MCD Free First Tuesday
Get FREE admission to our museum and join in on a craft for our monthly Free First Tuesday!
Get FREE admission to our museum and join in on a craft for our monthly Free First Tuesday!
MCD Community MakeArt: Sunday Streets • Tenderloin
Join MCD in celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Sunday Streets with vintage magazine badges! Peruse an assortment of periodicals from the archives and create a wearable snapshot of the past.
Join MCD in celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Sunday Streets with vintage magazine badges! Peruse an assortment of periodicals from the archives and create a wearable snapshot of the past.
MAKE: September
Carissa Potter is our guest artist for September MAKE and the inspiration behind our crafts for the evening, including DIY books, vision zines, and custom illustrated postcards from her book, “It’s OK to Feel Things Deeply.”
Carissa Potter is our guest artist for September MAKE and the inspiration behind our crafts for the evening, including DIY books, vision zines, and custom illustrated postcards from her book, "It's OK to Feel Things Deeply."
MCD Free First Tuesday
Get your fill of our current exhibitions, then come by to the MakeArt Lab where we will be exploring a sculptural soap carving project inspired by Judy Kensley McKie!
Get your fill of our current exhibitions, then come by to the MakeArt Lab where we will be exploring a sculptural soap carving project inspired by Judy Kensley McKie!
MAKE: August
Get prepared for Burning Man at MAKE!
Use a technique from the Playa Fairy herself to make jewelry you can gift to all your new friends. Plus, create a fanny pack fit to hold all of your essentials while keeping your hands free for dancing and bike-riding. Don’t forget to craft a found-fabric dust mask and BRC-worthy shades to keep you comfortable in all elements!
Get prepared for Burning Man at MAKE!
Use a technique from the Playa Fairy herself to make jewelry you can gift to all your new friends. Plus, create a fanny pack fit to hold all of your essentials while keeping your hands free for dancing and bike-riding. Don’t forget to craft a found-fabric dust mask and BRC-worthy shades to keep you comfortable in all elements!
MCD Community MakeArt: Salesforce Transit Center Grand Opening + Block Party
Mark the Transit Center grand opening and the spirit of travel by creating a double-sided pennant professing your hometown love combined with some SF pride!
Mark the Transit Center grand opening and the spirit of travel by creating a double-sided pennant professing your hometown love combined with some SF pride!
MCD Free First Tuesday
Tour Raw Design then explore color, form and texture in the MakeArt Lab while constructing a sculpture informed by Marléne Huissoud’s “Of Insects and Men.”
Tour Raw Design then explore color, form and texture in the MakeArt Lab while constructing a sculpture informed by Marléne Huissoud’s “Of Insects and Men.”
MakeArt Family Day
Learn to grow your own crystals using household materials! You will start the process at MCD, then take your project home to watch grow. Explore other themes found in Raw Design using rocks and minerals to create small sculptures and play around with making weavings from found materials. Do you know what a cassette tape is?! You will after this event!
Learn to grow your own crystals using household materials! You will start the process at MCD, then take your project home to watch grow. Explore other themes found in Raw Design using rocks and minerals to create small sculptures and play around with making weavings from found materials. Do you know what a cassette tape is?! You will after this event!
MAKE
This month we craft our inspiration from the work found in Raw Design. Join us for a free glass of wine during our 6 PM Artist Happy Hour with ceramicist Ilana Crispi to learn about her Mission Dirt Project– an excavation of dirt along Valencia Street that culminates in the firing of the physical material in order to examine questions of home, history, geology, and ownership.
This month we craft our inspiration from the work found in Raw Design. Join us for a free glass of wine during our 6 PM Artist Happy Hour with ceramicist Ilana Crispi to learn about her Mission Dirt Project-- an excavation of dirt along Valencia Street that culminates in the firing of the physical material in order to examine questions of home, history, geology, and ownership.
MakeArt Family Day: July
Please join us for this month’s MakeArt Family Day… As always, we will be offering a number of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy!
Please join us for this month’s MakeArt Family Day... As always, we will be offering a number of exhibition related activities for visitors of all ages to enjoy!
MCD Free First Tuesday: Sharpie Shibori Bandanas
Create your ultimate summer accessory during Free First Tuesday!
Create your ultimate summer accessory during Free First Tuesday!
MAKE
We kick off this month’s festivities at 6:00 PM with our Artist Happy Hour at and book signing featuring the brand new art book, “Hate is What we Need.” In this clothbound, hardcover volume, acclaimed artist Ward Schumaker transforms the egregious utterances of the 45th president of the United States of America into provocative text-based paintings. Hear from Ward about the creation of the book and then explore his unique stenciling technique by replicating the process on your own canvas tote. Come early to enjoy a complimentary glass of wine and MAKE hate into love!
We kick off this month's festivities at 6:00 PM with our Artist Happy Hour at and book signing featuring the brand new art book, “Hate is What we Need.” In this clothbound, hardcover volume, acclaimed artist Ward Schumaker transforms the egregious utterances of the 45th president of the United States of America into provocative text-based paintings. Hear from Ward about the creation of the book and then explore his unique stenciling technique by replicating the process on your own canvas tote. Come early to enjoy a complimentary glass of wine and MAKE hate into love!
