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MakeArt Lab: Map Score Compositions with Phillip Greenlief

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
MCD welcomes internationally acclaimed composer/musician Phillip Greenlief for a hands-on introduction to his unique creative process. Join us for an unexpected approach to time honored data paradigms—capturing both the proximity...

MCD welcomes internationally acclaimed composer/musician Phillip Greenlief for a hands-on introduction to his unique creative process. Join us for an unexpected approach to time honored data paradigms—capturing both the proximity...

Mobile MakeArt: Stonestown Farmers Market

Stonestown Farmers Market Buckingham Way, San Francisco

MCD has partnered with the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) to bring exhibition-inspired projects to the Stonestown Farmers Market on the fourth Sunday of every month.

MCD has partnered with the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) to bring exhibition-inspired projects to the Stonestown Farmers Market on the fourth Sunday of every month.

A group shot of people participationg in MAKE activities

MAKE: Glow in the Dark

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Collaborate with artists and makers, explore unique themes, and rethink materials through creative design projects—all happening after-hours in the MCD galleries. MCD galleries will be glowing in the dark for...

Collaborate with artists and makers, explore unique themes, and rethink materials through creative design projects—all happening after-hours in the MCD galleries. MCD galleries will be glowing in the dark for...

A group of people crafting at MCD's booth at Cal Academy's NightLife

Mobile MakeArt: NightLife of Tomorrow

California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco

Do androids dream of electric penguins? Expand your mind with a night of futuristic art and science from Afrofuturist fashion to sci-fi inspired art. MCD is back at the California…

Do androids dream of electric penguins? Expand your mind with a night of futuristic art and science from Afrofuturist fashion to sci-fi inspired art. MCD is back at the California...

View from above of Spinning artbots and two people drawing with them, creating colorful circles

*Postponed* MakeArt Lab: ArtBots with Chris Myers

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
*This Event has been postponed.* Please check back soon for a new time and date.   Join Zoom Blue Dot collaborating inventioneer, Christopher Myers, for a family-friendly afternoon of ArtBots!...

*This Event has been postponed.* Please check back soon for a new time and date.   Join Zoom Blue Dot collaborating inventioneer, Christopher Myers, for a family-friendly afternoon of ArtBots!...

Artist Tammie Knight looking through a miniature frame of a gallery

MakeArt Lab: Proxistant Pop-up Galleries with Tammie Knight

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Deep dive into the exhibitions with artist-led workshops! MakeArt Labs are a unique opportunity to get hands-on artistic guidance directly from exhibition-featured artists, designers, and experts. Join MCD and local...

Deep dive into the exhibitions with artist-led workshops! MakeArt Labs are a unique opportunity to get hands-on artistic guidance directly from exhibition-featured artists, designers, and experts. Join MCD and local...

Silhouette of people with orange and blue lines projected on them.

MCD Speaker Series: Proxistant Vision-Closing Reflections with Bull.Miletic and Glen Helfand

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

Bull.Miletic returns to MCD for final thoughts on “Proxistant Vision.” Joined in conversation with writer and curator Glen Helfand, the artists will follow up their opening day exhibition walk-through to discuss the culmination of this innovative, art and technology research project– exploring the impact of new aerial imaging technologies and their influence and power in everyday life.

Bull.Miletic returns to MCD for final thoughts on "Proxistant Vision." Joined in conversation with writer and curator Glen Helfand, the artists will follow up their opening day exhibition walk-through to discuss the culmination of this innovative, art and technology research project– exploring the impact of new aerial imaging technologies and their influence and power in everyday life.

MCD Library MakeArt: Mission Branch

San Francisco Public Library – Misison Branch Valencia Street, San Francisco

Mobile MakeArt programs are back on the books at the Mission Branch Public Library! Don’t miss a day of Library MakeArt programming, and explore each exhibition through inspired in-person activities….

Mobile MakeArt programs are back on the books at the Mission Branch Public Library! Don’t miss a day of Library MakeArt programming, and explore each exhibition through inspired in-person activities....

MCD Library MakeArt: Excelsior Branch

Event Series MCD Library MakeArt: Mission
Excelsior Branch San Francisco Public Library Mission Street, San Francisco

Mobile MakeArt programs are back on the books at the Excelsior Branch Public Library! Don’t miss a day of Library MakeArt programming, and explore each exhibition through inspired in-person activities….

Mobile MakeArt programs are back on the books at the Excelsior Branch Public Library! Don’t miss a day of Library MakeArt programming, and explore each exhibition through inspired in-person activities....

Quilted Fabric head piece on stand with black background

Member Preview Night for “Fight and Flight”

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
You're invited to MCD's Member and VIP Preview for Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life. Curated by Jacqueline Francis and Ariel Zaccheo, Fight and Flight features 23 Bay...

