The San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design offers a variety of special programming for our members and the general public. Panel discussions, lectures, special events, children’s programs, docent tours, and special group tours are offered concurrently with our exhibitions.

Artists' Walk-Through Tour of FourSite: 4 Artists | 4 Materials | 4 Sites with Tanya Aguiñiga, Paul Hayes, Tom Hill and Christine Lee

Friday, June 11, 2010, 11 AM
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design
550 Sutter Street, San Francisco

Join artists Tanya Aguiñiga, Paul Hayes, Tom Hill, and Christine Lee for a walk-through tour of FourSite: 4 Artists | 4 Materials | 4 Sites. The artists will offer insights into their work.

Curator's Walk-Through Tour of FourSite: 4 Artists | 4 Materials | 4 Sites with SFMC+D Interim Curator Mariah Nielson

1st and 3rd Fridays through the exhibition, 11 AM
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design
550 Sutter Street, San Francisco

Join  Mariah Nielson, SFMC+D's Interim Curator, for a lunchtime walk-through of FourSite: 4 Artists | 4 Materials | 4 Sites. Nielson will offer insights into the process of creating site-specific works.

Site-Specific and Material-Specific Design
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design Speaker Series Event

Saturday, June 12, 2010, 4 – 6 PM
Larkspur Hotel Union Square, 524 Sutter Street (near SFMC+D)
Free to members / $15 for non-members / $10 for students with valid ID

Join us to hear how artists consider installation art and site-specific works. How do artists approach creating a site-specific work? What are the primary elements involved? How do installation artists consider their viewers' experiences? What about interactive installations - what are the artist's intents? How does an artist's familiarity with a specific medium influence the design of a site-specific work? Are the installations at the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design site-specific, and what will happen to them when the exhibition closes?

Participants include artists Tanya Aguiñiga, Paul Hayes, Tom Hill, and Christine Lee. Moderated by Mariah Nielson, SFMC+D Interim Curator. Presentation followed by a visit to the exhibition FourSite: 4 Artists | 4 Materials | 4 Sites.

Past Programs

Contemporary Jewelry Design: Chi ha paura...? with Gijs Bakker Saturday, January 16, 2010

1. Introduction of Gijs Bakker by JoAnn Edwards, Executive Director of SFMC+D (1:31)
2. Gijs Bakker's personal history and early career (6:34)
3. Partnership of Gijs and Emmy Bakker (5:52)
4. Founding of Droog Design (7:23)
5. Dutch approach to design and craft (4:36)
6. Founding of Chi ha paura...? (coming soon)
7. Chi ha paura...? collections (2:54)