Past Events

Though our studios are closed at this time, we still want to connect you with our talented instructors. Join us as we host Donna Penoyer, a precious metal clay artist, in a brief demonstration and a Q&A session to follow. Get a taste of the medium, ask questions, and prime yourself for future workshops!

Join us for an artist-led virtual workshop at the comfort of your home to learn the art of paper weaving with artist Katie Rearick on Wednesday, June 17, from 10 AM - 12 PM (EST). This workshop will give participants experience working with the basic concept of weaving and also introduce more complex patterns and designs.

Dialogue with Swoon’s exhibition artworks on your computer screen. Let her art excite you, open you, usher you into writing your most urgent poems and stories. Like Swoon’s art, discover how tender, how strong your words are, you are. This virtual writing adventure led by Sheila Kelly uses image-rich poems and questions for reflection as jumping-off points for creating new writing.

Use folding and pop-up paper crafting techniques to create three small artist books. For this virtual workshop, you will join on Zoom and explore different alternative book structures and how to make them with instructors of artist Amelia Kieras Paper Arts!

With the generous support of artists, Contemporary Craft is excited to present an online silent auction from 12PM (EST) on July 17 to 9PM (EST) on August 9, 2020! This annual silent auction features over 100 handcrafted art objects by talented artists and the proceeds from this event will support Contemporary Craft’s mission, inspiring art programming, our free admissions policy, and help with sustaining the organization through the COVID-19 pandemic hardship. Check out the exceptional artworks we have in the silent auction at: https://CRAFT2020.givesmart.com

Join us virtually to learn the craft of needle felt while making a truly tiny felted wool toadstool house on August 15, 2020! Artist and instructor Erin Carlson will lead a virtual beginner-friendly class that will focus on felting basics.

Join us virtually for this crash course on Smart Textiles with artist Jhenny Adams! In this virtual Crafts & Drafts workshop, you will learn to sew an LED into a piece of fabric resulting in wearable, light-up magic.

Craft offers many of us a sense of community. In these uncertain times, feeling that sense of community can be a challenge. That's why we're hosting a FREE virtual Show and Tell, so we can get together, share the craft projects we've been working on over the last several months, be inspired by each other, and feel motivated to make art.

This holiday season, give artfully! Kick off the holiday season at Contemporary Craft's shopping preview event on Friday, Nov. 13,…