NWDC artists take center stage at the Postmark Center for the Arts in this juried exhibition celebrating contemporary craft and design.

NWDC is proud to have Barbara Matilsky as juror, bringing over thirty years of curatorial experience from the Queens Museum of Art in New York City and the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Washington.

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The Red Mill Museum Village’s 2nd Annual Hands-On History Traditional Crafts Festival will bring 18th-century skills to life through immersive, hands-on demonstrations on April 25, 2026.

Visitors can watch artisans and participate in blacksmithing, leatherwork, weaving, basketry, lace-making, violin-making, and more.

The event also features the Mill to Mill Peace Flag Project, inviting guests to create community art.

Admission includes access to historic buildings and exhibits.

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The Workhouse Arts Center is a vibrant 55-acre arts campus housed in a former historic prison. We offer art classes, exhibitions, and artist studio spaces for 70+ working artists, as well as professional theater and music performances, historic tours, and seasonal family-friendly experiences. We strive to harness the power of the arts to engage, heal, and inspire communities through creativity, cultural enrichment, historic preservation, and positive social impact.

2026 commemorates the 25th anniversary of the closure of the Washington DC Corrections Office’s Lorton Correctional Complex (1910-2001). The Workhouse Arts Center is located on 55 acres of the former 3,500-acre prison and is home to the Lorton Prison Museum, dedicated to sharing the 91-years of this former Washington DC prison’s history, including events of the women’s suffrage movement.

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Dive into the magical world of wool and learn the four essential techniques: wet felting, needle felting, dimensional wool sculpting, and intricate felt tapestry making. Transform soft fiber into stunning, lasting works of art!

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During this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Prepare a 3 yard warp out of wire, 3/8” to 1” wide
• Beam the wire warp onto a 4-8 harness small floor or table loom
• Weave the 3 yard woven metal warp to be used for jewelry or small sculpture
• Sculpt with woven metal fabric and various ways of connecting for different applications

Lectures will include information about applying the woven metal fabric for basketry, jewelry, 3D sculpture, and bas-relief 2D wall art.

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You’ve learned a tablet weaving technique or two. You’ve created bands following other’s patterns. It is time to take the next step and design your own pattern!

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This three-day workshop is open to all students, from beginner to advanced, who are interested in tablet weaving.

We’ll study three different techniques from three areas of the world (Rams Horns from Turkey, Coptic Diamonds from Egypt, and Sulawesi from Indonesia) and three different time periods.

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What are your next steps with this ancient braiding technique? Are you drawn to sprang lace, twining, or color patterns? Or do you need more time to train your hands and eyes in the basic stitch?

Join us for a day of individualized instruction, exploring some of the many possibilities for creating and using sprang cloth.

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Sprang is an ancient and mostly forgotten technique for creating elastic cloth two rows at a time.

Join us to get your fingers in the yarn and start braiding parallel threads on a frame. You will start with a pre-warped frame and learn all the steps of creating cloth and sewing it into a small bag.

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Join HCCC Curator + Exhibitions Director Sarah Darro for a tour of the new exhibition, Clutch City Craft, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the makers, materials, and stories shaping Houston’s vernacular—from the infrastructures beneath our feet to the technologies that carry us beyond Earth.

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Kick off Go Texan Day and rodeo season at the opening reception of Clutch City Craft, an exhibition surveying the makers and material traditions that have shaped Houston.

Come with your finest Houston western wear—boots, buckles, hats, grillz, and low riders are encouraged!—for a chance to take home prizes.

Opening reception from 6:00 – 8:00 PM, with western wear judging beginning at 7:00 PM. The evening will also feature open studios by the newest resident artists.

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The 2026 Project Threadways Symposium explores the power of making through the theme of Regeneration.

Presentations, workshops, and exhibitions center cotton, from soil to shelf to symbol—who grows it, how it is nurtured, who benefits in the global marketplace, and its generational legacy.

Speakers explore power and representation in the supply chain, connect craft and culture, and showcase pioneers restoring health and humanity to the world’s most ubiquitous fiber.

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For over 20 years, R & Company has championed collectible design, advancing the contemporary marketplace and growing a global collector base and clientele. Its founders, Zesty Meyers and Evan Snyderman, are widely recognized for identifying rising talent, deepening scholarship about collectible design, and developing new avenues for growth in the industry.

The gallery is committed to nurturing and sustaining the markets and careers of emerging and established designers, and maintaining and expanding interest in historical design. Its roster features a wide range of designers from around the globe, including Wendell Castle, Rogan Gregory, Greta Magnusson Grossman, the Haas Brothers, Serban Ionescu, Hun-Chung Lee, Joyce Lin, Roberto Lugo, Richard Marquis, Jolie Ngo, Sayar & Garibeh, Katie Stout, Joaquim Tenreiro, and Jeff Zimmerman, among others. Through its acclaimed exhibitions, publications, and fair presentations, the gallery has become a leader in the field, fostering relationships with collectors, cultural leaders, dedicated patrons, and scholars.

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Wayne Art Center is pleased to announce Art Quilt Elements 2026, an international juried exhibition of contemporary fine art quilts. This biennial show features the work of 55 artists from 22 states and two international locations including Australia and Luxenberg.

The exhibition will run from March 23 through April 25, 2026, and be on display in the Davenport, Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith and Vidinghoff Galleries.

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‘Clutch City Craft‘ explores the craft traditions and material cultures that have made Houston a powerhouse of making.

Named after the city’s hard-won nickname, the exhibition traces a material journey from civic infrastructure and SLAB car culture to bespoke western wear, grillz, and aerospace innovation, revealing how skilled craftsmanship underpins Houston’s industrial strength, cultural identity, and extraordinary concentration of working artists.

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