You're invited to MCD's Member and VIP Preview for Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life. Curated by Jacqueline Francis and Ariel Zaccheo, Fight and Flight features 23 Bay...

Artwork side view of a greenish brown small concrete rectangle with design on top

Member Preview Night for “Concrete Journals”

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
You're invited to MCD's Member and VIP Preview for Concrete Journals: Anne Hicks Siberell curated by Ariel Zaccheo. Anne Hicks Siberell's Concrete Journals series, which she has been making since...

You're invited to MCD's Member and VIP Preview for Concrete Journals: Anne Hicks Siberell curated by Ariel Zaccheo. Anne Hicks Siberell's Concrete Journals series, which she has been making since...

A group of people crafting at MCD's booth at Cal Academy's NightLife

Mobile MakeArt: NightLife-Stoned

California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Dr, San Francisco

Rock on over to the California Academy of Sciences and dig deep into all things geology at NightLife: Stoned! Of quartz, Mobile MakeArt will be in attendance and on theme….

Rock on over to the California Academy of Sciences and dig deep into all things geology at NightLife: Stoned! Of quartz, Mobile MakeArt will be in attendance and on theme....

A photo of a stack of Uli Rapp necklaces

Uli Rapp Trunk Show

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

Join us on Saturday, April 22 between 10:00 AM—5:00 PM for a special Trunk Show featuring the work of Uli Amsterdam. Come experience all the fabulous new pieces made by…

Join us on Saturday, April 22 between 10:00 AM—5:00 PM for a special Trunk Show featuring the work of Uli Amsterdam. Come experience all the fabulous new pieces made by...

Speaker Series: Art Market – Fight and Flight

Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion San Francsico

The Museum of Craft and Design and Art Market present an interdisciplinary exploration of today’s Bay Area arts ecosystem through the lens of MCD’s current exhibition, Fight and Flight: Crafting…

The Museum of Craft and Design and Art Market present an interdisciplinary exploration of today’s Bay Area arts ecosystem through the lens of MCD’s current exhibition, Fight and Flight: Crafting...

Mobile MakeArt: Art Market

Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion San Francsico

Join Museum of Craft and Design’s Mobile MakeArt for hands-on creativity during Art Market! Inspired by Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life, participants are invited to explore various…

Join Museum of Craft and Design’s Mobile MakeArt for hands-on creativity during Art Market! Inspired by Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay Area Life, participants are invited to explore various...

MakeArt Family Day

Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco
Design outside the lines at MakeArt Family Day! Explore the exhibitions with our self-led MakeArt Gallery Games and get hands-on with exciting activations all throughout the museum. From collaborative art-making...

Design outside the lines at MakeArt Family Day! Explore the exhibitions with our self-led MakeArt Gallery Games and get hands-on with exciting activations all throughout the museum. From collaborative art-making...

Mobile MakeArt: Tinkerfest

Chabot Space & Science Center Skyline Boulevard, Oakland

Chabot Space and Science Center’s 5th annual Tinkerfest invites participants to celebrate their ‘curious, creative, and inventive spirit!” Join MCD in an exploration of Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay…

Chabot Space and Science Center’s 5th annual Tinkerfest invites participants to celebrate their ‘curious, creative, and inventive spirit!” Join MCD in an exploration of Fight and Flight: Crafting a Bay...

Photo of four ceramic sculptures of dogs around a yellow bench on herringbone brick patio

Collector Tour

MCD Donor Circle Members are invited to view myriad artworks featured in the Atherton homes and gardens of Sue and John Diekman and Alyce and Steve Kaplan. Learn about the...

MCD Donor Circle Members are invited to view myriad artworks featured in the Atherton homes and gardens of Sue and John Diekman and Alyce and Steve Kaplan. Learn about the...

night time shot of people on the roof of California Academy of Sciences

Mobile MakeArt: Nightlife – Jurassic

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

Go big but don’t go home —join MCD at Jurassic NightLife and welcome the California Academy of Sciences’ new exhibit The Worlds’s Largest Dinosaurs. Make Jurassicrafts with MCD. Let your…

Go big but don’t go home —join MCD at Jurassic NightLife and welcome the California Academy of Sciences’ new exhibit The Worlds’s Largest Dinosaurs. Make Jurassicrafts with MCD. Let your...

Mobile MakeArt x SFDW23: PRIDEful Juneteenth

Event Series Mobile MakeArt: BVOH Pop Up Resource Village
Museum of Craft and Design 2569 3rd St, San Francisco

The Museum of Craft and Design returns to Bayview-Hunters Point for a celebration of PRIDE, Father’s Day, and SF Design Week 2023! Meet us at the Pop-Up Village–a site activation…

The Museum of Craft and Design returns to Bayview-Hunters Point for a celebration of PRIDE, Father’s Day, and SF Design Week 2023! Meet us at the Pop-Up Village–a site activation...

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