Florida CraftArt is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to advancing fine craft and supporting the artists who create it. Located in the former Rutland’s Department Store, a 1916 landmark in downtown St. Petersburg, it serves as a hub for exhibitions, education, and community engagement.

The Exhibition Gallery presents ten curated shows annually, showcasing excellence in ceramics, fiber, glass, wood, metal, and jewelry. Admission is always at no charge, removing barriers to experiencing the arts. The Florida Artist Gallery represents over 200 artists from across the state, offering professional opportunities and connecting their work with collectors and visitors.

Educational initiatives include the Youth Arts Program, Emerging Artists Program, mural tours, and professional development for artists. Through exhibitions, partnerships, and outreach, Florida CraftArt fosters appreciation for handmade work while strengthening Florida’s cultural landscape. As it approaches its 75th anniversary, the organization continues to sustain and promote fine craft statewide.

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The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts offers an inspiring array of visual, performing arts, and educational experiences. The Museum is committed to creating an inclusive cultural space for the community to engage with diverse artistic perspectives through the AMFA Foundation’s 14,000 object permanent collection, compelling temporary exhibitions, lively theatre, and enriching courses.

The mission of the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is to create an inclusive cultural space that inspires and builds community through the visual and performing arts. Serving the state of Arkansas and beyond, AMFA provides enriching experiences in the arts for all. Let your creativity flourish through instruction in diverse media, find inspiration through innovative programming, and experience art in new ways at Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts.

The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts is home to the Windgate Art School, offering studio instruction in drawing, painting, ceramics, glass, metals, woodworking, and more. Instruction is available for students of all ages and skill levels, with daytime and evening classes offered quarterly, as well as short-term and specialty workshops.

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The Clay Studio inspires curiosity and discovery around the art and craft of clay, drawing together students, artists, and an engaged public into a welcoming community. Every day, in our classrooms, studios, galleries, and neighborhoods, we deepen the connection between people and clay with the highest quality programs and exhibitions. Founded in 1974, The Clay Studio continues in the belief that shared creativity, so fundamental to humanity, is a critical force for good.

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Penland School of Craft is dedicated to helping people live creative lives. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, Penland offers one-, two-, and eight-week workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, photography, printmaking and letterpress, textiles, and wood. The school also offers artists’ residencies, community collaboration programs, and a gallery and information center.

The Penland Gallery & Visitor Center, located at the entrance of Penland School, serves as an inspiring introduction to contemporary craft. The gallery features curated exhibitions from March to December, showcasing the work of current and former Penland instructors, resident artists, and alumni from across the country. The Visitor Center Gallery provides a visual overview of Penland’s history and current programming, while the Lucy Morgan Sales Gallery showcases an impressive collection of functional and sculptural craft created by over one hundred fifty artists.

At Penland, craft involves continuous exploration of materials, techniques, and ideas. The gallery supports both the artists and their works, which embody this creative philosophy.

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The Lawrence Arts Center (LAC) is a multidisciplinary community arts organization in Lawrence, Kansas, dedicated to activating the artist in everyone. Founded in 1975, the LAC offers dynamic programming in exhibitions, performance, and arts education. Central to its mission is a strong focus on craft, with year-round youth and adult visual arts classes in ceramics, printmaking, metalsmithing, fibers, glass, and more. Seven fully equipped studios support both traditional and contemporary craft practices, with instruction from local, regional, and visiting artists. Artist residencies, internships, and free workshops deepen engagement for all skill levels. Located in the vibrant heart of downtown Lawrence, the Arts Center also has three galleries, a theater, dance studios, and arts-based early childhood classrooms. Each year, over 450,000 people engage in LAC’s innovative and inclusive arts programming.

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Presenting, Promoting and Inspiring Creativity in Our Community

The Cabarrus Arts Council was founded in 1980 in response to the North Carolina Arts Council’s plan to establish a local arts council in every county. In 1982, the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners selected the arts council to serve as its Designated County Partner, receiving and distributing Grassroots funding from the state and the state arts council.Today, the arts council programs and operates the Davis Theatre and The Galleries, conducts one of North Carolina’s largest art-in-education programs for both the Cabarrus County and Kannapolis City school systems, supports arts organizations and artists through grants and workshops, and serves as a catalyst and consultant for public and corporate art.

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Nestled in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Floyd Center for the Arts is a vibrant hub for creativity, learning, and community. Established in 1995 on the site of a former 1940s dairy farm, the Center has transformed the historic barn and surrounding buildings into galleries, classrooms, and working studios that serve artists and the public alike. Today, the campus offers exhibitions, workshops, and free community events that bring people together through the arts, including the annual Floyd Living Traditions Festival, which celebrates the region’s rich heritage of art, craft, and music. Through art education for all ages and abilities, scholarships, and a welcoming environment, the Center ensures that everyone has the opportunity to see, learn, and create!

