Skip to main content
  1. Events
  2. museum of craft and design

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

MCD Community MakeArt: Bayview Opera House Circus Festival

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

MCD Community MakeArt: BVOH Circus Festival. July 28, 12 PM – 4 PM. MCD returns to NOW Hunter’s Point to celebrate the 8th annual BVOH Circus Festival!

MCD Community MakeArt: BVOH Circus Festival. July 28, 12 PM - 4 PM. MCD returns to NOW Hunter’s Point to celebrate the 8th annual BVOH Circus Festival!

Free

MCD MakeArt Family Day: August

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

MCD MakeArt Family Day: August. MCD celebrates the new exhibition Interior/Exterior with a Family Day focused on structures and place. 

MCD MakeArt Family Day: August. MCD celebrates the new exhibition Interior/Exterior with a Family Day focused on structures and place. 

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

Free

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 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 Community MakeArt: Kids’ Crafts @ Salesforce Park

Salesforce Park 1st St and Minna St, San Francisco

Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Kids’ Crafts, October 5, 2019, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM. Join MCD for a Design Challenge inspired by the current exhibition Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object.

Community MakeArt: Salesforce Park Kids' Crafts, October 5, 2019, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM. Join MCD for a Design Challenge inspired by the current exhibition Dead Nuts: a search for the ultimate machined object.

Free

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

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 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

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. 

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

Stay up to date on all things MCD!