This multimedia installation combines works in glass, embroidered drawings, paintings, and handmade, embroidered shoes and presents them within reimagined forms of the retablo—a powerful colonial tool of indoctrination—to tell the contemporary immigrant story through visual art.

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The exhibition rips a hole into the alternative character of Indigenous experience: brutal beauty as a collection of vignettes and works unromantic in nature, diametrically opposed to settler-colonial fantasies.

This exhibition is guest curated by Ninabah Reid Winton.

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Join us for the Closing Reception & Artist Talk for Ceramics Artist-in-Residence Ryze Xu’s exhibition, Prototype, on Friday, August 28, from 5–7 PM in the Lillstreet Lounge.

Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s “angel of history,” Prototype explores what it means to exist between the ruins of the past and an unfinished future. Rejecting the idea of a “finished” self, the exhibition embraces the prototype as a symbol of resilience, possibility, and the enduring act of becoming.

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A traveling exhibit of contemporary Nordic folk arts and cultural traditions from the Upper Midwest (North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan).

Featuring 55 works by 24 contemporary artists whose practices are informed by Nordic traditional skills, the exhibition showcases the malleability and persistence of these traditions in the U.S.

These works explore themes of identity and how traditions have been shaped by their U.S.-based environments.

Nordic Echoes: Tradition in Contemporary Art, is a program of the American-Scandinavian Foundation with the support, in part, from The National Endowment for the Arts and the following ASF Funds: The Bonnier Family Fund for Contemporary Art, The F. Donald Kenney Fund for the Visual Arts, and The Centennial/Second Century Fund. Mid-America Arts Alliance/Exhibits USA is facilitating the Upper Midwest exhibition tour, which is supported by Margaret Cargill Philanthropies, a generous contributor to the exhibition’s development.

This exhibit at Vesterheim is supported by a generous gift to the annual fund from Dr. James and Christine Tuve Burris.

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This traveling exhibition honors the life, art and lasting influence of fiber artist Sue Cavanaugh. A Common Thread is a celebration of artistic connection, collaboration and continuity.

Caren Petersen, owner of Muse Gallery, developed the idea after Cavanaugh died in 2022, leaving behind an unfinished, large-scale fabric installation. Rather than allowing the work to remain in storage, Petersen imagined a project that would extend its story through the hands of fellow artists.

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Join us at the museum for an afternoon of poetry with translator Naoko Fujimoto in conjunction with our exhibition Tōgei: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics.

Fujimoto will lead a translation workshop at 2pm, guiding participants in creating their own English translation of a waka poem. No knowledge of Japanese is necessary, just bring your curiosity. At 3pm, Fujimoto will read in the gallery.

Pre-registration is required for the 2pm workshop; walk-ups are welcome for the 3pm reading.

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Becoming Heirlooms examines the extrafunctional power of craft and art objects, not merely as artifacts, but as tools for gathering, witnessing, and remembrance.

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A new exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum celebrates the boundless possibilities of tapestry.

“You Stretched Diagonally Across It: Contemporary Tapestry” presents works by twenty-five artists who have magnified and challenged the material, ideological, and narrative conventions of the age-old medium.

The exhibition invites audiences to reconsider tapestry as a pivotal medium for questioning authenticity, surface, and structure.

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Please join us to celebrate the launch of our newest publication, Handwork: Handcrafted Objects that Made America; a visually stunning, deeply inspiring celebration of America’s spirit through ordinary, surprising, and overlooked handcrafted objects spanning more than 250 years.

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Indie Craft Experience is a thoughtfully curated marketplace designed to showcase exceptional independent artists, makers, and creative entrepreneurs.

Through hands on maker activities and immersive experiences, we create opportunities for visitors to do more than shop—they can discover, learn, and participate in the creative process.

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An exploration of how fiber art reflects personal narrative, heritage, and creative perspective with works ranging from traditional techniques to innovative contemporary forms. The show celebrates how makers communicate who they are through their craft.

Demonstrations & reception: October 17, 2-4pm

Engage with makers and gain insight into techniques and traditions. This event celebrates the exhibition and the vibrant community that makes fiber arts a meaningful and evolving practice.

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Transform your textiles with electronics and switches!

Incorporating conductive thread, snaps, and buttons, create interactive components to your work through traditional fiber techniques.

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Step into the kitchen-turned-lab and discover the future of sustainable design in this bioplastics workshop! You’ll transform everyday, food-grade ingredients into biodegradable plastics using nothing more than common kitchen tools.

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Build expressive 3D forms using traditional basketry techniques and elevate your piece with “skins” made of paper, animal gut, concrete, and acrylic medium.

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Intertwine horticulture and textile, flora and thread in his unique hand embroidery and lacemaking workshop!

We’ll start with the basics and gradually increase in complexity as you create one of a kind works of art.

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