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MakeArt Library: Portola Branch

San Francisco Public Library – Portola Branch Bacon Street, San Francisco
MCD’s MakeArt Library brings hands-on creativity to branches across San Francisco! MCD partners with the San Francisco Public Library to bring the Mobile MakeArt van to the Bayview, Bernal Heights,...

MCD’s MakeArt Library brings hands-on creativity to branches across San Francisco! MCD partners with the San Francisco Public Library to bring the Mobile MakeArt van to the Bayview, Bernal Heights,...

SF Design Week Event: A Roadmap to Stardust – Design, Mythology, and the Future

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Make the Museum of Craft and Design part of your SF Design Week Experience! Join artist John Roloff and the Museum of Craft and Design’s Curatorial Director Ariel Zaccheo to...

Make the Museum of Craft and Design part of your SF Design Week Experience! Join artist John Roloff and the Museum of Craft and Design’s Curatorial Director Ariel Zaccheo to...

MakeArt Course: Decorative Ceramic Trays with Jeremiah Barber

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
*This MakeArt Course is currently full. If you'd like to be added to the waitlist in case a spot opens up, please email makeart@sfmcd.org* The Museum of Craft and Design...

*This MakeArt Course is currently full. If you'd like to be added to the waitlist in case a spot opens up, please email makeart@sfmcd.org* The Museum of Craft and Design...

Mobile MakeArt: Beau McCall Identity Buttons at NightLife PRIDE

Cal Academy of Sciences Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco
Join the Museum of Craft and Design's Mobile MakeArt at NightLife's Pride Month celebration! Celebrate PRIDE at the California Academy of Sciences’s NightLife and swing by MCD’s art booth to...

Join the Museum of Craft and Design's Mobile MakeArt at NightLife's Pride Month celebration! Celebrate PRIDE at the California Academy of Sciences’s NightLife and swing by MCD’s art booth to...

Mobile MakeArt – Stern Grove Music Festival

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
The Museum of Craft and Design is excited to announce our partnership with the Stern Grove Festival. Stern Grove is the longest-running, free non-profit music festival in the country, having...

The Museum of Craft and Design is excited to announce our partnership with the Stern Grove Festival. Stern Grove is the longest-running, free non-profit music festival in the country, having...

Mobile MakeArt: Creative Youth Celebration

Join the Museum of Craft and Design at Creative Youth Celebration and design your own identity button using shrinky dink plastic! The Museum of Craft and Design is excited to...

Join the Museum of Craft and Design at Creative Youth Celebration and design your own identity button using shrinky dink plastic! The Museum of Craft and Design is excited to...

Mobile MakeArt – Stern Grove Music Festival

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
The Museum of Craft and Design is excited to announce our partnership with the Stern Grove Festival. Stern Grove is the longest-running, free non-profit music festival in the country, having...

The Museum of Craft and Design is excited to announce our partnership with the Stern Grove Festival. Stern Grove is the longest-running, free non-profit music festival in the country, having...

Make Art Family Day: Buttons On! and A Roadmap to Stardust

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
This August, dive into summer fun on a Saturday afternoon packed with hands-on gallery activities for all ages! MakeArt Family Day invites visitors of all ages to experience the magic...

This August, dive into summer fun on a Saturday afternoon packed with hands-on gallery activities for all ages! MakeArt Family Day invites visitors of all ages to experience the magic...

Sensory Sunday

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Join us for Sensory Sunday, designed to prioritize access and inclusion for the disability community and Neurodivergent visitors, featuring hands-on activities and a relaxed exhibition exploration. Sensory Sunday delivers the...

Join us for Sensory Sunday, designed to prioritize access and inclusion for the disability community and Neurodivergent visitors, featuring hands-on activities and a relaxed exhibition exploration. Sensory Sunday delivers the...

Beyond the Button: A Virtual Exploration

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
The Museum of Craft and Design presents “Beyond the Button: A Virtual Exploration” of Beau McCall: Buttons On! This conversational event will feature visual descriptions, oral histories, and the clitter...

The Museum of Craft and Design presents “Beyond the Button: A Virtual Exploration” of Beau McCall: Buttons On! This conversational event will feature visual descriptions, oral histories, and the clitter...

