MCD Curator Walk-Through: Catharine Clark + Al Farrow
Guest curator Catharine Clark leads an opening day exhibition walk-through of Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition. Having traveled the nation, this exhibition comes home to San Francisco and will debut Farrow’s most recent piece, The White House (2018).
Guest curator Catharine Clark leads an opening day exhibition walk-through of Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition. Having traveled the nation, this exhibition comes home to San Francisco and will debut Farrow’s most recent piece, The White House (2018).
Member Preview: Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition & Tex Gieling: Sixty Years
Y O U ‘ R E I N V I T E D! Don’t miss the MCD Member preview for Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition and Tex Gieling: Sixty Years on Friday,…
Y O U ' R E I N V I T E D! Don't miss the MCD Member preview for Al Farrow: Divine Ammunition and Tex Gieling: Sixty Years on Friday,...
MCD Curator Walk-Through: Mayer Shacter in Conversation with Gustavo Pérez
Guest curator Mayer Schacter leads an opening day exhibition walk-through of Portrait in Black and White.
Guest curator Mayer Schacter leads an opening day exhibition walk-through of Portrait in Black and White.
VIP and Member Preview for Gustavo Pérez: Self Portrait in Black & White
Join us for a special member preview night for Gustavo Pérez: Self Portrait in Black & White. Grab a drink, meet international visiting artist Gustavo Pérez and curator Mayer Shacter and be the first to experience this meticulously crafted site-specific installation.
Join us for a special member preview night for Gustavo Pérez: Self Portrait in Black & White. Grab a drink, meet international visiting artist Gustavo Pérez and curator Mayer Shacter and be the first to experience this meticulously crafted site-specific installation.
Style’ 18
Now in its 12th year, STYLE is a show, sale, and benefit celebrating independent contemporary design. This is a curated event focused on the highest quality fashion, jewelry, and accessories.
Now in its 12th year, STYLE is a show, sale, and benefit celebrating independent contemporary design. This is a curated event focused on the highest quality fashion, jewelry, and accessories.
MCD Design Lab: Material Alchemy with Ramekon O’Arwisters
On the Saturday before All Hallows eve, join the Museum of Craft and Design to immerse yourself in the magical moment between the seen and the unseen!
On the Saturday before All Hallows eve, join the Museum of Craft and Design to immerse yourself in the magical moment between the seen and the unseen!
MAKE: October
Celebrate the spookier side of Raw Design with an evening creating “In Cold Blood” beeswax candles, wall-mounted mythical creature skulls and never-rot foam pumpkin decor for our third Thursday event, MAKE!
Celebrate the spookier side of Raw Design with an evening creating “In Cold Blood” beeswax candles, wall-mounted mythical creature skulls and never-rot foam pumpkin decor for our third Thursday event, MAKE!
MCD Community MakeArt: Sunday Streets • Excelsior
MCD honors 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. We’ll see you there!
MCD honors 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. We’ll see you there!
MCD Curator Walk-Through: Signe Mayfield + Dominic DiMare
Guest curator Signe Mayfield leads an informal program on the unique and incredibly detailed works of Dominic Di Mare, as seen in the exhibition and publication Anchors In Time: Dominic Di Mare.
Guest curator Signe Mayfield leads an informal program on the unique and incredibly detailed works of Dominic Di Mare, as seen in the exhibition and publication Anchors In Time: Dominic Di Mare.
MakeArt Family Day
Its autumn and MCD is celebrating the changing of the seasons with a number of exhibition-related activities inspired by Anchors in Time: Dominic DiMare. Visitors will explore thematic concepts and the use of natural materials in the art-making process. From paper-making to fly fishing lure design and watercolor play, the MakeArt Lab, parklet and galleries will be filled with hands-on projects harkening to the sea-borne aesthetic of Dominic DiMare.
Its autumn and MCD is celebrating the changing of the seasons with a number of exhibition-related activities inspired by Anchors in Time: Dominic DiMare. Visitors will explore thematic concepts and the use of natural materials in the art-making process. From paper-making to fly fishing lure design and watercolor play, the MakeArt Lab, parklet and galleries will be filled with hands-on projects harkening to the sea-borne aesthetic of Dominic DiMare.
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!
