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MCD Free Tuesday: Pocket Altars

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Tour Anchors in Time and drop by the MakeArt Lab to create a portable talisman out of natural materials and collage elements. Bring any small personal items* you want to include in whatever energy it is you’re looking to conjure!

 

Tour Anchors in Time and drop by the MakeArt Lab to create a portable talisman out of natural materials and collage elements. Bring any small personal items* you want to include in whatever energy it is you’re looking to conjure!

 

MCD Free First Tuesday

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Tour Raw Design then explore color, form and texture in the MakeArt Lab while constructing a sculpture informed by Marléne Huissoud’s “Of Insects and Men.”

Tour Raw Design then explore color, form and texture in the MakeArt Lab while constructing a sculpture informed by Marléne Huissoud’s “Of Insects and Men.”

MCD Free First Tuesday

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Get your fill of our current exhibitions, then come by to the MakeArt Lab where we will be exploring a sculptural soap carving project inspired by Judy Kensley McKie!

Get your fill of our current exhibitions, then come by to the MakeArt Lab where we will be exploring a sculptural soap carving project inspired by Judy Kensley McKie!

MCD Free First Tuesday

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Get FREE admission to our museum and join in on a craft for our monthly Free First Tuesday!

Get FREE admission to our museum and join in on a craft for our monthly Free First Tuesday!

MCD Free First Tuesday: Jewelry of Tex Gieling

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Get inspired by our new exhibitions, then join us in creating unique wearable art using unconventional materials, inspired by the dynamic, one-of-a-kind jewelry of Tex Gieling.

Get inspired by our new exhibitions, then join us in creating unique wearable art using unconventional materials, inspired by the dynamic, one-of-a-kind jewelry of Tex Gieling.

Free First Tuesday: March

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Free First Tuesday at the Museum of Craft and Design, 11 am – 3 pm. This Free Tuesday, start outlining the shapes of spring with linoleum block prints and carry them with you on a sewable patch. 

Free First Tuesday at the Museum of Craft and Design, 11 am - 3 pm. This Free Tuesday, start outlining the shapes of spring with linoleum block prints and carry them with you on a sewable patch. 

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Free First Tuesday: April

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 11 AM – 3 PM. Explore the Material Domestication exhibition themes of repetition, relief and scale through a materials immersion in the MakeArt Lab. 

MCD Free First Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM. Explore the Material Domestication exhibition themes of repetition, relief and scale through a materials immersion in the MakeArt Lab. 

Free First Tuesday: May

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Free First Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 11 AM – 3 PM. Explore the processes and symbolism and Wanxin Zhang’s ceramic bricks and visit our galleries with free admission.

Free First Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM. Explore the processes and symbolism and Wanxin Zhang's ceramic bricks and visit our galleries with free admission.

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MCD Free First Tuesday: June

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 11 AM – 3 PM. Repeat processes and celebrate repurposed materials like many of the artists of Material Domestication.

MCD Free First Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM. Repeat processes and celebrate repurposed materials like many of the artists of Material Domestication.

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MCD Free First Tuesday: July

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday, July. July 2, 2019 11 AM – 3 PM. Shape organic forms inspired by Jamie Bardsley and Nathan Craven’s repeating ceramic objects.

MCD Free First Tuesday, July. July 2, 2019 11 AM - 3 PM. Shape organic forms inspired by Jamie Bardsley and Nathan Craven’s repeating ceramic objects.

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MCD Free First Tuesday: August

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 11 AM – 3 PM. Take part in investigating several three-dimensional materials and processes inspired by the exhibition Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object

MCD Free First Tuesday, August 6, 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM. Take part in investigating several three-dimensional materials and processes inspired by the exhibition Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object

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MCD Free First Tuesday: September

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

From the Equation of Time Cam to the Antikythera Mechanism Model, “Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object” features a number of time measuring devices. Honor this concept, combined with the nostalgia of CDs, by creating a functional clock from found compact discs. Bring your own favorite album to further personalize your design. 

From the Equation of Time Cam to the Antikythera Mechanism Model, “Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object” features a number of time measuring devices. Honor this concept, combined with the nostalgia of CDs, by creating a functional clock from found compact discs. Bring your own favorite album to further personalize your design. 

MCD Free First Tuesday: October

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Free First Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11 AM – 3 PM. Inspired by exhibiting artist Julie Alpert, transform an ordinary picture frame into a dripping work of art

Free First Tuesday, October 1, 2019 11 AM - 3 PM. Inspired by exhibiting artist Julie Alpert, transform an ordinary picture frame into a dripping work of art

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MCD Free First Tuesday: November

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

Celebrate gratitude with a Dead Nuts-inspired wreath, bedecked with hanging tokens of thanks. Learn simple metal stamping techniques, then string decorated discs from hose clamps to add to a festive, hangable wall centerpiece.

 

Celebrate gratitude with a Dead Nuts-inspired wreath, bedecked with hanging tokens of thanks. Learn simple metal stamping techniques, then string decorated discs from hose clamps to add to a festive, hangable wall centerpiece.

 

MCD Free First Tuesday: January

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday: January, January 7, 2020. View new exhibitions and create stab-bound calendars.

MCD Free First Tuesday: January, January 7, 2020. View new exhibitions and create stab-bound calendars.

MCD Free First Tuesday: February

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020, 11 AM – 3 PM. As part of daylong Free First Tuesdays, visit a valentines artmaking workshop 11 AM – 3 PM.

MCD Free First Tuesday, Feb 4, 2020, 11 AM - 3 PM. As part of daylong Free First Tuesdays, visit a valentines artmaking workshop 11 AM - 3 PM.

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MCD Free First Tuesday: March

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday: March, March 3, 2020, 11 AM – 3 PM. Create a useable bag inspired by MCD’s current exhibiting artists.

MCD Free First Tuesday: March, March 3, 2020, 11 AM - 3 PM. Create a useable bag inspired by MCD's current exhibiting artists.

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*Canceled* MCD Free First Tuesday: April

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Free First Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 11 AM – 3 PM. Create map-inspired artwork inspired by exhibiting artist Linda Gass.

MCD Free First Tuesday, April 7, 2020, 11 AM - 3 PM. Create map-inspired artwork inspired by exhibiting artist Linda Gass.

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