Hot Glass Hangout is a free demo series, occurring on the first Friday of every month, starring our multi-talented team of studio technicians, administrators and teaching artists doing what they love to do!

See the skills and teamwork that go into shaping molten glass, meet friendly local artists and shop a pop-up Studio Sale featuring beautiful glassware and jewelry crafted by our community.

Soft drinks and snacks are on the house.

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Eight McKnight Artists features work by 2025 McKnight Ceramic Artist Fellows Elizabeth Coleman (Minneapolis, MN) and Peter Jadoonath (Shafer, MN), alongside 2024 McKnight Ceramic Artist Residents Birdie Boone, Uriel Caspi, Suze Lindsay, Sana Musasama, Dorothea Nold, and KyoungHwa Oh.

Supported by the Minnesota-based McKnight Foundation, the exhibition highlights outstanding contemporary ceramic artists from Minnesota, across the U.S., and around the world.

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Join a community of makers in a relaxed virtual setting hosted by ASI staff. Each week, makers share projects, work, experiences, and stories. All crafts and skill levels are welcome. Drop in as often as you like, for as long as you like. Free.

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Join artist Tia Keobounpheng for a film screening of her latest project, GIEĐAIN, followed by an artist talk. In 2025, Tia returned to her ancestral village in Swedish Sápmi with her two sons. They lived with their elder and relative for two weeks, learning from his 70 years of experience carving and crafting. Their hands worked together to craft their own wooden cups and knives. GIEĐAIN speaks to the intrinsic knowing that was awakened in the process.

Pay what you can: $1, $5, $10, $20

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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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Celebrate the legacy of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman in an intimate conversation with their daughter, Laura Ackerman-Shaw, exploring their decades-long creative partnership, design approach, and lasting influence.

After the talk, stay for In Tandem by Katie Nartonis and Margaret Halkin, a 22-minute documentary on the Ackermans’ shared lives, careers, and their pivotal role in shaping California mid-century modernism.

This program is part of Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman.

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In Shadow Piece(s): Chance-Based Responses in Clay, seven ceramic artists—Maggie Adams, Alexis C. Brunkow, E.C. Comstock, Tomo Ingalls, Vanessa Romo, Jennifer Schumacher Waller, and Kurt Tomerlin—respond to a single set of written instructions: Shadow Piece (1963) by Japanese Fluxus artist Meiko Shiomi. Originally conceived as a poetic performance score, Shadow Piece invites a meditation on the presence and movement of shadow in space and time.

Curated by E.C. Comstock and Olive Comstock.

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Fiber Arts on 4th is thrilled to be part of Handwork 2026, a national initiative organized by Craft in America that celebrates the power of making and the communities built through craft.

In honor of this celebration, PBS released episodes of Craft in America to spotlight regional crafts across four regions (North, South, East and West). We will watch the episode spotlighting the West, which includes a feature on New Mexico’s very own Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).

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