Participating Organizations

Handwork 2026 is proud to showcase a growing lineup of organizations hosting exhibitions and events.

Stay tuned for more coming soon!

Cowboy Trades Association

Powell,
WY
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Ilan-Lael Foundation

Santa Ysabel,
CA
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PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY

Los Angeles,
CA
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Bainbridge Artisan Resource Network (BARN)

Bainbridge Island,
WA
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Parsons MFA Textiles Program

New York,
NY
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The Veterans Art Project

VETART open house participants. Stuart Gaiber
Vista,
CA
Arts/Cultural Organization Other

Fiber Arts on 4th

Jan weaving on a rigid heddle loom. Photo by Max Woltman
Los Ranchos De Albuquerque,
NM
Arts/Cultural Organization Craft School

Ornament Magazine

HINGED GOLD GORGET from Kerala, India, of high karat gold and ruby, early 19th Century. Photograph by Robert K. Liu/Ornament
San Marcos,
CA
Arts/Cultural Organization Other

San Diego Craft Collective

San Diego Craft Collective celebrates wool as a sustainable material each year through Fiber Fest. Join us for Fiber Fest 2026 in San Diego where we host live sheep shearing, textile demonstrations, and thoughtful programming surrounding sustainable wool and textiles. This event is offered free to the public and is family friendly. Leah Tirp Productions
San Diego,
CA
Arts/Cultural Organization

Sumter County Gallery of Art

Diane Kilgore Condon, The Ackerman Gallery, SCGA
Sumter,
SC
Arts/Cultural Organization Craft School Gallery

Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts & Sciences

An artist weaves a basket from harvested invasive vines during Angela Eastman's workshop retreat in the Antinori Village. Hambidge Staff
Rabun Gap,
GA
Arts/Cultural Organization

Wayne Art Center

Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania. Image Courtesy of Wayne Art Center
Wayne,
PA
Arts/Cultural Organization Gallery

CraftNOW Philadelphia

A collage image featuring a female woodworker with blonde hair, an open book with the phrase "curating Philadelphia as the Craft Capital", a potter at the wheel, a blacksmith's hands and a weaver's hands
Philadelphia,
PA
Arts/Cultural Organization

Tennessee Craft

The Tennessee Craft Fair in the warm glow of the sunset At Centennial Park in Nashville, TN. Todd Herzberg
Nashville,
TN
Arts/Cultural Organization

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Jane Winslow
New Orleans,
LA
Arts/Cultural Organization Museum

Blue Ridge National Heritage Area/Blue Ridge Craft Trails

Nathan Favors, woodturner, Bakersville, NC.
Asheville,
NC
Arts/Cultural Organization

Metal Museum

The entrance to the current Museum features our 10th anniversary gates. The gates incorporate different features made by metalsmiths from across the world. Metal Museum
Memphis,
TN
Arts/Cultural Organization Museum

Surface Design Association

Five colorful tapestries hang in a row. They are intricately woven and suspended in a forest with green and brown foliage in the background and foreground. Marcos Kueh, Kenyalang Circus: Exotic Workers Series, 2023. Industrial woven recycled PET, dimensions vary. From the Surface Design Journal's Summer 2025 Issue, Modern Weavers/New Spirit
International
Arts/Cultural Organization

Lillstreet Art Center

Lillstreet Art Center. Image Courtesy of Lillstreet Art Center
Chicago,
IL
Arts/Cultural Organization Craft School Gallery

Puʻuhonua Society

Keanahala weaver Lise Michelle Sugitan Childers repairing a moena lauhala (pandanus leaf mat). Blake Abes
Honolulu,
HI
Arts/Cultural Organization