Are you interested in foraging but don’t know where to start?

Join seasoned forager Maria Wesserle to learn more about general foraging guidelines, helpful tools and resources, and some good types of wild edibles to focus on when starting your foraging journey.

This class will include a lecture followed by a short visit outside to the ASI grounds to check out early spring edible greens, weather permitting.

$45 ($40 ASI member).

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Handwork, Soulwork: Black Craft in the United States offers a social history of quiltmaking, pottery, basketmaking, and blacksmithing.

Each week, we will explore a different practice, the craftspeople working within that practice, their work, and the material conditions in which they created their work.

We will cover renowned craftspeople with an exhibition and publication history, we will focus on the people whose provenance records and museum interpretive labels identify them as “unknown.”

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Every discipline is formed, shaped, and re-formed by the texts that constitute its discourse. Craft history is still a nascent discipline, and the texts that describe its boundaries and centers are both significant and yet still hungry for better company.

Each week in this course, we will discuss a few key texts that have impacted craft history, and point towards what could come next.

The course requires active participation and will be shaped like a friendly, conversational book club.

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In-person and online talk with scholar Lorne Platt on the evolution of skateboarding environments in suburban developments. Platt’s studies focus on urban history, city planning, and cultural geography.

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In-person and online talk by Todd Huber, skateboard historian and founder of the International Skateboarding Hall of Fame on the DIY origins of the skateboard.

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Abe Dubin, exhibition advisor to Vehicles of Expression will discuss his artistic evolution ranging from illustration to performance, and how he views skateboarding as a world of pure imagination.

4/30/26, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

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This panel will revisit the National Basketry Organization’s biennial exhibition, Basketry Now, held this past fall at Textile Center in Minneapolis.

The artworks showcased the best in basketry from across the country and included entries from 64 artists, as far away as the UK, Italy, and Australia.

Hosted by Emily Dvorin, the panel includes Gyöngy Laky (juror), Carol Eckert and Peeta Tinay. Join us to hear a fascinating discussion about the contemporary world of basketry

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Join us in the gallery for a fun and informative panel discussion with artists Bianca McPherson, Kristy Moreno, Maxwell Henderson, and Yoon Hwang, the artists behind the exhibition AIR 2026: Compulsion.

Gain firsthand insights about how the inspiration, concept, and process works for these creative individuals. Our moderated panel will take place in the exhibition gallery and will be followed by time for Q&A, where you’ll have the opportunity to pose your own questions to the artists.

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Join Vesterheim Folk Art School from anywhere in the world to learn about the decorative  Norwegian carvings on the Tylldal Chair in this Cultural Connections webinar. Instructor Lara Reisigl Domeneghetti brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to this webinar.

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Join Vesterheim Folk Art School from anywhere in the world to learn about the Alpine Brettstuhl through the Cultural Connections webinar. Instructor Charles Thompson is a woodworker and chair maker who brings a wealth of knowledge to this webinar.

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Join Vesterheim Folk Art School from anywhere in the world to learn about dyeing fibers with lichen. Instructor Jane Addams brings a wealth of knowledge to this webinar.

Schedule: New Date

Saturday, June 20 (10:00-11:00 am CT).

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Join us for a special lecture and papermaking workshop with guest historian Dr. Joran Proot! Dr. Proot is a distinguished historian of early modern books from the Cultura Fonds and the University of Antwerp. Dr. Proot will discuss the materials and workflow of paper making as it was carried out in Europe during the early modern period. After the lecture participants will learn to make paper, using the classic Western style technique.

All skill levels welcome and all materials provided.

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The Art of Raku

Raku is a dramatic pottery firing process in which a piece is quickly brought to a high temperature and then rapidly cooled.

Potter and gallery owner Cathie Cantara will share an inside look at several raku techniques, including American raku, horsehair raku, and more. Join us in the studio to learn about this tradition and see why raku continues to captivate artists and collectors alike.

This off-site studio visit is part of Maine by Hand: Celebrating American Craft

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Join us for a free virtual lecture with Georgia Tech Professors Myrsini Mamoli and Daniel Phelps on the collaborative exhibit Transformed Environments: Paper Informing Design. Each professor will share their design approach to this collaboration as well as constraints and considerations that the students had to address when designing an exhibition space. 

Virtual talk from 7:00 – 8:00pm ET. Register here.

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Join us for The Ride Home, a solo exhibition by Ceramics AiR Aaron Noble Eskridge, on view March 6–27.

Don’t miss his Artist Talk on March 20, 5–7 pm in the Lillstreet Lounge. Rooted in memories of growing up in El Paso, Eskridge’s ceramic work explores home as a space of family, vulnerability, and cultural belonging, drawing from family photos, neighborhood architecture, and sculptural car forms.

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