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Felted Ornaments and Gift Toppers Virtual Class. American Swedish Institute

This is a live virtual class.

Create a festive ornament using needle felting techniques alongside teaching artist Kayla Ann!

This fun project utilizes cookie cutters to create a felted ornament with clean lines, even shape, and adorable details. This class is ideal for beginners.

Kits are included in the fee and include wool and felting tools for one student (cookie cutters not provided). Kits will be available for pick up starting 12/4, or can be shipped for $10. Registration closes on 11/24.

Virtual
Virtual Workshops + Courses
Fiber Other
Ming Rose. Courtesy of the artist

Alice Ballard’s Finding Solace presents an organic landscape of ceramic sculpture inspired by seeds, pods, and other natural forms.

Known for her meditative approach and deep reverence for nature’s cycles of growth and renewal, Ballard’s work explores the interconnectedness between humanity and the natural world.

This exhibition celebrates a lifetime devoted to observing life’s quiet metamorphoses and translating them into sculptural poetry in clay.

Biloxi,
MS
Exhibitions + Shows Workshops + Courses
Clay
Amy Meissner demonstrates quilt repair. Anchorage Museum

In Alaska, repair culture can include innovation, adapted design, or alternative repair materials, as our location often dictates thinking “outside the box.”

Learn from expert innovators, artists and repairers and consult with them on your own items in need of attention: from beloved textiles and clothing to furniture and household items.

Repair & Reuse workshops aim to transform our culture into one that repairs more readily than it purchases to create a more sustainable community.

Anchorage,
AK
Workshops + Courses
Fiber Metal Mixed Media Wood
Instructors Amy Meissner and Ming Stephens with workshop attendees. Anchorage Museum

Slow down and explore your creative side in a slow craft handwork series this winter.

Slow Craft Mondays, hosted by the Anchorage Weavers and Spinners Guild the first Monday of the month, showcase a chosen technique – from loom weaving and tablet weaving to macrame, felting, knitting, and more.

Join us to explore creative practices and connect with the local crafters, build community, and find a new spark.

Anchorage,
AK
Workshops + Courses
Fiber
Jamie Hirano instructs workshops attendees. Anchorage Museum

Slow down, cozy up, and lean in during this week of workshops and gatherings highlighting slow craft, repair, and handwork.

From stitchwork and knitting to letterpress and repair sessions, join in free skillshares and explore repair techniques and innovative adaptations.

Hosted at Seed Lab, a project of the Anchorage Museum, Slow Craft Week creates a community space of makers in the dark northern winter season for local community to gather, share craft and practice joy.

Anchorage,
AK
Workshops + Courses
Fiber Mixed Media Paper Wood
Details of 2024 Best of Tennessee Award winners: L-R Michael Anderson, Carlton Wilkinson, Stephen Forrester, Shannon Ferguson, Donna Risso. Images provided by the artists.

The Best of Tennessee Craft exhibition is a state-wide, juried, biennial exhibition presented by Tennessee Craft, the most visible and respected craft organization in the State. The exhibition celebrates contemporary and traditional crafts and showcases the high standard of excellence and design among Tennessee craft artists.

We are honored to be partnering with the Art Museum of the University of Memphis for this prestigious biennial event.

Memphis,
TN
Exhibitions + Shows Workshops + Courses
Clay Fiber Glass Metal Mixed Media Other Paper Wood
Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman, Flower Garden, glass tesserae tiles, 1958. Photo by Dario Diovisalvi, courtesy of Billings Auction.

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.

Los Angeles,
CA
Exhibitions + Shows Workshops + Courses
Fiber Glass Metal Mixed Media Paper Wood
Join Indigenous artist Jessica Wiarda to explore how embroidered symbols carried profound stories of heritage, identity, spirit and resilience for Indigenous peoples during the American Revolution. Indigenous artist Jessica Wiarda

Craft Lake City WorkshopStitched Stories: Embroidered Patchmaking with Jessica Wiarda

Inspired by Ken Burns’ upcoming PBS documentary THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, this craft workshop invites you to connect with history through embroidery at the PBS Utah Studio.

