Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026

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Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a nationwide Semiquincentennial initiative to showcase the importance of the handmade both throughout our history and in contemporary life.

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Shopping Cart by Lin Lisberger. credit Luc Demers

Lin Lisberger: 20 Walks

presented by

Art Complex Museum

Nov 15, 2026 -

Feb 14, 2027

Duxbury, MA

Exhibitions + Shows

Bird, flameworked glass, by Shane Fero. Image courtesy of Shane Fero

Free Public Flameworking Demo with Shane Fero

presented by

Sonoran Glass School

Friday, March 20, 2026

Tucson, AZ

Virtual Online Event

Artist Open Studio Virtual

Shaker Box Bench by Mark Del Guidice. John Polak

American Beauty: Shaker Furniture and Contemporary Craft from the Collection

presented by

Art Complex Museum

May 10, 2026 -

Sep 6, 2026

Duxbury, MA

Exhibitions + Shows

Art Evolved: Intertwined

presented by

Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.

Jan 27, 2026 -

Apr 26, 2026

Laurel, MS

Exhibitions + Shows

Instructors Amy Meissner and Ming Stephens with workshop attendees. Anchorage Museum

Slow Craft Mondays

presented by

Anchorage Museum

Nov 3, 2025 -

Apr 8, 2026

Anchorage, AK

Workshops + Courses

"River’s Edge" by Shannon Lucas Westrum (left); "Roses in a Broken Vase" by Christine Novotny (right). Photo credit: Christine Novotny

McKnight 2025 Fiber Artist Fellowship Exhibition

presented by

Textile Center

Jan 13, 2026 -

Apr 4, 2026

Minneapolis, MN

Virtual Online Event

Exhibitions + Shows Talks + Conferences Virtual

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

presented by

Racine Art Museum

Feb 18, 2026 -

Oct 3, 2026

Racine, WI

Exhibitions + Shows

Courtesy of Dieu Donné. Photographed by Murray Hall.

Process and Practice: Sam Moyer in Conversation

presented by

Dieu Donné Paper Mill

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Virtual Online Event

Talks + Conferences Virtual

Cultural Connections: Tlingit Spoon Carving

presented by

Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum and Folk Art School

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Virtual Online Event

Talks + Conferences Virtual

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Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences

An artist weaves a basket from harvested invasive vines during Angela Eastman's workshop retreat in the Antinori Village. Hambidge Staff

Rabun Gap,

Arts/Cultural Organization

Berea College Student Craft

Student Bre '28 with the handmade Squiggle Broom. Bre, like so many students was randomly assigned a Labor Position within the Broom shop as a first year student. Now a sophomore Bre has become an integral part of the studio. Sean Hall '25 and Evy Medley '25

Berea,

Craft School University or College

The Fabric Workshop and Museum

Philadelphia,

Arts/Cultural Organization Museum

Fresno Art Museum

Fresno,

Museum

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

Winterthur,

Arts/Cultural Organization

Art Complex Museum

Duxbury,

Museum

Nebraska State Quilt Guild

Lincoln,

Arts/Cultural Organization

National Museum of Women in the Arts

Washington,

Museum

North Country Studio Workshops

In the handbuilding studio at the NCSW 2025 Workshops. Photo by Jennifer Fels

North Hampton,

Craft School

Ornament Magazine

HINGED GOLD GORGET from Kerala, India, of high karat gold and ruby, early 19th Century. Photograph by Robert K. Liu/Ornament

San Marcos,

Arts/Cultural Organization Other

Maryland Institute College of Art

Student designers in interdisciplinary sculpture working in our design fabrications studios at MICA collaborating on a design solutions for a fabricated toy for elephants at the National Zoo in Washington. MICA Communications

Baltimore,

University or College

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