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Monday Night Makers @ Salesforce Park: Interior/Exterior Wall Hangings

Salesforce Park 1st St and Minna St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers. August 12, 5 PM – 7 PM. This week, use an array of yarns, strings, jute and ribbon to create a miniature textural wall hanging.

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers. August 12, 5 PM - 7 PM. This week, use an array of yarns, strings, jute and ribbon to create a miniature textural wall hanging.

Free

MCD MAKE: August

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

MCD Make: August. August 15, 6 PM – 9:30 PM. View Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object and explore the materials and exhibition concepts through a number of in-gallery activities.

MCD Make: August. August 15, 6 PM - 9:30 PM. View Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object and explore the materials and exhibition concepts through a number of in-gallery activities.

MCD Community MakeArt: BMAGIC Back to School

NOW Hunters Point 155 Jennings St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: BMAGIC Back to School. In addition to a backpack giveaway, at the MCD booth students of Bayview/Hunter’s Point and beyond will get to use exciting and unexpected materials to personalize their backpacks and supplies. 

MCD Community MakeArt: BMAGIC Back to School. In addition to a backpack giveaway, at the MCD booth students of Bayview/Hunter's Point and beyond will get to use exciting and unexpected materials to personalize their backpacks and supplies. 

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers

Salesforce Park 1st St and Minna St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers. August 19, 2019, 5 PM – 7 PM. This week, design wearable art with faux plants, crystals, and more for trips to the playa!

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers. August 19, 2019, 5 PM - 7 PM. This week, design wearable art with faux plants, crystals, and more for trips to the playa!

Free

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers

Salesforce Park 1st St and Minna St, San Francisco

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers, August 26, 5 PM – 7 PM. This week, pay homage to the Salesforce Park environment– part garden and part urban, by customizing a terra cotta planter with paint pens.

MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Monday Night Makers, August 26, 5 PM - 7 PM. This week, pay homage to the Salesforce Park environment-- part garden and part urban, by customizing a terra cotta planter with paint pens.

Free

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

Free

MCD MakeArt Family Day: October

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

MCD MakeArt Family Day, October 5, 2019, 11 AM – 3 PM. Celebrate spooky season with hauntingly fun projects inspired by the exhibitions.

MCD MakeArt Family Day, October 5, 2019, 11 AM - 3 PM. Celebrate spooky season with hauntingly fun projects inspired by the exhibitions.

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 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: HapPIER Holidays at Pier 39

Pier 39, San Francisco, CA 94133, United States

MCD Community MakeArt: HapPIER Holidays at Pier 39, December 8 2019, 1 PM – 4 PM. Join MCD to make paper ornaments.

MCD Community MakeArt: HapPIER Holidays at Pier 39, December 8 2019, 1 PM - 4 PM. Join MCD to make paper ornaments.

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview

Bayview Branch Library 5075 Third Street, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview Branch, Thursday December 12, 12 PM – 1:30 PM.  Join MCD to explore holiday crafts using repurposed and natural materials

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview Branch, Thursday December 12, 12 PM - 1:30 PM.  Join MCD to explore holiday crafts using repurposed and natural materials

Free

MCD Library MakeArt: Mission Bay

San Francisco Public Library, Mission Bay Branch 960 4th St, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt, December 14, 3 PM -4:30 PM. Join the Museum of Craft and design to explore creative ways of gifting.

MCD Library MakeArt, December 14, 3 PM -4:30 PM. Join the Museum of Craft and design to explore creative ways of gifting.

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview Branch

San Francisco Public Library - Bayview/Linda Brooks-Burton Branch Library 5075 3rd St, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview Branch, January 25, 2020, 2:00 – 3:30 PM. Join the Museum of Craft and Design for a workshop blending hand-lettering and embroidery techniques inspired by exhibiting artist Linda Gass.

MCD Library MakeArt: Bayview Branch, January 25, 2020, 2:00 - 3:30 PM. Join the Museum of Craft and Design for a workshop blending hand-lettering and embroidery techniques inspired by exhibiting artist Linda Gass.

MCD MakeArt Family Day: February

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

MakeArt Family Day, Feb 1, 2020, 11 AM – 3 PM. Join MCD for the first MakeArt Family Day of 2020 to experience a variety of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy.

MakeArt Family Day, Feb 1, 2020, 11 AM - 3 PM. Join MCD for the first MakeArt Family Day of 2020 to experience a variety of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy.

*Cancelled* MCD Design Lab Happy Hour: Aplat Zero Waste

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

Design Lab Happy Hour: Aplat Zero Waste, Feb 7, 2020, 6 PM – 9 PM. Join MCD to learn more about the creative process behind this thoughtful, local company, and to try your hand at creating your own accessories from offcut industrial production. 

Design Lab Happy Hour: Aplat Zero Waste, Feb 7, 2020, 6 PM - 9 PM. Join MCD to learn more about the creative process behind this thoughtful, local company, and to try your hand at creating your own accessories from offcut industrial production. 

MAKE: February

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

MAKE: February, Feb 20, 2020, 6 PM – 9 PM. This February, interact with hands-on projects, community discussions and film that support current MCD exhibition Linda Gass: and then this happened….

MAKE: February, Feb 20, 2020, 6 PM - 9 PM. This February, interact with hands-on projects, community discussions and film that support current MCD exhibition Linda Gass: and then this happened….

*CANCELLED* MCD MakeArt Family Day: March

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

MCD MakeArt Family Day, March 7, 11 AM – 3 PM. Create art inspired by the materials and processes of the exhibition Linda Gass: and then this happened…,

MCD MakeArt Family Day, March 7, 11 AM - 3 PM. Create art inspired by the materials and processes of the exhibition Linda Gass: and then this happened…,

*Canceled* MAKE x WorkshopSF

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

MCD MAKE, March 19, 2020, 6 PM – 9:30 PM. This March, interact with hands-on projects, community discussions and film that support current MCD exhibition Survival Architecture and the Art of Resilience.

MCD MAKE, March 19, 2020, 6 PM - 9:30 PM. This March, interact with hands-on projects, community discussions and film that support current MCD exhibition Survival Architecture and the Art of Resilience.

*Canceled* MCD Library MakeArt: Potrero Branch

San Francisco Public Library - Potrero Branch 1616 20th St, San Francisco

MCD Library MakeArt: Potrero Branch, March 21, 2020, 4 PM – 5:30 PM. Inspired by exhibiting artists Linda Gass and Mary Mattingly, create wearable and decorative art.

MCD Library MakeArt: Potrero Branch, March 21, 2020, 4 PM - 5:30 PM. Inspired by exhibiting artists Linda Gass and Mary Mattingly, create wearable and decorative art.

Free

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