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Dive into the creative world of Ashley V. Blalock and get a final look at her work, Keeping Up Appearances, before its deinstallation!
Thursday, June 25 • 5:30 – 6:30 PM
Please join the MAH for a special artist talk with San Diego-based textile artist Ashley V. Blalock. Blalock’s monumental crocheted work “Keeping Up Appearances” has been on public view at the MAH since November 2025 and is part of Craft in America’s nationwide “HANDWORK” initiative.
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This exhibition honors the deep legacy of ceramic art in Santa Cruz County and broader Northern California, while celebrating the new community of ceramists producing amazing work. Featured are a limited number of invited Bay Area ceramic artists alongside works selected through an open application process.
Proudly sponsored in part by Handwork 2026, Beverly Grova, Annieglass, & Susana Arias.
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Join artist Monica Moreno for this family-friendly workshop inspired by the sacredness of soil and memory.
Participants will craft wearable pendants using earth-based materials, embedding seeds, soil, and intention into each piece. Rooted in the themes of Craft Contemporary’s tierra exhibition, this workshop invites families to reflect on their own connections to the land.
All materials provided. Suitable for ages 6 and up.
Tickets: $25 members / $35 non-members.
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Get your hands in the earth in this Craft Lab workshop. Participants will make traditional seed balls using California poppy seeds and native soil — a simple, ancient technique for scattering wildflowers across the land.
Tied to the themes of Craft Contemporary’s tierra exhibition, this workshop honors the connection between craft, seed, and soil.
All materials provided. Great for all ages and skill levels.
Tickets: $30 members / $40 non-members.
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Take your practice into the field with artist Evelyn Hernández. This offsite workshop combines a guided nature hike with hands-on sculpting using materials gathered from the land — leaves, branches, soil, and stone.
Rooted in the themes of Craft Contemporary’s tierra exhibition, participants will explore the landscape as both studio and subject.
Location announced upon registration. All skill levels welcome.
Tickets: $55 members / $65 non-members.
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Join artist Mahdiyyah Muhammad for an evening of creative exploration using recycled and repurposed fabric.
Participants will create textile portraits inspired by land, memory, and identity — themes at the heart of Craft Contemporary’s tierra exhibition. This Maker Night celebrates fiber arts as a sustainable, earth-rooted practice.
All materials provided. Open to all skill levels.
Tickets: $35 members / $45 non-members.
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A hands-on workshop exploring sustainable ceramics through earth-conscious craft.
Participants learn techniques for reclaiming and recycling clay — honoring the material’s origins in the land and reducing studio waste. Connected to Craft Contemporary’s tierra exhibition, celebrating the living relationship between makers and the earth.
All supplies included.
Tickets: $65 members / $75 non-members.
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Join Craft Contemporary’s Senior Curator Frida Cano for a hands-on workshop creating handmade paper from recycled waste, experimenting with natural tints from clay, spices, and soil.
These one-of-a-kind papers become museum collectibles that share insights about the artists and our current exhibition tierra, connecting craft with storytelling.
$12 public / members free. Outdoors.
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Join Zapotec artist Vero Mendoza and learn ancestral techniques for preparing and dyeing textiles with natural dyes.
All participants receive a pre-treated cotton bandana to dye and take home. Includes a weaving demonstration with naturally dyed yarn, an art form passed down four generations in Mendoza’s family.
Held in Zapotec and Spanish with English translation.
Ages 7+. $25 members / $30 non-members.
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Salt crystals are produced through the evaporation of mineral-rich waters, leaving behind memory, artifact, and texture.
In this workshop, salt becomes both material and metaphor for the environment and the afterlife of objects. Led by artist Diego Borgsdorf Fuenzalida, participants explore crystallization while creating textile samples, brines, and a small salt sculpture to take home.
Sliding scale, suggested $15-35.
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Join artist Amanda Maciel Antunes (aka dama) for a sound-gathering workshop, Earth Frequencies.
Through deep listening and field recording outside the museum, participants capture sonic textures from soil, wind, water, and insects—weaving sounds into a collaborative soundscape in the galleries.
$10 public / members free. All ages welcome.
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Taking transit and crafting together builds stronger, more interwoven communities. Add to our weaving wall, leave a message on our wishing tree, and try your hand at weaving, with your very own loom to take home.
Free.
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Embrace the grounding, creative flow of clay play—finding balance and inspiration through the art of being present and shaping something new.
Each participant will take home a hand-built piece inspired by their unlocked creativity. Free and open to all.
Supported, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
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Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of American Independence with an afternoon of fire, steel, and family-friendly fun!
Put your skills to the test in our Tomahawk Throwing Competition and Blacksmith Drawing Competition, try your hand at making mini swords, and be there for the exciting debut of our newly revamped Letter Opener!
Meet our talented instructors, and explore a special showcase featuring some of the incredible work being forged by our amazing volunteers.
Admission is completely FREE!
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Connect with arts education leaders from across the country at the Arts Schools Network Conference, the premier national gathering dedicated to innovation, excellence, and leadership in arts learning.
Through inspiring presentations, interactive workshops, performances, networking opportunities, and artistic, cultural, and educational outings attendees explore transformative practices that support student success and strengthen arts-centered schools and programs.
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