Skip to main content
Contemporary Craft
  • Discussion
  • Opportunities
  • Donate
  • Exhibitions
    • Browse Exhibitions
    • Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize
    • About Our Galleries
    • Traveling Exhibitions
  • Studio
    • About the Studio
    • Upcoming Workshops
    • Studio Rental
    • Artists-in-Residence
    • Drop-in Studio
    • Group Programs
    • Student and School Programs
    • Community Engagement
  • Artists-in-Residence
  • Store
  • About
    • Defining Craft
    • Mission
    • Lawrenceville Space
    • Accessibility
    • History
    • Staff and Board
    • Privacy Policy
    • Rent Our Space
  • News & Events
    • Calendar
    • Press Releases
    • In the News
  • Visit or Contact Us
Contemporary Craft
  • Discussion
  • Opportunities
  • Donate
  • Menu
News & Events
In the News

2021

Interview: Prepping Pittsburgh, Kate Lydon
Saturday Light Brigade | August 7,2021

Spotlight: Carving out Empathy with Refugee Exhibit at Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh Magazine | Lauren Davidson | June 9, 2021

Outgoing Executive Director Reflects on a Quarter-Century at Pittsburgh’s Contemporary Craft 
WESA | Bill O’Driscoll | May 28, 2021

Contemporary Craftin’ with the Jagoffs
YaJagOff Podcast | May 25, 2021

Rachel Saul Rearick to lead Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Marylynne Pitz | May 14, 2021

Artist Humaira Abid explores Pakistani and American cultural taboos in new exhibit at Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh City Paper | Dani Janae | April 7, 2021

Contemporary Craft exhibition explores plight of global women refugees
TribLIVE | Shirley McMarlin | February 12, 2021


2020

After A Pandemic-Induced Delay, Group Opens New Home With Exhibit By Famed Artist
WESA | Bill O’Driscoll | September 2, 2020

“Swooning” over art: Contemporary Craft to open to the public
The Pitt News | Annabelle Walter | September 2, 2020

Contemporary Craft opens in a renovated building in Upper Lawrenceville. ‘More than ever, this is needed.’
NEXTpittsburgh | Justin Bellucci | September 1, 2020

Contemporary Craft Debuts New Home in Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Magazine | Jessica Sinichak | August 31, 2020

13 things to do in September | Featuring The Heart Live Through the Hands
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | August 29, 2020

Social justice, spirituality stitched together in Jewish quilter’s exhibit
Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle  | Justin Vellucci | July 5, 2020

Pittsburgh To Start COVID “Green Phase” | Features a short update on Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh Applause! | June 2020 Issue

Virtual Tours, Story Times And Other Online Activities Offered By Pittsburgh-Area Organizations
WESA | Katie Blackley | April 22, 2020

Contemporary Craft lands acclaimed artist Swoon for first exhibit in new space
NEXTpittsburgh |Sarah Dunlap | March 5, 2020

The Steel City’s Brilliant Art Scene | Featuring Contemporary Craft
HGTV Smart Home 2020


2019

Climate Change | Featuring exhibition: Crafting Conversations
American Craft Magazine | Barbara Haugen | December/January 2020 issue

Our 2019 holiday shopping guide to the best of local art, crafts and gifts | Holiday Pop-Up Store highlight
NextPittsburgh |Michael Machosky | November 27, 2019

RAD board awards $109.5 million in grants to nonprofits
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | November 23, 2019

Two new exhibits address the climate crisis: one with shocking immersion, the other with practical sustainability
Pittsburgh City Paper | Hannah Lynn | September 25, 2019

26 cool things to do this weekend in Pittsburgh | Featuring RADical Day 2019
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | September 24, 2019

After 33 Years, Arts Group Bids Farewell To The Strip
WESA 90.5 | Bill O’Driscoll | August 19, 2019

Fiberart International takes on body image, climate, guns and other topics
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | August 14, 2019

18 Pittsburgh groups get over $15 million in RACP funds
NEXTpittsburgh | Bill O’Toole | August 7, 2019

Contemporary Craft closes out final exhibition at Strip District location
Pittsburgh City Paper | Amanda Waltz | August 4, 2019

Breaking New Ground In The Pittsburgh Art World
Pittsburgh Quarterly | Vicky Clark | 2019

Contemporary Craft receives $500,000 from state
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | August 2, 2019

