The Waterford Craft School offers hands on heritage craft workshops, mini workshops, and summer camps in the National Historic Landmark village of Waterford, Virginia. Through one and two day classes, students learn directly from skilled artisans and master instructors while exploring traditional crafts and building arts in a unique historic setting.

A program of the Waterford Foundation, the Craft School supports the Foundation’s educational mission by connecting students with makers and helping preserve traditional skills for future generations. The Craft School also partners with the Waterford Fair to provide opportunities for artisans to teach, demonstrate, and share their craft with the public.

Workshops are offered in a variety of lengths and skill levels, with most classes designed for adults ages 18 and older. Foundation members help support the preservation and educational work of the Waterford Foundation and make programs like the Craft School possible. Join us and learn a new skill while helping keep traditional crafts alive.

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The Waterford Fair is the Mid Atlantic’s premier fall festival, featuring heritage and contemporary craft artisans, living history, a juried art show, historic home tours, local food and drink, and entertainment for all ages.

Held in the National Historic Landmark village of Waterford, Virginia, just 55 minutes from Washington, DC, the Fair supports the preservation and educational mission of the Waterford Foundation, a 501(c)(3).

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The Waterford Fair is the mid-Atlantic’s quintessential fall festival with demonstrating fine heritage & contemporary craft artisans, living historians, a juried art show, historic properties tour, local libations, and entertainment for all ages.

Located in the National Historic Landmark of Waterford (f. 1733), this unique village is situated in Western Loudoun County, Virginia. Noted as “DC’s Wine Country”, we are only 55 minutes from the District of Columbia.

Event proceeds support the preservation and education efforts of the Waterford Foundation, a 501(c)(3).

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The Galleries at Moore support Moore College of Art & Design’s educational mission and role as a cultural leader by providing a forum for exploring contemporary art and ideas, and enriching the artistic and intellectual climate of the college, the Greater Philadelphia community, and beyond.

As a gateway between the College and the city of Philadelphia, The Galleries are a catalyst for creative exploration, experimentation and scholarship and function as a gathering place to meet, reflect, learn, challenge, and create—our commitment to academic, artistic, and curatorial freedoms is evidenced through our inclusive and innovative programming, all of which is free and open to the public.

The Galleries build community through dialogue and participation, and inspire an appreciation for the visual arts as a vital force in shaping contemporary culture.

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Belger Arts is pleased to present Beat the Heat, an exhibition that explores the freedoms and limitations that emerge during the intense summer heat.

Each artist addresses a key aspect of the summer experience—whether it’s vibrant nightlife, exploring the outdoors and urban environments, or finding moments of calm amid the season’s frenzy. Together, they consider the central question: “What Beats the Heat?”

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Bringing together a thoughtfully curated gathering of artisans for a three-day celebration of art, handcraft, and creativity.

Inspired by the Arts & Crafts movement, the Marin Arts & Crafts Show highlights handcraft, thoughtful design, and traditional techniques. More than 200 artisans present a wide range of work, including jewelry, ceramics, textiles, woodwork, fine art, furniture, decorative objects, and artisan foods.

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Proximity and Practice features work by Ceramic Resident Artists Sara Alfieri, Erin Drake, Hunter Guidoboni, Zoey McLeod, Hannah Schelb, and Warren Van Ryzin, and, for the first time, work by Glass Resident Artists Michael Carson and Tyler Suter.

Over the past year, these eight artists have pushed their studio practices, exploring how proximity—or lack thereof—shapes their connections to family, community, online spaces, and the physical world.

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Artazan Handcraft Market celebrates handcraft across jewelry, ceramics, textiles, wearable art, décor, and artisan goods.

Bringing together artists and makers from across the country, Artazan highlights craftsmanship, creativity, and the enduring value of handcraft through curated exhibits, artist interaction, demonstrations, workshops, and opportunities for the public to connect directly with the artists behind the work.

Proud participant in Handwork 2026: Celebrating American Craft.

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Artazan Handcraft Market is a curated marketplace celebrating handcraft in all forms, including jewelry, ceramics, textiles, wearable art, home décor, and artisan goods. Bringing together independent artists and makers with shoppers who value craftsmanship, creativity, and the artists behind the work.

Held at the Pasadena Convention Center, Artazan highlights contemporary handcraft through artist exhibits, workshops, demonstrations, and direct interaction with makers working across a wide range of mediums and traditions.

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Touchstone Center for Crafts presents America 250: Craft Today, a national juried exhibition celebrating the best of American contemporary craft.

Showcasing exceptional work by 22 leading and emerging artists from across the country, the exhibition highlights innovation, technical mastery, and the diverse voices shaping craft today.

Together, these works reflect the evolving role of handmade art in American culture.

JUROR: Judy Barie

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The ACGA Clay & Glass Festival returns to the Palo Alto Art Center on July 11–12, 2026, for two inspiring days of handmade clay and glass art, live demos, artist meet-and-greets, a pottery Throwdown, and more. With 130+ juried California artists, this is your chance to discover one-of-a-kind work and meet the makers behind it. Free admission, all weekend long.

📍 Palo Alto Art Center
🗓 Saturday & Sunday, July 11–12
⏰ 10 AM–5 PM
🎟 Free admission

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The DAR Museum’s 31 period rooms span 1690-1930, each evoking a distinct time and place in American history — from a rustic New England kitchen to a refined Southern parlor to a Texas German immigrant homestead. With authentic furniture, silver, ceramics, and textiles, they tell the story of the cabinetmakers, silversmiths, weavers, and needleworkers who shaped American domestic life.

Our Study Gallery lets visitors examine hundreds of additional objects from the permanent collection up close.

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The Peale is the oldest purpose-built museum in the Americas. Built in 1814, the museum once served as a space for innovation, discovery, and creativity.

The building itself has had many lives, and presently functions as The Peale, Baltimore’s Community Museum. We strive to be a mirror—not a lens—reflecting the cultural narrative of now, not curating a limited version of what it means to be a Baltimorean.

We serve as facilitators and advocates, not gatekeepers of knowledge or assigners of cultural value. We’re not just a physical space; we’re a community resource. We provide a place and platform for creative experimentation and serve as a co-creator for exhibits and cultural programming driven by local creators and storytellers.

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The only art museum in Minnesota’s capital city of St. Paul (Imníža Ska in Dakhóta), the Minnesota Museum of American Art (the M) is located in the Upper Midwest of Dakota territory and at the heart of a diverse urban community. Founded in 1894 as an arts educator, the M has evolved into a community-centered institution dedicated to inspiring understanding of American identities, experiences, and complex truths through art and creativity.

We are an inclusive community of people—artists, art lovers, learners, partners, and supporters—brought together by a belief that artistic creation and engagement with the arts are essential to our common vision of a vibrant community.

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