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America's 250th Celebrations + Gatherings Exhibitions + Shows Virtual

Quilts Across Nebraska

Free event with Quilts of Valor, demonstrations, hand’s on activities for all ages held for our 16th year at the International Quilt Museum.

America 250 Project

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Quilts of Valor at National Quilting Day. Sheila Green
Quilts of Valor display. Sheila Green
Saturday, March 21, 2026
International Quilt Museum
1523 N 33rd St 
Lincoln, 
NE 
68503
Virtual
Family Workshop: Dyeing with Plants with Vero Mendoza. Courtesy of Craft Contemporary

Family Workshop: Dyeing with Plants with Vero Mendoza

Saturday, July 25, 2026
Workshops + Courses
Proximity and Practice - Work by Resident Artists. Images by Belger Arts or provided by artist

Proximity and Practice: Belger Arts’ Thirteenth Annual Resident Exhibition

Jun 5, 2026 -
Sep 5, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Pat Courtney Gold, (Wasco/Tlingit, 1939–2022), Sally’s Hidden Secret, 1999, cotton and chenille yarn, beads, and denim rim, 6¾” x 5”. Museum purchase with funds provided by Wildhorse Casino, Collection of Maryhill Museum of Art

Indigenous Peoples of North America

Mar 15, 2026 -
Nov 15, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Installation view of AMERICA 250: CRAFT TODAY in the Bea Campbell Gallery at Touchstone Center for Crafts. Organized in conjunction with Handwork 2026, the national juried exhibition features contemporary craft artists from across the United States and highlights innovation, technical mastery, and diverse voices shaping craft today. Photo courtesy of Touchstone Center for Crafts, Farmington, PA.

America 250: Craft Today

May 11, 2026 -
Jul 25, 2026
America's 250th Exhibitions + Shows
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.

Best of Tennessee Craft 2026 Biennial

Oct 24, 2026 -
Dec 12, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows Workshops + Courses
Nowhere Else to Go. Kathy Nida

Quilt Visions 2026

Jun 27, 2026 -
Oct 10, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
1934 League Fair at Crawford House. Unknown photographer, 1934

Legacy of the League: A Timeline of Craft

Jun 11, 2026 -
Aug 28, 2026
America's 250th Exhibitions + Shows
Tri-pod Covered Vessel. Larry Allen

53rd Annual Fine Craft Show

Oct 31, 2026 -
Nov 1, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows Marketplaces + Festivals
Docent led tour, Pond Farm Pottery. Laurie Prothro

Docent led tours of Pond Farm Pottery

May 17, 2026 -
Oct 18, 2026
Other
Portrait of PGC co-founder Kathleen Mulcahy. Richard Kelly

KATHLEEN MULCAHY Gathering Glass: A Fine Intoxication

May 1, 2026 -
Jul 31, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Throwing pottery at Fire Arts Inc. Yvonne Desrosiers

Wheel Thrown Pottery Level-Up! With Joe Chomyn

Jul 1, 2026 -
Aug 19, 2026
Workshops + Courses
Weaving and Spinning. Anne Elixhauser

A Community of Handweavers: Bridging Tradition and Innovation

Aug 16, 2026 -
Nov 18, 2026
Celebrations + Gatherings Exhibitions + Shows
Guardian Series by Hayun Surl. Provided by artist

Artist Talk with Visiting Resident Hayun Surl

Saturday, July 18, 2026
Talks + Conferences Virtual
Vesterheim's National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition. Vesterheim Museum

National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition

Jun 12, 2026 -
Jul 25, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Jessica Lichtenstein, Secret Garden (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist.

Jessica Lichtenstein: Rewilding

May 30, 2026 -
Apr 18, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Three small felted frogs sitting on lily pads. American Swedish Institute

Intergenerational Nordic Handcraft Workshop: Felted Frog on a Lily Pad with Jen Newburg

Sunday, July 19, 2026
Workshops + Courses
Eight McKnight Artists. Northern Clay Center

Eight McKnight Artists

Jun 20, 2026 -
Aug 9, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows Screenings Virtual
Independence for Whom? A Women's Caucus for Art exhibition at Workhouse Arts Center. Women's Caucus for Art

Independence for Whom: Amplifying Voices, Honoring Histories

Jun 5, 2026 -
Aug 8, 2026
America's 250th Celebrations + Gatherings Exhibitions + Shows
Artist in Salem, Massachusetts and India, wedding dress and shawl of Sarah Peirce-Nichols, about 1801. Cotton (dress), cashmere and wool (shawl). Gift of the estate of Charlotte Sanders Nichols, 1938. 123571.W, 123590.2. Peabody Essex Museum. Photographed at Peirce-Nichols House by Dennis Helmar. Courtesy Peabody Essex Museum.

Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 – AUDIO TOUR

Jan 26, 2026 -
Dec 31, 2026
Other Talks + Conferences
A visitor engages with “Black Lives Matter,” by Deanna Tyson, part of “Visioning Human Rights in the New Millennium: Quilting the World’s Conscience,” organized by Carolyn Mazloomi, featuring the Women of Color Quilters Network and Friends, presented by the Fitton Center for Creative Arts, summer 2018. Courtesy of Fitton Center for Creative Arts

The Soul of Black Folks: 250 Years of Creativity, Leadership and Innovation

Jul 24, 2026 -
Sep 12, 2026
America's 250th Celebrations + Gatherings Exhibitions + Shows