MakeArt Course: Papier Mâché – From Trash to Treasure with Daniel Iturralde

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
SESSION 2 TICKETS SESSION 3 TICKETS Join a hands-on, community-powered art project led by artist and environmental advocate Daniel Iturralde. Participants will help build a touchable sculpture inspired by Judith...

Join a hands-on, community-powered art project led by artist and environmental advocate Daniel Iturralde. Participants will help build a touchable sculpture inspired by Judith Schaechter’s Beached Whale (2018), a stained...

**POSTPONED**MakeArt Workshop and Tour: Polymer Play and Exhibition Exploration

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
This event has been postponed. Please check back for a new date and time. Inspired by the terracotta artifacts of A Roadmap to Stardust, this MakeArt Workshop and tour explores...

This event has been postponed. Please check back for a new date and time. Inspired by the terracotta artifacts of A Roadmap to Stardust, this MakeArt Workshop and tour explores...

[Sold Out] Button Brooches and Levi’s Love: A Workshop with Beau McCall

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Don't miss this special closing day and the rare opportunity to meet and create alongside the Button Man himself. Exhibition artist Beau McCall returns to the West Coast and the...

Don't miss this special closing day and the rare opportunity to meet and create alongside the Button Man himself. Exhibition artist Beau McCall returns to the West Coast and the...

Beau McCall x Levi’s: A Conversation on Art, Identity, and Legacy

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Join MCD on the closing day of Beau McCall: Buttons On! for a powerful conversation between artist Beau McCall and Levi’s Brand Historian and Director of Archives Tracey Panek. Moderated...

Join MCD on the closing day of Beau McCall: Buttons On! for a powerful conversation between artist Beau McCall and Levi’s Brand Historian and Director of Archives Tracey Panek. Moderated...

VIP and Member Exhibition Preview

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
You're invited to an evening of art, innovation, and imagination. MCD Members are invited to be among the first to experience Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural and Wunderkammer: The Collection of Susan...

You're invited to an evening of art, innovation, and imagination. MCD Members are invited to be among the first to experience Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural and Wunderkammer: The Collection of Susan...

MCD Artist Talk with Judith Schaechter

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Join us on the opening day of Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural for a special conversation with exhibiting and visiting artist Judith Schaechter. Schaechter will discuss her largest masterpiece to date, Super/Natural,...

Join us on the opening day of Judith Schaechter: Super/Natural for a special conversation with exhibiting and visiting artist Judith Schaechter. Schaechter will discuss her largest masterpiece to date, Super/Natural,...

Free First Thursdays (but on the second Thursday!)

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
MCD's galleries will be closed on the first Thursday in October as we install two stunning new exhibitions, so we’re celebrating Free First Thursdays on October 9 instead. Join us...

MCD's galleries will be closed on the first Thursday in October as we install two stunning new exhibitions, so we’re celebrating Free First Thursdays on October 9 instead. Join us...

Mobile Make Art: Open Studios Shipyard

Hunters Point Shipyard Galvez Avenue, San Francisco
Take advantage of the rare opportunity to explore the work and studio spaces of over 100 local artists at Hunters Point Shipyard Open Studios, Wander through these historic buildings, enjoy...

Take advantage of the rare opportunity to explore the work and studio spaces of over 100 local artists at Hunters Point Shipyard Open Studios, Wander through these historic buildings, enjoy...

Mobile Make Art: Spooky Stained Glass at Rec and Park’s Scaregrove

Stern Grove Park Stern Grove Entry Rd, San Francisco

Ghouls just want to have fun…and they can at SF Recreation & Park’s Scaregrove program at Stern Grove Park! This free annual crowd-spooker draws in residents from across San Francisco…

Ghouls just want to have fun…and they can at SF Recreation & Park’s Scaregrove program at Stern Grove Park! This free annual crowd-spooker draws in residents from across San Francisco...

Mobile MakeArt: Fright NightLife

Usher in Halloween and head to the haunted halls of the California Academy of Science for Fright NightLife! A long-term partner of the Academy, MCD is excited to support spooky...

Usher in Halloween and head to the haunted halls of the California Academy of Science for Fright NightLife! A long-term partner of the Academy, MCD is excited to support spooky...

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