA
Exhibitions + Shows
Ahree Lee, Binary System, 2022. Nylon and cotton weaving with digital projection, 72 x 70 x 30 inches. Photo: Tatiana Mata. Courtesy of the artist.

A Stitch & Glitch in Time

presented by
CSUN Art Galleries
Jan 20, 2026 -
Mar 12, 2026
Northridge, CA
Exhibitions + Shows
Living with Craft artwork on display. Wayne Art Center

Wayne Art Center – Living with Craft

presented by
Wayne Art Center
Dec 6, 2025 -
Jan 24, 2026
Wayne, PA
Exhibitions + Shows
Teri Greeves (Santa Fe, NM), "Indian Couture: Book of Dance and Dress", 2008, Accordion with brain-tanned deer hide, glass, silver and lead crystal beads, silk brocade, 9”h x 7.25”w x 2”d (closed), 41”w (open), unique

Cloth, Paper, Stitch

presented by
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Jul 3, 2026 -
Sep 20, 2026
Bainbridge Island, WA
Exhibitions + Shows
Kolrosing for Christmas. Vesterheim

Kolrosing for Christmas

presented by
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School
Nov 21, 2025 -
Nov 23, 2025
Decorah, IA
Workshops + Courses
Lisa Alvarado, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Talismans for a Theater of Resilience (process image), 2025. Carlos Avendaño

Lisa Alvarado: Talismans for a Theater of Resilience

presented by
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Sep 25, 2025 -
Apr 12, 2026
Philadelphia, PA
Exhibitions + Shows
Shadow Piece(s) Tile. Northern Clay Center

Shadow Piece(s): Chance-Based Responses in Clay

presented by
Northern Clay Center
Jan 17, 2026 -
Feb 22, 2026
Minneapolis, MN
Artist Open Studio Exhibitions + Shows
Tools by James Austin, Gould and Thomas Latané. Courtesy of Craft in America

Tool Talk #2

presented by
Craft in America Center
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Los Angeles, CA
Virtual Online Event
Talks + Conferences Virtual
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