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MCD Curator Symposium: bauhaus.photo

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

MCD Curator Symposium: bauhaus.photo, October 11, 6 PM – 8:30 PM. Join curator Esther Giangrande in conversation with Greg Castillo (Associate Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley; contributor, “The Bauhaus in Cold War Germany”) and Paul Adamson (FAIA, TCA Architects; AIASF Board of Director; Chair, AIASF Housing Committee) to learn more about the exhibition and each of their areas of Bauhaus focus. 

MCD Curator Symposium: bauhaus.photo, October 11, 6 PM - 8:30 PM. Join curator Esther Giangrande in conversation with Greg Castillo (Associate Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley; contributor, “The Bauhaus in Cold War Germany”) and Paul Adamson (FAIA, TCA Architects; AIASF Board of Director; Chair, AIASF Housing Committee) to learn more about the exhibition and each of their areas of Bauhaus focus. 

MCD Community MakeArt: Kids’ Crafts @ Salesforce Park

Salesforce Park 1st St and Minna St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: Kids’ Crafts at Salesforce Park, October 12, 1:30 – 3 PM. Join MCD and AIASF for architectural sketching.

MCD Community MakeArt: Kids' Crafts at Salesforce Park, October 12, 1:30 - 3 PM. Join MCD and AIASF for architectural sketching.

Free
Exterior of Visitacion Valley public library branch.

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley Branch

San Francisco Public Library Visitacion Valley Branch 201 Leland Ave, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley Branch. October 12, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Celebrate Latinx/ Hispanic Heritage Month with a hands-on exploration of tools and craft.

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley Branch. October 12, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM. Celebrate Latinx/ Hispanic Heritage Month with a hands-on exploration of tools and craft.

Free

MCD Member Trip to Detroit & Cranbrook ** Sold Out**

**This MCD Member event is Sold Out** October 15–20, 2019 Single $2,850 | Couple $2650/person Join us on the Museum of Craft and Design’s next member excursion to Detroit and…

**This MCD Member event is Sold Out** October 15–20, 2019 Single $2,850 | Couple $2650/person Join us on the Museum of Craft and Design’s next member excursion to Detroit and...

MCD MAKE: October

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

MAKE it creepy! October 17, 6 PM – 9:30 PM. Explore the tricks and treats of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object at MCD’s annual Halloween bash.

MAKE it creepy! October 17, 6 PM - 9:30 PM. Explore the tricks and treats of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object at MCD’s annual Halloween bash.

MCD Community MakeArt: Kids’ Crafts @ Salesforce Park

Salesforce Park 1st St and Minna St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: Kids’ Crafts @ Salesforce Park, October 19, 1:30 – 3 PM. Create a robot-inspired mask using metallic and machined elements like those found in MCD’s exhibition, Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object. 

MCD Community MakeArt: Kids' Crafts @ Salesforce Park, October 19, 1:30 - 3 PM. Create a robot-inspired mask using metallic and machined elements like those found in MCD’s exhibition, Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object. 

Free
Exterior view of Mission Bay Branch public library.

MCD Library MakeArt: Mission Bay

Mission Bay Branch Library 960 4th St, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt: Mission Bay, October 19, 3 – 4:30 PM. Join MCD to create spooky wearables.

MCD Library MakeArt: Mission Bay, October 19, 3 - 4:30 PM. Join MCD to create spooky wearables.

Free

MCD Curator Walkthrough

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

MCD Curator Walkthrough, October 24, 6:30 – 8 PM. Join curator David Cole for background on Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object. 

MCD Curator Walkthrough, October 24, 6:30 - 8 PM. Join curator David Cole for background on Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object. 

Six metal label pin samples.

MCD Machinist Bar: Artistic Soldering Techniques

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

MCD Machinist Bar: Artistic Soldering Techniques, October 26, 2019 11 AM – 3 PM. Join metal artist Jack da Silva to learn artistic soldering techniques and produce small wearable and functional art. Free with museum admission and available for participants 12 and up.

MCD Machinist Bar: Artistic Soldering Techniques, October 26, 2019 11 AM - 3 PM. Join metal artist Jack da Silva to learn artistic soldering techniques and produce small wearable and functional art. Free with museum admission and available for participants 12 and up.

MCD Community MakeArt: Bayview Opera House Halloween

Bayview Opera House 4705 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: Bayview Opera House Halloween, Oct 31, 3-7 PM. Create masks with MCD staff and stay for BVOH’s Haunted House.

MCD Community MakeArt: Bayview Opera House Halloween, Oct 31, 3-7 PM. Create masks with MCD staff and stay for BVOH's Haunted House.

Free

MakeArt Family Day: Gratitude

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

Come celebrate the season with a cornucopia of creative projects, including a handmade stamp and thank-you note station, wearable “vision board” buttons, gyroscope races and Design-Your-Own ball bearing mazes. 

Come celebrate the season with a cornucopia of creative projects, including a handmade stamp and thank-you note station, wearable “vision board” buttons, gyroscope races and Design-Your-Own ball bearing mazes. 

MCD Community MakeArt: FLAX SF Anniversary

Flax Art & Design - Fort Mason San Francisco

Join MCD at Flax Fort Mason for an incredible lineup of activities for kids & adults.

Join MCD at Flax Fort Mason for an incredible lineup of activities for kids & adults.

MCD Members Tour: David Cole and Nemo Gould Studios

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

Join the Museum of Craft and Design in Oakland to tour the studios of kinetic sculptor Nemo Gould and David Cole, guest curator of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object on view at MCD through December 1, 2019.

Join the Museum of Craft and Design in Oakland to tour the studios of kinetic sculptor Nemo Gould and David Cole, guest curator of Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object on view at MCD through December 1, 2019.

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 Trunk Show: Babette Pinksy

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

Shop our next MCD Trunk show in our award winning museum store on Saturday, November 9–featuring artist Babette Pinksy of BPJEWELER! BPJEWELER started about a year and a half ago…

Shop our next MCD Trunk show in our award winning museum store on Saturday, November 9–featuring artist Babette Pinksy of BPJEWELER! BPJEWELER started about a year and a half ago...

MCD Library MakeArt: Potrero

Potrero Branch Library 20th Street, San Francisco

Explore themes and ideas found in the upcoming Museum of Craft and Design exhibition Survival Architecture.

 

Explore themes and ideas found in the upcoming Museum of Craft and Design exhibition Survival Architecture.

 

Sold Out**Designing Change: An Evening with Roman Mars

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

Join the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) for the second installment of their Designing Change series, featuring host and creator of 99% Invisible, Roman Mars. On November 14, 2019, MCD will welcome Roman Mars, to Minnesota Street Project for a multi-media presentation examining the unnoticed design that shapes our world.

Join the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) for the second installment of their Designing Change series, featuring host and creator of 99% Invisible, Roman Mars. On November 14, 2019, MCD will welcome Roman Mars, to Minnesota Street Project for a multi-media presentation examining the unnoticed design that shapes our world.

Exterior of Visitacion Valley public library branch.

MCD Library MakeArt: Visitacion Valley

San Francisco Public Library Visitacion Valley Branch 201 Leland Ave, San Francisco

Join the Museum of Craft and Design to trace, layer, and frame visual images, inspired by the work of exhibiting artist Kaori Yamashita. 

Join the Museum of Craft and Design to trace, layer, and frame visual images, inspired by the work of exhibiting artist Kaori Yamashita. 

MAKE x Palette

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

It’s all about food and gratitude at the final MAKE of 2019! 

It’s all about food and gratitude at the final MAKE of 2019! 

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