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MCD Speaker Series: Marianne Lettieri

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

Artifacts can help us visualize the past, both personal and cultural. Like an archaeologist, artist Marianne Lettieri uses found objects and cultural detritus to tell the stories of who we…

Artifacts can help us visualize the past, both personal and cultural. Like an archaeologist, artist Marianne Lettieri uses found objects and cultural detritus to tell the stories of who we...

MCD MakeArt Family Day: Cork Crafts

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

This all ages Family Day takes corks beyond the bottle stopper to create playful animal figures, keychains, stamps, jewelry, magnets and more! View Beyond the Pour II: The Creative Process…

This all ages Family Day takes corks beyond the bottle stopper to create playful animal figures, keychains, stamps, jewelry, magnets and more! View Beyond the Pour II: The Creative Process...

MCD Craft Lab: Cork Bound Journals

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

Think beyond the wine stopper create a stab-bound journal using sheets of cork fabric and embellishments. Make a simple Japanese style binding, or use a template to sew an intricate…

Think beyond the wine stopper create a stab-bound journal using sheets of cork fabric and embellishments. Make a simple Japanese style binding, or use a template to sew an intricate...

MCD Book Signing: Elle Luna • The Crossroads of Should and Must

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

“When you decide to look for your dreams in real life, where do you go? …..Craigslist, I thought. ” Please join MCD as we welcome SF-based author, artist, and designer…

"When you decide to look for your dreams in real life, where do you go? .....Craigslist, I thought. " Please join MCD as we welcome SF-based author, artist, and designer...

MCD Design Lab: Wine Art Calendar Posters

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

Printmaker James Tucker joins us from local letterpress print shop, the Aesthetic Union. Inspired by the wine label artwork featured in Beyond the Pour II, participants will create single sheet…

Printmaker James Tucker joins us from local letterpress print shop, the Aesthetic Union. Inspired by the wine label artwork featured in Beyond the Pour II, participants will create single sheet...

MCD Movie Night: Big Eyes

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

Doors at 7:00 PM • Show at 7:30 PM Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story of one of the most epic art frauds in history. In the 1960s, painter…

Doors at 7:00 PM • Show at 7:30 PM Big Eyes tells the outrageous true story of one of the most epic art frauds in history. In the 1960s, painter...

MCD Craft Lab: DIY Winter Soy Candles

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

Keep the winter burning bright with a wood-wick soy candle! We’ll be pouring our candles into jars, teacups, mugs, and small vases– so feel free to bring your own vessel…

Keep the winter burning bright with a wood-wick soy candle! We’ll be pouring our candles into jars, teacups, mugs, and small vases-- so feel free to bring your own vessel...

Deck the Dogpatch at MCD!

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

A special event for our neighbors and community members! Join your neighbors, colleagues and friends of the Dogpatch community for MCD’s annual neighborhood holiday open house! You’ll mix and mingle…

A special event for our neighbors and community members! Join your neighbors, colleagues and friends of the Dogpatch community for MCD’s annual neighborhood holiday open house! You’ll mix and mingle...

MCD MakeArt Family Day: Gingerbread Houses

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

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Draw on the architectural inspiration all around to embellish YOUR one-of-a-kind gingerbread house! All basic components (gingerbread house, icing, candies, etc.) will be provided, but…

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Draw on the architectural inspiration all around to embellish YOUR one-of-a-kind gingerbread house! All basic components (gingerbread house, icing, candies, etc.) will be provided, but...

MCD Design Lab: Anja Ulfeldt • Soldering Workshop

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

For this hands-on soldering workshop, Anja will lead participants in an afternoon of contact microphone construction and experimentation using sound and material. Piezo disk contact microphones, also known as cigar…

For this hands-on soldering workshop, Anja will lead participants in an afternoon of contact microphone construction and experimentation using sound and material. Piezo disk contact microphones, also known as cigar...