Raw Design: Exhibition and Design Mixer
Kick off SF Design Week at the Museum of Craft and Design for a special party hosted by MCD Salon, a new young design collective. Start the night off with an interactive talk and tour of MCD’s three new summer exhibitions, including “Raw Design” curated by Glenn Adamson. Special guest speakers include Lisa Ellsworth and Charlie Leese, followed by hands-on crafting with marble polymer clays, vinyl spinning, plus bites and cocktails inspired by the exhibitions. Join us for a fun evening exploring design through art, jewelry, food and cocktails! Two complimentary drink vouchers included with each ticket purchase.
Kick off SF Design Week at the Museum of Craft and Design for a special party hosted by MCD Salon, a new young design collective. Start the night off with an interactive talk and tour of MCD's three new summer exhibitions, including "Raw Design" curated by Glenn Adamson. Special guest speakers include Lisa Ellsworth and Charlie Leese, followed by hands-on crafting with marble polymer clays, vinyl spinning, plus bites and cocktails inspired by the exhibitions. Join us for a fun evening exploring design through art, jewelry, food and cocktails! Two complimentary drink vouchers included with each ticket purchase.
MCD Free Tuesday: Pocket Altars
Tour Anchors in Time and drop by the MakeArt Lab to create a portable talisman out of natural materials and collage elements. Bring any small personal items* you want to include in whatever energy it is you’re looking to conjure!
Tour Anchors in Time and drop by the MakeArt Lab to create a portable talisman out of natural materials and collage elements. Bring any small personal items* you want to include in whatever energy it is you’re looking to conjure!
Curator Walk-Through: “Raw Design” and “Judy Kensley McKie: Cast of Characters”
Learn more about how Raw Design illustrates an interesting moment in the history of technique, where designers seem to prefer inventing new processes around traditional mediums. MCD Assistant Curator Ariel Zaccheo will also contribute to the conversation surrounding the work of beloved designer and furniture maker Judy Kensley McKie and the creative collaboration she has shared with Artworks Foundry in Berkeley.
Learn more about how Raw Design illustrates an interesting moment in the history of technique, where designers seem to prefer inventing new processes around traditional mediums. MCD Assistant Curator Ariel Zaccheo will also contribute to the conversation surrounding the work of beloved designer and furniture maker Judy Kensley McKie and the creative collaboration she has shared with Artworks Foundry in Berkeley.
MakeArt Family Day
This month we get into the spirit of Raw Design by creating all of your own art materials, from scratch! Experiment with how to make milk paint, modeling clay, rainbow crayons and more. Take your creations to the “Test Tent” in the parklet to try out your custom supplies, then stick around for a special opening day exhibition walk-through with guest curator Glenn Adamson.
This month we get into the spirit of Raw Design by creating all of your own art materials, from scratch! Experiment with how to make milk paint, modeling clay, rainbow crayons and more. Take your creations to the “Test Tent” in the parklet to try out your custom supplies, then stick around for a special opening day exhibition walk-through with guest curator Glenn Adamson.
MCD Member Preview
MCD Members are invited to a special member preview for Raw Design, Judy Kensley McKie: Cast of Characters and Anchors in Time: Dominic Di Mare. Grab a drink and meet the artists and curators behind these three brand new exhibitions highlighting the nature of contemporary craft and design.
MCD Members are invited to a special member preview for Raw Design, Judy Kensley McKie: Cast of Characters and Anchors in Time: Dominic Di Mare. Grab a drink and meet the artists and curators behind these three brand new exhibitions highlighting the nature of contemporary craft and design.
MAKE: May
Design your night at MAKE! On the third Thursday of each month, collaborate with artists and makers, explore unique themes, and re-think materials through creative design projects.
Design your night at MAKE! On the third Thursday of each month, collaborate with artists and makers, explore unique themes, and re-think materials through creative design projects.
MCD Community MakeArt: 19th Annual How Weird Street Faire • Disco Ball Inferno!
Boogie over to the MCD booth in Art Alley to make a funky Disco Pouch from felt, glitter glue and broken up CDs. Then, fill your creation with the essentials and tie it around your waist so you can keep your hands free for The Hustle!
Boogie over to the MCD booth in Art Alley to make a funky Disco Pouch from felt, glitter glue and broken up CDs. Then, fill your creation with the essentials and tie it around your waist so you can keep your hands free for The Hustle!
MakeArt Family Day: May
This May we get our inspiration from the Tom Loeser exhibition, Please Please Please. Explore the galleries while experiencing first-hand many of the techniques found in the exhibition, including sun print cyanotypes, hybrid furniture design and pyrography!
This May we get our inspiration from the Tom Loeser exhibition, Please Please Please. Explore the galleries while experiencing first-hand many of the techniques found in the exhibition, including sun print cyanotypes, hybrid furniture design and pyrography!
