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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 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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Fair Isle Knitting With Elizabeth Seward
April 11, 18, 25 & May 9, 2026
8:30–9:30 am Pacific Time
Join author and instructor Elizabeth Seward for this adult workshop as we knit a traditional Fair Isle beret designed by celebrated Shetland designer Alison Rendall.
You’ll master corrugated ribbing, stranded 2-color knitting, peerie patterns, borders, and stunning crown wheel designs — using one or both hands.
Discover what makes Fair Isle so uniquely satisfying to knit.
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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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Discover 250 years of American glassmaking. Immigrant craftsman and entrepreneurs initially focused production on the necessities—primarily windows and bottles. Regardless, glassblowers found opportunities to “play” in the factory.
This course will examine how the demand for skills and opportunities for creativity evolved with technology and design trends. Special emphasis is placed on the origins of the American Studio Glass movement and the shift from factory to studio.
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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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The 2026 IPCA Global Polymer Clay Exhibition is the 20th in an ongoing series that began in 2006.
We are the only polymer clay organization that provides an international exhibit of member work. All members of the IPCA are eligible to enter. This is a peer-to-peer exhibition with members selecting winners for each category.
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Join Vesterheim Folk Art School from anywhere in the world to learn about rosemaling (Norwegian rose painting) on dala horses! This is a course that is for families and can be accessed throughout the month. Instructor Rachael Saum brings a wealth of knowledge and skills to this course.
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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 tapestry weaving. Instructor Laura Berlage brings a wealth of knowledge to this class.
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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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