Where Craft, Culture, and Community Meet
Founded on the idea that art lives in daily life, the Mingei Museum honors the creativity of ordinary makers.
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Founded on the idea that art lives in daily life, the Mingei Museum honors the creativity of ordinary makers.
The Japanese American Quilt Project brings together generations of voices, identity, and resilience. Learn the story of a community’s shared past through fabric and thread.
Discover the crochet lace of Orvieto, Italy, a fragile inheritance of skill, memory, and place, preserved against the pull of time.
A pair of hand-embroidered mittens from a World War II relocation camp serve as a testament to resilience and the sustaining power of craft. And you can make them, too.
Honoring the women who built the historic lace industry in Ipswich, Massachusetts, and connecting today’s makers with this nearly lost craft.
Discover a hidden tradition at the newest exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. It’s the latest destination in our A Place to Come To series, highlighting remarkable exhibitions and collections.
For the second installment in our “A Place to Come To” series, we turn to Multicolores. This nonprofit association of Maya women in Guatemala offers programs that encourage artistic development, self-discovery, and economic empowerment.
Just in time for winter, we've got five wonderful mitten patterns from Scandinavia to knit.
Season 13, Episode 5: Brooklyn-based and globally focused, Tatter preserves the personal and cultural stories in cloth.
Threads of Life and Making Matters author Clare Hunter shares a special view of craft and creativity.
We’re launching a new monthly series spotlighting inspiring exhibitions and collections. First up is "On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival." Come along as we visit the galleries.
The tiny wonders of the Eloise Kruger Collection