Mission Statement:
The Floyd Center for the Arts connects people through visual arts, handmade craft, and music – honoring living traditions while embracing innovation.

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Textile Center is unique as a national center for fiber art, with a mission to honor textile traditions, promote excellence and innovation, nurture appreciation, and inspire widespread participation in fiber arts.

The Center’s resources include exceptional fiber art exhibitions that are free and open to the public, an artisan shop, a secondhand fiber art supplies shop, the region’s only accessible professional-grade dye lab, a natural dye plant garden, and one of the nation’s largest circulating textile libraries open to the public.

Textile Center produces more than 200 classes a year for all ages and skill levels through its youth, adult, older adult, and outreach programs. A dynamic hub of fiber activity for more than 30 years, Textile Center brings people together in community to learn, create, share, and be inspired by fiber art.

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Mission Statement

Dieu Donné is the leading non-profit cultural institution dedicated to serving emerging and established artists through the collaborative creation of contemporary art using the process of hand papermaking.

Programming

Dieu Donné was founded in 1976 by Susan Gosin and Bruce Wineberg to explore the untapped potential of hand papermaking as an art medium. We introduce artists from a wide variety of practices to the creative possibilities in hand papermaking, fostering experimentation and creating innovative works of art. Our work is realized through extensive collaborations with artists. We strive to teach a new visual language, providing a transformative experience that often leads to artistic breakthroughs. We share this work with the community through our gallery, public and educational programs.

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Mission

The Center for Craft amplifies how and why craft matters by increasing access to resources that catalyze artists and scholars nationwide. Proudly based in Asheville, it has been at the center of the conversation about the future of craft since 1996.

What We Do

The Center for Craft resources the preservation and innovation of craft. We catalyze the makers and thinkers behind the objects that shape our lives. 

How We Do It

• Grants and fellowships that provide funding, networks, and peer-to-peer learning nationwide
• Exhibitions that illuminate 21st-century practices of craft
• Public programs that tell the story of how and why craft matters

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Brooklyn Metal Works (BKMW) is a non-ferrous metal art studio that offers professional workspace for the development of art, objects, and jewelry. In addition we offer concept and technique based classes and workshops for all levels of learning. Our exhibition space and artist lecture series promotes artists, designers and makers from the metalsmithing field and beyond. Our studio prioritizes creating a safe and sustainable working and learning environment, complete with a wide inventory of tools and equipment. Responsible studio practices and stewardship of resources are at the core of our vision.

Our collaborative setting is designed to foster exploration, encourage experimentation, and strengthen the knowledge base of all involved. Brooklyn Metal Works promotes and furthers critical dialogue among those who practice, write, and invest time and energy into the field of jewelry and metalsmithing.

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Silver River Center for Chair Caning is the nation’s only chair caning school & museum. Operated by David Klingler and Brandy Clements (a 4th generation chair weaver), it has recently re-located to Weaverville, NC just a few miles north of Asheville. During their 15 years in the River Arts District, they wove over 10,000 chairs hand taught hundreds of sessions to aspiring weavers, furniture makers, and those who just want to save their heirloom chair.

They are considered experts in their field and ambassadors of the craft. They teach both in-person and online at the school and on YouTube, as well as on location at craft schools like Arrowmont & John C Campbell Folk School. They travel the country spreading the love of chairs across the land, speaking at museums and craft shows, teaching kids, adults, and anyone who finds themselves in their presence.

Silver River is an Official Education Center of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Their new instructional book, The Woven Chair, published by Blue Hills Press is launching alongside their grand re-opening New Years 2026.

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Starworks is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that promotes community and economic development by providing outstanding artistic educational programs.  We provide artistic opportunities to the public and showcase outstanding talent from around the world through our Artist Residency programs. Starworks hosts studios in Glass, Ceramics, and Metal, as well as an onsite Ceramic Supply Shop, Cafe & Taproom, and Galleries.

Starworks is a rural visual arts organization based in Star, North Carolina. We are dedicated to expanding cultural access in under-resourced areas, strengthening community identity, and fostering creative exchange. Our programs connect local residents with arts of the highest quality through workshops, exhibitions, and collaborative projects, ensuring that even small towns have access to transformative cultural experiences.

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PSG opened in San Francisco in 1997, with a relocation to Los Angeles in 2022.

Focused exhibitions present ideas and use materials that challenge institutional culture, embracing work that expands art historical lineages, while dissolving boundaries between High and Low art.

Artists mine the rich, multifaceted traditions of craft, upending expectations, decolonizing  structures, breaching personal boundaries.

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The Sumter County Gallery of Art (SCGA) is a non-profit, community-based art and arts education institution in Sumter County.

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