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UPCOMING PROGRAMS:

Stay tuned for announcements about upcoming MakeArt Accessible events!

MCD is dedicated to making our space and programs more accessible. We are actively creating an accessibility roadmap, assembling an advisory committee with members from the Disability community, and continuously learning what it means to do this work.

The Museum of Craft and Design partners with community allies to develop accessible, equitable, and inclusive experiences within and beyond the museum. Exhibition wall texts are translated into English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Arabic. During the course of each exhibition, visual descriptions are developed to accompany select objects. Mobile MakeArt brings accessibility beyond the museum walls in the form of tactile art classes, bilingual program facilitation, and translated MakeArt Kits.

If you are interested in getting involved, please contact info@sfmcd.org

  • A group of people crafting during MCD's MakeArt Accessible event at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  • A group of people observe a piece of artwork during Access After Hours
  • Locat Artist Maia Scott participating in a MakeArt activity
  • A group of people show off thier finished MakeArt projects during MAkeArt Accessible
  • A group of peoplpe sit and listen to a description of an art piece during Access After Hours
  • A group of peoplpe sit and listen to a description of an art piece during Access After Hours
  • A group of people show off thier finished MakeArt projects during MAkeArt Accessible

EXHIBITION RELATED HAPTIC OBJECTS

MCD works with artists to tactically highlight the themes in our current exhibitions. Haptic objects are an essential element of museum access.

Current Haptic artwork at the exhibition:

Feel free to gently touch samples of fabric from Kate Nartker’s Jacquard woven wool work, Green Screen (2026). This haptic piece is within the first gallery you enter in Video Craft, and is located next to Kate Narker’s video.

Nartker’s Green Screen makes use of an “overshot” pattern, a layer which floats over the ground weave, producing an additional texture. In film, green screens produce a layer of imagery that can be removed in editing.

In addition to the Green Screen haptic sample, there are experiments the artist completed with a graduate student, incorporating braille into fabric using different textures of yarn. The braille could contain useful information, like colors or care instructions.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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From Loom to Screen: A Conversation Across Generations

March 19 @ 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Logo for the Institute of Museum and Library ServicesThis project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IGSM-253544-OMS-23).

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