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Family Handcraft at Home: Recycled Stars Inspired by Birchbark Weaving

Join artist Derek Brabender in an exploration of birchbark weaving using recycled Vesterheim Folk Art School catalogues. Inspired by Nordic folk art, as well as the re-use of materials, this program will show families how we can still continue the folk art tradition using recycled materials.

Medium: 
Fiber, Mixed Media, Other
Brabend Birch bark inspired stars. Vesterheim
Nov 1, 2025 - Nov 30, 2025
Virtual
Interior Lanscape. Monica Loss

San Diego Textile

Visions Museum of Textile Art
Feb 14, 2026 -
Jun 20, 2026
Artist Open Studio Exhibitions + Shows
The Wheat Farmers. Shane Booth

Cyanotype

Visions Museum of Textile Art
Feb 14, 2026 -
Jun 20, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Nowhere Else to Go. Kathy Nida

Quilt Visions 2026

Visions Museum of Textile Art
Jun 27, 2026 -
Oct 10, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Untitled. Oriya Mahmodi

Origins

Visions Museum of Textile art
Oct 24, 2026 -
Jan 16, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Hot Night in the City. Troy Thompson Photography

Hot Night in the City

Worcester Center for Crafts
Friday, July 17, 2026
Celebrations + Gatherings Marketplaces + Festivals
Gathered Locally highlights some of the glass artists who live and create in Pittsburgh. Nathan J. Shaulis

Gathered Locally – 25 years of Glass Art at Pittsburgh Glass Center 

Pittsburgh Glass Center
Feb 6, 2026 -
Apr 19, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Portrait of PGC co-founder Kathleen Mulcahy. Richard Kelly

KATHLEEN MULCAHY Gathering Glass: A Fine Intoxication

Pittsburgh Glass Center
May 1, 2026 -
Jul 31, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
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

The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Sep 25, 2025 -
Apr 12, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Moki Cherry, Title Unknown (Dragon), 1975. Textile appliqué tapestry. 78.75 x 137.75 inches. Anders Sune Berg, Galleri Nicolai Wallner

The Living Temple: The World of Moki Cherry

The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Sep 25, 2025 -
Apr 12, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
"In the Shells", 2019 – 2025 , paper, reed, UV coating, variable sizes. Courtesy of the Artist

Peregrination: Xiaojing Yan 闫晓静

Contemporary Craft
Feb 6, 2026 -
May 2, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Shaker Box Bench by Mark Del Guidice. John Polak

American Beauty: Shaker Furniture and Contemporary Craft from the Collection

Art Complex Museum
May 10, 2026 -
Sep 6, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Artist in Salem, Massachusetts and India, wedding dress and shawl of Sarah Peirce-Nichols, about 1801. Cotton (dress), cashmere and wool (shawl). Gift of the estate of Charlotte Sanders Nichols, 1938. 123571.W, 123590.2. Peabody Essex Museum. Photographed at Peirce-Nichols House by Dennis Helmar. Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum.

Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 – AUDIO TOUR

Peabody Essex Museum (PEM)
Jan 26, 2026 -
Dec 31, 2026
Other Talks + Conferences
Handwork Week at BARN instructors: Alisa Banks, Jonathan Evison, Randi Purser, Richard Parrish, Ricardo Ruiz, Brian Gillespie, Suzanne Williams, Daniel Winterbottom, Jeff Oens, and Melinda West. Provided by Handwork Instructors/Randi Purser photo by Sue Larkin

Handwork Week at BARN

Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN)
Apr 26, 2026 -
May 1, 2026
Workshops + Courses
Chairman Mao Listening and Talking to the Revolutionary Public, ceramic. Jingdezhen Sculpture Porcelain Factory, n.d. 13.25 x 17.5 x 6 inches. Collection of Fiona Chalom.

Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China

American Museum of Ceramic Art (AMOCA)
Oct 25, 2025 -
Apr 26, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Shopping Cart by Lin Lisberger. credit Luc Demers

Lin Lisberger: 20 Walks

Art Complex Museum
Nov 15, 2026 -
Feb 14, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Two Clouds Tower by Mo Kelman. Karen Philippi

Mo Kelman: Waterways – Lashed and Tethered

Art Complex Museum
Feb 15, 2026 -
May 10, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Art Evolved: Intertwined logo. Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.

Art Evolved: Intertwined

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc., National Basketry Organization
Jan 27, 2026 -
Apr 26, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Ode to Dawn by Ann Brauer. credit the artist

Quilted Visions: Ann Brauer and Marge Tucker

Art Complex Museum
Aug 23, 2026 -
Nov 8, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Lucrezia Bieler, Barefoot in the Wild Garden (2013). Cut paper on board, 30 x 21 x ¼ inches. Lucrezia Bieler

Cut It Out: Papercutting Traditions and Beyond

Racine Art Museum
Feb 18, 2026 -
Oct 3, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
American Craft Fest St. Paul. Carina Lofgren

American Craft Fest St. Paul

American Craft Council
Jun 13, 2026 -
Jun 14, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows Marketplaces + Festivals
Title Image for The Magic of Color, Fiber and Form. Huntington Beach Art Center & Huntington Harbor Art Association

The Magic of Color, Fiber and Form

Huntington Beach Art Center
Feb 24, 2026 -
May 9, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
The Last Tetrapanax, 2005, cast concrete, 43” sq. Large cast concrete Tetrapanax Leaf by David & George Lewis. Private collection

David & George Lewis: Deeply Rooted

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Mar 6, 2026 -
Jun 11, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Artist Book by Aimee Lee. Aimee Lee, Unity (Version 4), 2024, acrylic on paper, pen on milkweed bast hanji, 8.75" x 5.1" x 1.75” closed, 11” wide open. Courtesy of the artist.

Aimee Lee: Tethered

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Mar 6, 2026 -
Jun 14, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Kathy Kuehn (Portland, OR), Field, 2003, Tuille, grosgrain ribbon on composite spindle by Tim Moore, with 2823 French knots; text by Henry David Thoreau, September 11, 1853, journal entry, ribbon: 1.5”w x 50’l; spindle: 8”h x 7”w x 12”d, unique, photo by Hunter Stroud

Cloth, Paper, Stitch

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Jul 3, 2026 -
Sep 20, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows