T3%+!le$: The Languge of Fiber, explores language in all its expressive forms – written, spoken, and illustrative. SDA is highlighting artists whose work engages broadly with ideas of communication—from poetry and prose to computer code, indexing, and archiving—as it relates to the grammar of textiles and the vocabulary of fiber.

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The exhibit will focus on weaving and spinning as an art form for both carrying on traditional handcraft forms and innovating new ones. It will provide educational information on the role handweaving played in early America, as well as its use today, illustrating innovations in technique and output, displaying how “traditional” methods continue to change.

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Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman explores the legacy of mid-century designers Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman alongside new works by Porfirio Gutiérrez, Jolie Ngo, and Vince Skelly.

Celebrating bold design and California modernism, the exhibition highlights ceramics, textiles, mosaics, wood, and metal. As part of the show, Craft Contemporary’s Maker-in-Residence program transforms the second floor into an active studio with rotating residencies by Piece by Piece and Vince Skelly.

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In celebration of Handwork 2026, Maryhill Museum of Art’s regular display of Russian and Greek Orthodox icons will also include bultos and retablos by contemporary New Mexican santeros.

These three- and two-dimensional religious images include works by Charles M. Carrillo (American, b. 1956), Gustavo Victor Goler (American [b. Argentina], b. 1963), and other artists.

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During 2026, Maryhill Museum of Art’s Indigenous Peoples of North America Gallery will feature contemporary works by Cara Romero (Chemehuevi, b. 1977), Pat Courtney Gold (Wasco/Tlingit, 1939–2022), and other artists. Its overall display of 750+ items showcases baskets from throughout the United States and beadwork from the interior Pacific Northwest.

Newly installed cases featuring objects from the Great Basin, Woodlands/Great Lakes, and Plains are also on view.

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Mentors + Apprentices: Work from the 2026 Craft Apprentice Program.

The Maine Crafts Association, in partnership with the Maine Arts Commission and the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, announce the opening of the 11th annual Craft Apprentice Program Capstone Exhibition at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, opening October 2, 2026 from 5-7pm.

The exhibition features new work made over seven months by mentors and apprentices in Maine and New Hampshire.

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This professionally juried-exhibition highlights South Carolina’s contemporary craft scene as part of the national Handwork 2026 initiative.

Featuring 10–12 artists working in fiber, ceramics, wood, and mixed media, the show emphasizes both heritage and innovation. Many of the works will be created specifically for this exhibition, underscoring the ongoing evolution of craft practices in the state.

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Carletta Carrington Wilson merges poetry, collage, and installation to explore memory, ancestry, and the power of objects.

Based in the Pacific Northwest, she uses fabric and found materials as portals to the past, linking personal and collective histories. Her work reclaims generational knowledge through image and text, navigating time, identity, and place. Each piece becomes a site of remembrance, where hand, memory, and material converge to create meaning.

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Experience the first permanent gallery Spotlight exhibition at the CAT, highlighting the beauty and wonder of the handmade.

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Ruiz-Healy Art presents a two-person exhibition by artists Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood in both our San Antonio, Texas, and New York City locations. Both artists use traditional crafts—weaving and ceramics, respectively—to tackle issues of intersectional and multicultural identity.

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Woven in Wool: Resilience in Coast Salish Weaving showcases both historical and contemporary woven items, including blankets, tunics, hoods, and skirts.

Journey through the seasonal cycle of weaving, from gathering materials and spinning wool to dyeing with natural ingredients and weaving intricate designs. Along the way, learn firsthand from weavers and gain insight into the deep cultural and scientific knowledge embedded in every strand.

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What does it mean to see anew? To rewind, reset, and reimagine?

Art Cloth Network members were challenged to explore the transformative power of revision—finding inspiration in the act of looking again, rethinking possibilities, and evolving their work.

Through this process, they have created art cloth that embodies fresh perspectives and celebrates the beauty of creative transformation.

Juried by Piper Shepard.

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Layers can be physical—layered clothing, layers of soil, layers of paint, or layers of light, shadow, and color. Layers might also be abstract—layers of memory, of meaning in conversation, or of cultural knowledge. Every day we all deal with layers in different ways.

This exhibition of 27 works of art by artists of Art Cloth Network is juried by Lasse Antonsen, and explores many understandings of layers.

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The Annual Juried Contemporary Craft exhibition highlights the finest in contemporary crafts from around the country, our annual crafts exhibition has become a benchmark of innovation and quality produced within traditional craft forms such as ceramics, fibers, basketry, metals, wood, glass, jewelry, papermaking and book arts.

About the Juror: Born in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Andres Payan Estrada is currently the senior curator at the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso, TX.

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A celebration of Miles Davis’ 100th birthday with a focus on his groundbreaking album, Milestones.

Works of fine craft created to honor the legend and the legacy of jazz by Renee Wormack-Keels, Chief Baba Shango Obadina, Bruce Robinson, Larry Allen, Beverly Whiteside, William Agnew, Angelica Pozo, Lou Frederick, Lydia Thompson, Wendy Kendrick, Marvin Whistler, Kendall Glover, Cynthia Lockhart, Renee Hearn and Kelly & Kyle Phelps.

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