MCD Craft Lab: SCRAP

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

Join SCRAP educators Ellen and Jane for an evening of making, inspired by the work of Marianne Lettieri! Rifle through objects discovered in the recesses of SCRAP, and pay homage…

Join SCRAP educators Ellen and Jane for an evening of making, inspired by the work of Marianne Lettieri! Rifle through objects discovered in the recesses of SCRAP, and pay homage...

MCD Speaker Series: Anja Ulfeldt

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

Anja Ulfeldt is a durational installation artist working primarily in sculpture and time-based media. Here she will discuss and share her process as it relates to experimentation, salvage and reuse….

Anja Ulfeldt is a durational installation artist working primarily in sculpture and time-based media. Here she will discuss and share her process as it relates to experimentation, salvage and reuse....

MCD Craft Lab: Wine Bottle Apothecary Jars

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

Double, double, toil and trouble…. Gather ‘round and employ the magic of bottle cutters and glass etching to create the ultimate vessels for candle enchantments, poison storage and potion decanting….

Double, double, toil and trouble…. Gather ‘round and employ the magic of bottle cutters and glass etching to create the ultimate vessels for candle enchantments, poison storage and potion decanting....

MCD MakeArt: Halloween Haberdashery

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

Explore the assemblages of artist Marianne Lettieri, and then design and build your very own unique headpiece from found and repurposed materials, for Halloween, carnavale, the Beaux Arts Ball, or…

Explore the assemblages of artist Marianne Lettieri, and then design and build your very own unique headpiece from found and repurposed materials, for Halloween, carnavale, the Beaux Arts Ball, or...

MCD Movie Night: Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

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

• A documentary film by Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty • Music written and performed on “The Machine” by Llyn Foulkes DOORS AT 7PM • PROGRAM AT 7:30PM “Llyn Foulkes…

• A documentary film by Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty • Music written and performed on "The Machine" by Llyn Foulkes DOORS AT 7PM • PROGRAM AT 7:30PM "Llyn Foulkes...

MCD MakeArt: Music & Marbles

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

After getting inspired by the exhibition of Anja Ulfeldt: of Sound | Mind and Objects, we’ll craft and decorate several colorful tube-based musical instruments and cylinder-based marble mazes. Ages 6-12…

After getting inspired by the exhibition of Anja Ulfeldt: of Sound | Mind and Objects, we’ll craft and decorate several colorful tube-based musical instruments and cylinder-based marble mazes. Ages 6-12...

MCD Design Lab: Marianne Lettieri: Memory Boxes

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

Using collections and memory as a way to work through current social and political contexts, Marianne Lettieri creates work that reinforces the interconnectedness of communities through time. In this Design…

Using collections and memory as a way to work through current social and political contexts, Marianne Lettieri creates work that reinforces the interconnectedness of communities through time. In this Design...

MCD Craft Lab: Pipe Art Environments

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

Inspired by the work of Anja Ulfeldt, use a variety of iron and PVC pipe and fittings to create your own mini-environment. From planters to desk organizers, we will bring…

Inspired by the work of Anja Ulfeldt, use a variety of iron and PVC pipe and fittings to create your own mini-environment. From planters to desk organizers, we will bring...

MCD Speaker Series: Curator Wine Walk

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

For over thirty years, MCD guest curator Bob Nugent has commissioned established and emerging visual artists, including Tom Foolery, Sol LeWitt, Jim Melchert, and Catherine Wagner to create works of…

For over thirty years, MCD guest curator Bob Nugent has commissioned established and emerging visual artists, including Tom Foolery, Sol LeWitt, Jim Melchert, and Catherine Wagner to create works of...

MCD MakeArt Family Day: Tapigami

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

Maker Faire fan favorite Tapigami is coming to MCD! Join artist Danny Scheible to learn all the basic skills and techniques for creating sculpture out of tape! Learn to transform…

Maker Faire fan favorite Tapigami is coming to MCD! Join artist Danny Scheible to learn all the basic skills and techniques for creating sculpture out of tape! Learn to transform...

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