Celebrate the legacy of Evelyn and Jerome Ackerman in an intimate conversation with their daughter, Laura Ackerman-Shaw, exploring their decades-long creative partnership, design approach, and lasting influence.

After the talk, stay for In Tandem by Katie Nartonis and Margaret Halkin, a 22-minute documentary on the Ackermans’ shared lives, careers, and their pivotal role in shaping California mid-century modernism.

This program is part of Material Curiosity by Design: Evelyn & Jerome Ackerman.

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In this five day intensive, you will learn to cut, carve, fit, and fuse colorful stone compositions, transforming sketches and photographs into polished motifs. This nontraditional take on a time honored craft blends technique with intuition and imagination.

You will shape, join, and refine stones guided by exercises inspired by personal and environmental sources. Using cabbing machines, flat laps, and trim saws, you will bring your designs to life with precision and play.

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Catalyst: Im/migration and Self-Taught Art in Chicago underscores the creative contributions of migrants and immigrants, broadening the scope to include artists deserving of greater attention, while posing questions about access to the art world and how art comes to be defined and valued. Considering artists in the context of their migration experience, cultural backgrounds and communities invites new insights into their work.

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The Groove Artspace is a multifaceted organization, including a teaching collaborative (with 15+ teachers offering a huge array of arts and crafts classes), studios for working artists and artisans, a gallery offering monthly exhibits and a non-profit arm managing our community outreach and education work.  We have a strong focus on glass and mosaic, but our work encompasses all forms of handwork and artistic creation.

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Join Ruth Baldwin and Annie MacHale as they lead a vision board session! Gain inspiration from your fellow fiber arts enthusiasts and make intentions for a year of creativity and fun.

By visually representing your thoughts in a beautiful, playful, work of personal art, you can enjoy the creation of it and then put it in a prominent place in your home.

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To kick off our year of programming from nationally acclaimed teachers, we want to showcase the talents of our local community from first timers to experienced weavers, spinners, dyers, felters, rug hookers, and all things fiber arts.

Entries for the exhibition will be accepted from December 9, 2025 to January 16, 2026.

The exhibition will run from February 6 to March 8, 2026 with a special opening night on February 6.

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Fiber Arts on 4th is thrilled to be part of Handwork 2026, a national initiative organized by Craft in America that celebrates the power of making and the communities built through craft.

In honor of this celebration, PBS released episodes of Craft in America to spotlight regional crafts across four regions (North, South, East and West). We will watch the episode spotlighting the West, which includes a feature on New Mexico’s very own Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA).

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Tennessee Craft 2025 Member Exhibition highlights and promotes the excellence and high standards of Tennessee Craft member artists and provides public visibility and recognition for the quality and diversity of craft found in Tennessee.

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An engaging art and nature experience, this intimate docent-led tour covers the art and architecture of founder and artist James Hubbell.

Located on 10 acres of oak woodlands near Julian, California, the Ilan-Lael compound encompasses living quarters, studio and gallery spaces, gardens and a public building for the Ilan-Lael Foundation.

Tours are approximately 90 minutes and limited to small groups to enhance your experience.

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Learn the history of Norwegian embellished sheepskins, or skinnfell, while block printing a tanned sheepskin hat.

Students will use traditional Norwegian wooden print blocks to create meaningful designs and finish with a stitched hem. Leave with a warm and woolly hat, plus the skills for future wearable and decorative skinnfell projects.

Suitable for ages 18+; some hand strength is required. $95 ($85 ASI member) + $60 materials fee.

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Open to all levels, this gemcutting intensive focuses on handpiece-style faceting.

Students gain comprehensive knowledge and practical experience with gemcutting across various techniques, including hand shaping, wax dopping, polishing theory, glue transfers, manipulating facet geometry, and more. Students cut and finish four stones throughout this two-week bootcamp.

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Surface Tension brings together two makers whose creative paths emerge from distinct disciplines.

Erika Diamond is a textile-based artist working with Kevlar and eggshells to create wearable garments and Chelsea Lillo is an Anaplastologist who crafts custom prosthetic devices for patients who experience loss or alteration of facial or physical anatomy.

Diamond and Lillo’s works navigate the terrain of the human body—its identity, construction, safety, and movement within society.

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The Nevada Museum of Art is a museum of ideas.

Founded in 1931 and as the only accredited art museum in the state of Nevada, the recently expanded Museum offers world-class exhibitions, engaging public programs, and a distinctive focus on the relationships between people, place, art and the environment.

Located in the heart of Reno’s vibrant cultural district, the Museum features an ever-changing array of exhibitions spanning contemporary art, photography, design, and the environment as well as more than 1,600,000 items in the archive.

Visitors can enjoy four floors of galleries, enjoy panoramic city views from the rooftop, expansive research facilities, shop for unique gifts and art books, and relax at the Museum’s Cafe.

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This is a live virtual class.

Create a festive ornament using needle felting techniques alongside teaching artist Kayla Ann!

This fun project utilizes cookie cutters to create a felted ornament with clean lines, even shape, and adorable details. This class is ideal for beginners.

Kits are included in the fee and include wool and felting tools for one student (cookie cutters not provided). Kits will be available for pick up starting 12/4, or can be shipped for $10. Registration closes on 11/24.

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The Smithsonian Women’s Committee is an all-volunteer auxiliary organization within the Smithsonian Institution.  To fulfill its mission of supporting the Smithsonian, the Committee produces the spring Smithsonian Craft Show as well as Craft2Wear, a fall show.

The Craft Show is a premier showcase for the finest American hand-crafted contemporary craft and design. Held in Washington, DC, annually, the Craft Show features a show and sale of works by 120 superb craft artists who are selected by independent jurors.  Also at the Craft Show, the Smithsonian presents its Visionary Award to a craft artist who is at the pinnacle of his or her medium.

The Craft2Wear show provides collectors and casual shoppers the opportunity to acquire unique and interesting wearables created by outstanding craft artists. Proceeds from both shows are used to fund grants to the Smithsonian for its museums, research centers, and the National Zoo.

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