BIMA is planning a retrospective of the late master metalsmith Heikki Seppa, originally from Finland, who passed away in 2010.

After decades teaching at Washington University in St. Louis, he retired and later married Bainbridge Island jewelry artist Laurie A. Lyall.

Through a major legacy gift from Lyall and other collectors, BIMA acquired over 45 signature works, including jewelry, hollowware, and decorative art, showcasing techniques Seppa taught and pioneered.

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The Puget Sound region is rich with educational and studio-based resources for artists. This group exhibition is curated with members of regional Craft-based programs and professional groups.

These include Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN), Bainbridge Arts & Crafts, BIMA, Bloedel Reserve, Hilltop Artists, Lakeside School, Museum of Glass, Northwest Designer Craftartists, Seward Park Clay Studio, and Suquamish Tribe.

Artists include:

• Kristina Batiste
• Jacob Foran
• Peter Jacobsen
• Ian Lawrence
• Jacki Moseley
• Anna Nardelli
• James Nelson
• Lynnette Sandbloom
• Stephanie Tayengco

The adjacent gallery features select craft artworks from BIMA’s Permanent Art Collection.

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Cloth, Paper, Stitches brings together a selection of artists’ books from the Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection that foreground the tactile and expressive possibilities of cloth, paper, and thread. Through processes such as sewing, weaving, cutting, and folding, these works expand the idea of the book beyond a purely visual or text-based object into something materially intimate and physically engaging.

At this moment—a time marked by fracture and uncertainty—this exhibition highlights artworks where material itself becomes the language of care, community, and transformation. The artists represented in the exhibition use both traditional and experimental techniques, merging handwork with conceptual approaches to storytelling. Some of this work was created slowly over time and other pieces were produced in urgency, but all function as vital acts of shelter and resistance.

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Aimee Lee (Ohio) is an artist who makes paper, writes, and advocates for Korean papermaking practices. Her initial Fulbright research helped her build the first hanji studio in North America and write her award-winning book, Hanji Unfurled. Her second Fulbright award as a senior scholar focused on further research of Korean papermaking tools, and continued her training since 2009 with various national and provincial Intangible Cultural Property Holders.

Lee trains the next generation of papermakers in the Korean tradition from the Korean diaspora and beyond in her private hanji studio east of Cleveland and in workshops around the world.

This solo exhibition will highlight several works from our Cynthia Sears Artists’ Books Collection, in addition to lent artist’s books by this internationally engaged and recognized artist. Tethered includes artist’s books, paper garments, and sculptures that highlight paper as both material and storyteller, offering conversation between plant fibers and personal tales, within the ancient legacies of handmade paper.

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This retrospective exhibition showcases the legacy of garden designs and sculptures of George and David Lewis, formerly known as Little and Lewis.

Their story of love and labor began in the 1980s, when David moved from Washington, D.C. to Bainbridge Island, and George moved subsequently from Houston, Texas. Their separate interests in art, ancient architectural ruins, gardens, and water features combined into a thriving and well-documented creative business.

This retrospective is titled Deeply Rooted in honor of their well-documented career as artists, and their community service and ties to Bainbridge Island and beyond.

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The Huntington Harbor Art Association and Huntington Beach Art Center have come together to highlight these local artists in The Magic of Color, Fiber and Form.

On display early 2026, dates TBD.

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Silver River Center for Chair Caning is making a big comeback in 2026!

Join us for an open house at our new location in Weaverville, NC. Saturday January 18, 2026 from 12-4pm.

We will be celebrating our new instructional book, The Woven Chair, and geeking out in our museum which is finally unpacked after a devastating flood in Fall 2024.

We will be launching community classes each month on a sliding scale to celebrate. 

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American Craft Fest is the summer’s best opportunity to discover craft from across the region.

Participate in fun hands-on activities for all ages led by local arts partners, shop handmade work by early career artists, and enjoy food and beverages from local vendors.

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Linking heritage, history, and handcraft, this exhibition combines various forms of papercutting.

Through large and small-scale works, contemporary artists such as Kanako Abe, Lucrezia Bieler, Hannah Kohl, Sonja Peterson, Michael Velliquette, Janelle Washington, and Sam Wrobel expand upon tradition while hobbyist paper crafters add their voices to rich creative lineages. Additionally, Myra Su will perform shadow puppet theater throughout the run of the show.

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NAN’s flagship annual event, Assembly for Embroiderers, brings stitchers of all levels together for exceptional classes, lectures, discussion forums, and artistic inspiration.

Held in conjunction with Assembly, The Exemplary is our celebrated needlearts exhibition showcasing original, adapted, and non-original works by stitchers at all stages of their journey.

Entrants do not need to be a NAN member to enter The Exemplary.

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The Art Complex Museum is pleased to present a two-person quilt exhibition featuring the work of Ann Brauer and Marge Tucker.

Though distinct in style, both artists push the boundaries of contemporary quilting—Brauer with her luminous, color-driven landscapes and Tucker with bold compositions that balance improvisation and structure. Together, their quilts celebrate innovation, craftsmanship, and the expressive power of fiber art.

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There is a continuum where beauty and function blend and diverge in the hands of the contemporary artist.

Even when traditional materials such as thread, fabric, wood, reed, and paper are used, these artists combine skill, imagination, and vision to meld their materials into compelling and beautiful art which resonates in today’s world.

Artists were invited to participate in this conversation between media to illustrate the continuum between beauty and functionality.

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Rooted in childhood memories of Cleveland’s industrial landscape and the burning Cuyahoga River of 1969, Mo Kelman’s sculptures merge water’s shifting forms with the stark geometry of steel and bridges.

Using simple, tactile materials, Kelman explores the tension between nature’s unstoppable force and human engineering.

These works celebrate craft, resilience, and transformation, revealing both the beauty of construction and the inevitability of nature’s power.

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Lisberger has always been interested in combining abstraction and narrative in her work.

20 Walks references the physical memory of her own walks in places at home and around the world. Each piece captures a sense of place along with the memory of a particular personal moment or sight, evoking  a recollection, not telling all the details. This form of abstraction keeps the pieces simpler, more elegant, and hopefully visceral, while always keeping form essential.

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Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China presents ceramics created during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976.

Varied ceramic works, including molded figures, vessels, wall hangings, posters, molds, and sculptures, will be presented in thematic groupings in Fired in Revolution.

Curated by Dr. Jamie Kwan, Assistant Curator, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

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