event-type
: Celebrations + Gatherings
The MFA Textiles Program in the School of Fashion at the Parsons School of Design is pleased to welcome Jamie Okuma for the Handwork 2026 Artist Residency, as part of Handwork 2026 presented by Craft in America. We invite you to join us in celebrating the artist residency at a Meet & Greet Reception with Jamie Okuma.
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Join us in celebrating the exhibit Transformed Environments: Paper Informing Design at the Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking.
Paper is an underappreciated resource that touches every aspect of our lives, even architecture. We see the influence of paper in construction materials, architecture models, and as design inspiration. This exhibition focuses on paper as it shapes the spaces we live and work in.
This event is free and open to the public. Reception from 4:00 – 7:00 PM.
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Come participate in the annual Rawhide Gathering in Woodruff, Utah!
Held every year by acclaimed local maker Dan Ames, this gathering draws people from around the country for three days of braiding.
Everyone is welcome to come and participate or just observe, but please reach out to Dan Ames for more details.
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Fiber Art for All is Textile Center’s yearly winter Open House celebrating all things fiber art!
Featuring a Makers Market with 25 local artists, hands-on demos with our staff and teaching artists, coffee, music, a scavenger hunt, and more, it’s a chance to make connections and find inspiration during Minnesota’s coldest and darkest season!
Free and open to the public, there’s opportunities for all to explore, create, shop, and engage with fiber art in all its forms.
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Free event with Quilts of Valor, demonstrations, hand’s on activities for all ages held for our 16th year at the International Quilt Museum.
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Makers of all experience levels are invited to craft in community and explore the rich traditions of textile work. The Fellowship honors the diverse fiber arts that have shaped our nation’s cultural heritage.
The Fellowship meets Fridays from 1–3 PM, alternating between the two host museums. Participants bring any fiber project, such as crochet, knitting, weaving, spinning, or needlework, and work side by side in a supportive, skill-sharing environment.
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Join HCCC Curator + Exhibitions Director Sarah Darro for a tour of the new exhibition, Clutch City Craft, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the makers, materials, and stories shaping Houston’s vernacular—from the infrastructures beneath our feet to the technologies that carry us beyond Earth.
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Kick off Go Texan Day and rodeo season at the opening reception of Clutch City Craft, an exhibition surveying the makers and material traditions that have shaped Houston.
Come with your finest Houston western wear—boots, buckles, hats, grillz, and low riders are encouraged!—for a chance to take home prizes.
Opening reception from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, with western wear judging beginning at 7:00 PM. The evening will also feature open studios by the newest resident artists.
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The 2026 Project Threadways Symposium explores the power of making through the theme of Regeneration.
Presentations, workshops, and exhibitions center cotton, from soil to shelf to symbol—who grows it, how it is nurtured, who benefits in the global marketplace, and its generational legacy.
Speakers explore power and representation in the supply chain, connect craft and culture, and showcase pioneers restoring health and humanity to the world’s most ubiquitous fiber.
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Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking discussion centered around the captivating history of our current exhibition, Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China.
Exhibition Manager Pam Aliaga will lead a tour and offer two signature boba drinks, created in house. The exhibition presents ceramic work created during the Cultural Revolution, a period in China when all artistic and imagery production was under strict control by Chairman Mao.
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Visit Pewabic’s National Historic Landmark studios in Detroit, MI for the 2025 Holiday Showcase to shop Pewabic’s newest ceramic designs plus an expanded selection of ceramic art from over 50 independent artists from across North America.
During your visit head upstairs to view the Pewabic Museum. Take advantage of expanded holiday shopping hours now through Christmas Eve and bring your family and friends to one of the Holiday Showcase Saturday events for additional programming!
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Mark the shortest day and longest night of the year with ASI’s signature Winter Solstice Celebration from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
This fan favorite features arts & crafts, music, and reindeer! FIKA Café will serve a special festival menu with small plates and warm glögg (Swedish mulled wine).
The ASI Museum Store and Jul Shop will also be open late for all your last-minute gift needs.
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Join Ruth Baldwin and Annie MacHale as they lead a vision board session! Gain inspiration from your fellow fiber arts enthusiasts and make intentions for a year of creativity and fun.
By visually representing your thoughts in a beautiful, playful, work of personal art, you can enjoy the creation of it and then put it in a prominent place in your home.
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To kick off our year of programming from nationally acclaimed teachers, we want to showcase the talents of our local community from first timers to experienced weavers, spinners, dyers, felters, rug hookers, and all things fiber arts.
Entries for the exhibition will be accepted from December 9, 2025 to January 16, 2026.
The exhibition will run from February 6 to March 8, 2026 with a special opening night on February 6.
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The Denton Maker Center (DMC) will be hosting its first Art Jewelry Celebration (AJC) on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
The event will feature one-of-a-kind and limited production pieces from a range of art jewelers, from established professionals to rising stars.
Food, refreshments, and live music will also be a part of this festive event.
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