Join Indigenous artist Jessica Wiarda to explore how embroidered symbols carried profound stories of heritage, identity, spirit and resilience for Indigenous peoples during the American Revolution.

Salt Lake City,
UT
Workshops + Courses
Mixed Media
A Studio guest makes their own glass flower during a glassmaking experience. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass.

Every year, The Studio welcomes tens of thousands of Museum visitors to glassmaking through its Make Your Own Glass program.

These short sessions introduce participants to the magic of glass blowing, fusing, sandblasting, beadmaking, or engraving.

This much-loved, family-friendly program connects people of all ages and skill levels to traditional crafts, and this year, we’re celebrating Museum and Studio anniversaries with an all-star lineup of returning projects inspired by past exhibitions.

Corning,
NY
Workshops + Courses
Glass
Mac Metz, Director of Starworks Metal Studio. Starworks

Dive into the world of scrap metal sculpture! Work with Starworks’ Director of Metal Mac Metz to transform found or provided metal into unique sculptures.

Explore techniques, get one-on-one guidance, and leave with either a finished piece or a clear plan to complete it. No experience required—bring your ideas (or just your curiosity) and let your metal dreams come to life!

Space is limited; $300 per participant.

Saturday, December 6, 2025
9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Star,
NC
Workshops + Courses
Metal
Glass Holiday Market - Signature Series. Starworks

Step into a winter wonderland at the Starworks Holiday Market, featuring thousands of hand-blown glass ornaments, trees, snowmen, Moravian stars, and more!

Discover original holiday creations from our Glass, Metal, and Ceramic artists, including the exclusive Signature Series.

Shop in person at the School House Gallery or online starting November 22, 2025– each purchase supports Starworks’ mission to inspire creativity and community.

Donors shop as early as November 15

Star,
NC
Virtual
Celebrations + Gatherings Marketplaces + Festivals Virtual Workshops + Courses
Glass
The Exemplary 2024 - NAN Lifetime Achievement Award winner display by Dawn Donnelly. Denise Beusen

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.

Troy,
MI
Exhibitions + Shows Talks + Conferences Workshops + Courses
Fiber
Handwork Week at BARN instructors: Alisa Banks, Jonathan Evison, Randi Purser, Richard Parrish, Ricardo Ruiz, Brian Gillespie, Suzanne Williams, Daniel Winterbottom, Jeff Oens, and Melinda West. Provided by Handwork Instructors/Randi Purser photo by Sue Larkin

Experience intensive workshops with nationally renowned artists celebrating American craft traditions. Transform your practice as you explore techniques that define our creative past, present, and future.

Handwork Week brings accomplished artisans from our region and beyond to BARN for an unprecedented week of deep learning and exploration.

Bainbridge Island,
WA
Workshops + Courses
Fiber Glass Metal Mixed Media Paper Wood
Sample prepared by FWM Education. Carlos Avendaño

Moki Cherry lived a nomadic life, traveling with her family between Sweden, London and New York and even around the globe. She always brought her fabric and sewing machine with her, creating portable artwork that could roll up and travel wherever they went.

Learn to create your own on-the-go art in the form of a colorful, patchwork tapestry.

5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

$15 Public | $5 Students | $5 FWM members
Space is limited. Advance reservations encouraged

Philadelphia,
PA
Workshops + Courses
Fiber
Chatman Spoons. Vesterheim

Kolrosing is a humble decorative Scandinavian folk art made by incising wood surfaces and filling the lines with pigment. In this course, students will learn the basics of kolrosing through good technique and practice allowing them to confidently and joyfully explore kolrosing beyond this class.

Decorah,
IA
Workshops + Courses
Mixed Media Other Wood