Blending ancestral Bulgarian weaving traditions with modern, nature-inspired design, this work creates woven pieces that honor nature’s rhythms and the depth of human emotional landscapes.

This contemporary weaving series explores the connection between nature and humanity—how both evolve, heal, and renew through cyclical rhythms.

Rooted in a mindful, contemporary practice, the work combines natural fibers, texture, and design to reflect emotional landscapes.

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Flat Footed Truths: Stories of Lived Experiences is a juried quilt exhibition featuring quilts and fiber art that depict the soul-stirring, truth-telling, and compelling stories of African American women.

This exhibit is named and influenced by the book written by Patricia Bell-Scott, Flat Footed Truths: Telling Black Women’s Lives.  These stories and the truths they tell come to life in this unforgettable exhibit.

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Join us this May as Northern Clay Center celebrates the creativity of our member community through the 2026 Members Exhibition.

Featuring a juried selection of work by students, educators, professional artists, and first-time makers, the exhibition highlights the many voices that make our clay community vibrant.

Alongside the Main Gallery exhibition, NCC is proud to showcase work by local K–12 educators and their students, celebrating the impact of arts education through clay.

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Opening Reception: Saturday, June 13, 2026, 2:00 – 4:00 pm

Clay from the Classroom is our annual exhibition celebrating the talent and triumphs of our students and their instructors, featuring beginner through advanced ceramic art from our various classes from the past year.

All work was created with the guidance of our dedicated instructors, whose work will also be on display.

Baltimore Clayworks is proud to highlight the achievements of our creative community!

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Baltimore will host NCECA’s 61st annual conference from March 10-13th, 2027!

Join us to learn about NCECA and how we amplify the world of ceramics, create work at our clay making and wheel stations, and learn about the Baltimore ceramics community.

Brief introductions will be given by NCECA’s board and conference organizers. Local studios and artists will host demonstrations and other fun activities. Free light refreshments and snacks will be available.

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Free event! All ages & skill levels welcome! Join us for a full day of interactive crafting fun at Fiber Fest! You’re invited to celebrate sustainable fiber and craft at San Diego Craft Collective.

At Fiber Fest, enjoy a variety of free crafts, fun Make & Take crafts (for a small fee), local vendors, and live demonstrations, including sheep shearing, wool processing, spinning yarn, felting, weaving, knitting, crochet, natural dye, basket weaving, broom making, and more! See you there!

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The DAR Museum’s 31 period rooms span 1690-1930, each evoking a distinct time and place in American history — from a rustic New England kitchen to a refined Southern parlor to a Texas German immigrant homestead. With authentic furniture, silver, ceramics, and textiles, they tell the story of the cabinetmakers, silversmiths, weavers, and needleworkers who shaped American domestic life.

Our Study Gallery lets visitors examine hundreds of additional objects from the permanent collection up close.

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The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery examines the material practices, imagery, and regional affiliations of Newcomb Pottery, exploring how its artists visualized—and helped define—ideas of place in the American South.

The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery is co-organized by Telfair Museums and the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University and curated by Dr. Elyse D. Gerstenecker.

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Starworks Annual Craft Invitational is a juried, exhibition-style event showcasing exceptional functional craft in ceramics, glass, wood, metal, and fiber. Meet artists, collect one-of-a-kind work, and experience live demonstrations throughout the day.

The weekend begins with a Preview Reception offering early access in a relaxed setting. Featuring leading and emerging makers in contemporary craft.

Preview Reception June 12, 6–8 PM ($25)

Main Event June 13, 9 AM–4 PM ($5).

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restless nature
A solo exhibition of sculptural furniture by Elsa Hoffman.

Blending intricately cut metal with concrete, brick, and salvaged materials, Hoffman creates works that balance delicacy and weight. Rooted in function and form, these pieces reflect five years of her practice, including work made during her Starworks residency.

On view at Starworks May 16–June 6, 2026
Opening reception May 16, 5–7 PM

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100 of East Tennessee’s finest Craft artists in one location. Foothills Craft Guild Show is celebrating 60 years with one-of-a-kind unique craftworks designed and made by well-known artists who are masters of their craft as well as emerging artists that will inspire and amaze!

We have several artists that do demonstrations too. Come and discover them all!

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Strike! Pour! Create!: Works by Metal Museum Apprentices will showcase the work of over twenty apprentices that have lived, worked, and learned at the Museum since the program’s founding. 

It will explore the role of teamwork in metalworking and ways apprentices have contributed to the Museum’s mission. It will also trace the evolution of the program throughout time.

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Our first major exhibition in the Metal Museum’s new home at Overton Park, From the Bluff to the Park: The Metal Museum’s Collections Through Time will document the history and evolution of the Museum from its founding in 1979 to its expansion into a new space.

This exhibition will show early collecting milestones, along with hopes and plans for the future.

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Our 2026 Exhibition: Disciplines Across Decades shines a light on the origins of our nine career training programs and how our students are trained today.

The exhibition will feature the best work of our student and graduate community, their connections to techniques used at the start of their program, a timeline of NBSS history, and artifacts from the early years of each program.

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