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Slow Craft Week 2026

presented by

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.

Medium: 
Fiber, Mixed Media, Paper, Wood
Jamie Hirano instructs workshops attendees. Anchorage Museum
Amy Meissner instructs workshop attendees. Anchorage Museum
Seed Lab at Anchorage Museum in the spring. Anchorage Museum
Jan 27, 2026 -Jan 31, 2026
Seed Lab at Anchorage Museum
111 W 6th Ave 
Anchorage, 
AK 
99501
Indie Craft Winter Experience Flyer. Katrine Trantham

Indie Craft Winter Experience

Dec 6, 2026 -
Dec 7, 2026
Marketplaces + Festivals
Finely Crafted Flyer. Created by Jeremy Lessnau

Finely Crafted

Oct 24, 2026 -
Nov 29, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
Conversation. Olga Chernyshova

The 2026 IPCA Global Exhibition

Mar 15, 2026 -
Dec 31, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows Virtual
Winter Exhibition Tile. Northern Clay Center

Winter Exhibition

Nov 14, 2026 -
Jan 3, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows Marketplaces + Festivals
Winter Open House tile. Northern Clay Center

Winter Open House

Sunday, November 15, 2026
Celebrations + Gatherings Exhibitions + Shows Marketplaces + Festivals
Still from Megumi Naitoh’s Invisible Structure. Stop motion animation, ceramic. 2022. AMOCA

Stop, Drop, + Pose: Clay in Motion

Jun 13, 2026 -
Dec 20, 2026
Exhibitions + Shows
The Tiffany Studios Gallery showcases a wide variety of Tiffany Studios projects, from household items to stained glass windows. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

Tiffany Studios Gallery

Sep 20, 2025 -
Dec 31, 2028
Exhibitions + Shows
Come join us for Lego Block Printing! METC

Lego Prints

Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Workshops + Courses
A floral fabric with orange, yellow, and green pigments lying on a bed of green foliage. Samuel Spurrier (Bainbridge Island), Eco-printed/dyed silk scarf, Courtesy of the Artist.

Samuel Spurrier: All the Flowers

Nov 21, 2026 -
Feb 28, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
"OBJECTS: USA 2020", 2020. Photo courtesy of R & Company

OBJECTS: USA

Sep 5, 2026 -
Jan 10, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows Virtual
Amphoriskos (Cosmetic bottle). Made in Egypt, probably sometime between 1400 BCE and 1300 BCE. Core-formed glass, trail decorated and hot worked. 50.1.1. Image courtesy of the Corning Museum of Glass.

More than a Museum | Gathering a Community 1950-54

Oct 18, 2026 -
Jan 31, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Art Jewelry Celebration (AJC). James Thurman

Art Jewelry Celebration

Saturday, November 14, 2026
Celebrations + Gatherings Exhibitions + Shows Marketplaces + Festivals Workshops + Courses
Ken Mihara, Diagonal Walled Vase. Multi fired, unglazed stoneware, c2016. Collection of Priscilla and Nelson Gibbs. AMOCA

Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics

Jun 13, 2026 -
Jan 3, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
"Following Freedom" by Laurie Darby. Laurie Darby, "Following Freedom", 2025, Relief and Letterpress, published by Women's Studio Workshop.

Booking: Artists’ Books by Black Artists

Oct 2, 2026 -
Feb 21, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
A student working on finger weaving. Annalise Christensen

Traditional Skills Classes

Feb 28, 2026 -
Dec 3, 2026
Workshops + Courses
Come join us for junk journaling! METC

Junk Journaling

Monday, December 14, 2026
Workshops + Courses
Paula Bartron at the bench in the glass studio, University of California, Berkeley, 1971. Photo from the Marvin Lipofsky Papers, Rakow Research Library, MS-0185, Corning Museum of Glass. Courtesy of Corning Museum of Glass

Tough Stuff: Women in the American Glass Studio

May 30, 2026 -
Jan 3, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Promotional graphic for Freedom Fighters, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 2, 2026 – October 3, 2027. The exhibition is presented as part of Resisting the Long War and includes a reception during the Veteran Art Summit on November 8, 2026. emerging Veteran Art Movement

Freedom Fighters — Resisting the Long War, the 2026 Veteran Art Triennial

Oct 2, 2026 -
Oct 3, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Jenny Pohlman & Sabrina Knowles, Beth's Tapestry, 2006. Blown, sculpted, sandblasted glass, metals, beads, photo by Russell Johnson

Pratt Fine Arts Center @50

Oct 2, 2026 -
Jan 31, 2027
Exhibitions + Shows
Rosemaling Snowflake. Lise Lorentzen

Rosemaling a Snowflake in the Hallingdal Tradition

Oct 29, 2026 -
Nov 12, 2026
Virtual Workshops + Courses