Drawing on research by guest curator Dr. Mary Trent, this exhibition illustrates how the turn-of-the-century practices of making paper dolls and paper dollhouse scrapbooks may have influenced Henry Darger’s evolution as an artist and maker.

By showcasing both finished artworks and original source materials, the exhibition demonstrates how Darger adapted these humble pastimes into sophisticated methods for constructing large-scale, mixed-media narratives.

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The Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain is a private, non-profit organization with a mission to provide exceptional multidisciplinary arts experiences that develop individual talent and inspire a lifelong passion for the arts.

Since 1977, the Oklahoma Arts Institute has recruited nationally renowned artists to teach a fine arts program for artistically advanced Oklahoma youth and a series of continuing education workshops for adults.

All programs are held at the Quartz Mountain State Park & Lodge in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma.

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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 Artists Gallery (TAG) is a contemporary gallery located in the historic Miracle Mile district of Los Angeles, California. The Gallery represents diverse Southern Californian, National & International artists featuring new exhibitions and events each month.

Founded in Santa Monica in 1993, The Artists Gallery is an artist-founded and operated not-for-profit arts cooperative. TAG’s mission encourages the free exploration of new media, techniques, styles, and content, to support artists and add culture to our community, and the world at large.

TAG is open for business Wednesday through Sunday.

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Blending ancestral Bulgarian weaving traditions with modern, nature-inspired design, this work creates woven pieces that honor nature’s rhythms and the depth of human emotional landscapes.

This contemporary weaving series explores the connection between nature and humanity—how both evolve, heal, and renew through cyclical rhythms.

Rooted in a mindful, contemporary practice, the work combines natural fibers, texture, and design to reflect emotional landscapes.

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Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) is the largest, most comprehensive center of its kind in the world. Our mission is to ignite artistic practice, inspire learning, and foster diverse creative communities through the book arts.

We make book arts more accessible by providing tools, equipment, and knowledge. MCBA supports artists from different backgrounds and encourage creative growth.

Through exhibitions and educational programs, we bring people together, inspire new ideas, and help shape the future of the book arts.

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James E. Lewis Museum of Art (JELMA) is the visual arts cultural extension for Morgan State University’s fine arts and academic program. Developed to enhance the scholastic experience of Morgan students and the community’s exposure to works of art, JELMA provides opportunities to experience exhibitions, programs, and presentations.

The museum features work by artists at all levels of their careers, from students to established, world-renowned practitioners.  The JELMA collection comprises art from the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, dating from the 9^th century to the present.

The wide range of disciplines represented includes painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, mixed media and printmaking. JELMA is Maryland’s premier museum for African and Black diaspora art.

In addition to Morgan students, faculty and staff, JELMA exhibitions and events are free and open to the public, and accessible to everyone.

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Celebrate America’s 250th birthday by creating a patriotic Flag Market Basket! Using twine with round reed, weave red and white stripes, and add a blue overlay field.

Basket weaving experience is not required but is helpful. This is a long class, feel free to bring snacks, bottled water will be provided.

All weaving materials and supplies are included. Please note that the image depicts a swing handle, the actual project will use a stationary D handle.

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Free event! All ages & skill levels welcome! Join us for a full day of interactive crafting fun at Fiber Fest! You’re invited to celebrate sustainable fiber and craft at San Diego Craft Collective.

At Fiber Fest, enjoy a variety of free crafts, fun Make & Take crafts (for a small fee), local vendors, and live demonstrations, including sheep shearing, wool processing, spinning yarn, felting, weaving, knitting, crochet, natural dye, basket weaving, broom making, and more! See you there!

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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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The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery examines the material practices, imagery, and regional affiliations of Newcomb Pottery, exploring how its artists visualized—and helped define—ideas of place in the American South.

The Moss Mystique: Southern Women and Newcomb Pottery is co-organized by Telfair Museums and the Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University and curated by Dr. Elyse D. Gerstenecker.

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