Widely published  home that was specifically designed to accommodate the Grotta’s and their extensive museum quality collections of mainly mid-century modern craft and design.

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As the country celebrates the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the League is about to launch preparations for its 100th anniversary in 2032.

With the Annual Craftsmen’s Fair used as the touchstone event to link the decades, enjoy the work and images of the League of the past through the present day. This exhibition uses photography from our archives and craft from our Permanent Collection Museum to bring history to life.

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Our two-year Online International Handwork Teacher Development Program gives you the foundations, projects, and pedagogy to thrive as a Waldorf handwork teacher – in any setting, anywhere in the world.

Meeting one weekend a month on Saturdays and Sundays, we work our way through grades 1-8, exploring the essence of handwork and its place within the broader Waldorf curriculum.

Now accepting applications for September 2026. Tuition assistance available.

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Children arrive in our classrooms with diverse ways of learning, sensing, and engaging. What looks like distraction or resistance often carries a deeper story.

This July, join an international community of educators to explore neurodiversity, sensory processing, and inclusive Waldorf teaching – and find new ways to meet every child’s journey.

Discover practical handwork projects and strategies, including classroom sensory kits and adaptive stitching projects, and more!

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Explore the full arc of Waldorf handwork, grades 1–8. Join us online this June for a practical overview of the what, how, when, and why of teaching handwork at every grade level.

Conference Highlights

• All-new 2026 content
• Beginning-of-year projects for every grade
• Skills that build progressively across all eight grades
• Fresh projects — no repeats from last summer

Open to anyone teaching in a Waldorf-inspired setting. Basic handwork skills required.

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As we mark the 250th anniversary of our nation’s independence, The Women’s Caucus for Art posed artists the question and call: Independence for Whom?

This juried show features 46 works by 37 artists across the country, amplifying women’s voices, celebrating stories of independence, and using art to inspire transformative changes.

The show is hosted at the Workhouse Arts Center, a former prison which held suffragists in 1917 and played a pivotal role in the fight to pass the 19th Amendment.

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This 9-day celebration connects visitors with hundreds of master craftsmen from across New Hampshire and New England.

Explore nearly two hundred sales booths featuring fine craft in every medium, shop curated exhibitions, experience engaging demonstrations, and enjoy live music and delicious food.

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The Good Flea returns to Heath’s San Francisco Tile Factory for a weekend of vintage discovery. Explore thoughtfully curated collections of furniture, ceramics, books, records, artwork, apparel, and rare design objects sourced by curators and creative leaders from around the world.

Alongside exceptional finds, visitors can connect with the people behind the collections, encounter pieces from Heath’s own design history, and discover objects rarely found in traditional vintage markets.

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The Free Library of Philadelphia advances literacy, guides learning, and inspires curiosity. Its vision is to build an enlightened community devoted to lifelong learning.

With 54 locations, the Free Library system offers millions of digital and physical materials, more than 22,000 programs and workshops each year, free public computers, extensive Wi-Fi access, and rich special collections, including those housed at Parkway Central Library.

Welcoming more than 5 million in-person visits and 5 million online visits annually, the Free Library is one of the largest public library systems in the United States.

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Explore San Diego through the institutions, artists, craftspeople, and designers who make our craft community. Each weekend in July, a different neighborhood will be activated through interactive craft programming.

Enjoy exhibitions, tours, workshops, demonstrations, make-and-takes, and shop artisan crafts at the most vibrant craft organizations in the region. In conjunction with Handwork 2026.

• July 11 – Balboa Park
• July 12 – La Jolla
• July 18 – Liberty Station
• July 18/19 – City Heights/Balboa Park
• July 25 – College Area SDSU

Google Map Link with event info: https://maps.app.goo.gl/sw3B8Td5gzERXaai7

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Fuller Craft Museum is partnering with Worcester Center for Crafts to present the American Craft Fair on June 13–14, 2026!

This two-day celebration of creativity will feature handcrafted work by talented artists from across the region, plus studio classes, live demonstrations, food trucks, and music. It’s a vibrant weekend designed to connect makers and the community through the power of craft.

American Craft Fair
June 13-14, 2026
10 AM – 4 PM both days
455 Oak Street, Brockton, MA

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Established in 1947 with 9 original members, the Allied Craftsmen of San Diego remains one of the oldest continuously operating craft guilds in the country.

Since its inception, ACSD has consistently attracted the finest craft artists of the region and, over the years, has been a literal “who’s who” of cutting-edge modern craft artists. Today, with over 50 members, the Allied Craftsmen of San Diego proudly carries forward the tradition of innovation and excellence in contemporary craft that was started more than 75 years ago.

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Join us for Our Printmaking & Book Art’s AiR, Anna Wagner, for her exhibition, Beast Feast:

• Open June 20 to July 31 in the Annex Gallery.

Anna Wagner’s solo show, BEAST FEAST, is a study of the bloody economy of the animal/human world. In Anna’s intaglio prints and sculpture, the act of consumption is central. Her subjects reevaluate human/imal experiences: Does not the intimacy of the carnivore and her prey bleed through the boundary separating sacrificial violence and love?

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Come see fine handcrafts in the studios where they are made. On the second weekend of November, follow our map and visit as many central Virginia studios as you please.

Visitors can watch demonstrations, chat with artisans, shop for fine handmade goods, and rub elbows with other craft afficionados.

Maps and artisan information available at www.artisanstudiotour.com

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The annual Artisans Studio Tour was founded in 1994 by a group of Charlottesville area artisans to enhance the community’s awareness of professional artisans living and working in the region. 2026 marks the 31st year of artisans collaborating to make a public showing of their work.

The second weekend of November, member artisans open their studios and working spaces to the public, welcoming visitors to meet the makers, watch demonstrations, and shop for fine crafts in the places they are made.

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