Entertainment Planner: May 30 – June 12 | Featuring Fiberart International 2019
Trib Total Media | Shirley McMarlin | May 30, 2019

The Best things that are happening in Pittsburgh this weekend: May 30 – June 2 | Featuring Fiberart International 2019
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | May 29, 2019

Fiberart International weaves its way back into Pittsburgh with new partnership and textile works
Pittsburgh City Paper | Amanda Waltz | May 29, 2019

Strip District businesses hope you visit during Smallman St. construction
NEXTpittsburgh | Kristy Locklin | May 9, 2019

Top 13 things to do in Pittsburgh in May | Featuring Fiberart International 2019
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | April 24, 2019

How and why Contemporary Craft is moving to Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Marylynne Pitz | April 18, 2019

You’re going where? Pittsburgh
The Washington Post | Melanie D.G. Kaplan | April 17, 2019

Out of Hand Gala: Party Like It’s 1986
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Patricia Sheridan | April 1, 2019

Seen Events Listing: March 28, 2019 | Featuring Out of Hand: Party Like It’s 1986
Pittsburgh Today Live | KDKA TV & Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Natalie Bencivenga |March 28, 2019

Contemporary Craft says goodbye to the Strip District
Pittsburgh City Paper | Amanda Waltz | March 26, 2019

Contemporary Craft moving to new location
WPXI-TV | February 14, 2019

Contemporary Craft To Move Galleries, Studios To Upper Lawrenceville
90.5 WESA | Bill O’Driscoll | February 14, 2019

Pittsburgh’s Contemporary Craft Announces New Home In Upper Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Current | Amanda Reed | February 14, 2019

Contemporary Craft leaving Strip District for Lawrenceville
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Marylynne Pitz | February 14, 2019

BuildingContemporary Craft moving to new $5.5 million home in Lawrenceville
Trib Total Media | Paul Guggenheimer | February 14, 2019

Contemporary Craft announces new location in Lawrenceville. Check it out here.
NEXTpittsburgh | Bill O’Toole | February 13, 2019

Contemporary Craft finds new location, will reveal it next week
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Anya Sostek | February 8, 2019


2018

Moving works by local and international artists brighten Downtown T stations
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | December 5, 2018

Art that required handiwork
Alaska Airline Magazine | December issue

Shop Holiday: Gifts for art lovers
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Patricia Sheridan | November 23, 2018

Our 2018 holiday shopping guide to the best of local art, crafts and gifts
NEXTpittsburgh | Melissa Rayworth | November 21, 2018

10 family-friendly Pittsburgh events you don’t want to miss this November
NEXTpittsburgh | Kristy Locklin | October 22, 2018

U.S. gun violence fuels Raphael Prize winner Melissa Cameron at Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | October 15, 2018

Pinnacle: 2018 American Craft Council Awards | Contemporary Craft receives AAC Award of Distinction
American Craft Council | October 6, 2018

Contemporary Craft showcases works in found materials with Transformation 10 exhibit
Pittsburgh City Paper | Jordan Snowden | October 3, 2018

Meet Kim Fox, the Artisan Making Tin Quilts
Pittsburgh Magazine |Hannah Schneider | September 19, 2018

What’s happening in Pittsburgh this week, Sept. 13-16| Featuring Transformation 10: Contemporary Works in Found Materials
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | September 13, 2018

100 Things to do this Fall|Featuring Transformation 10: Contemporary Works in Found Materials
Pittsburgh City Paper | CP Staff | September 12, 2018

Transformation 10: Contemporary Works in Found Materials
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | September 11, 2018

Art exhibition in Pittsburgh to focus on issue of food insecurity
Pittsburgh’s Action News (WTAE) |Nick Matoney | September 4, 2018

38 Pittsburgh arts organizations to get boost from Bloomberg Philanthropies program
Pittsburgh Business Times | Tim Schooley | August 16, 2018

Pittsburgh-Area Institutions Participating In ‘Free Museum Day’
Pittsburgh CBS local | August 15, 2018

Behold the Buckle
American Craft Council | Judy Arginteanu | July 6, 2018

Deal reached for arts group to move out of the Strip’s produce terminal
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mark Belko | June 15, 2018

Contemporary Craft is leaving the Produce Terminal after 32 years
NEXTpittsburgh | Meslissa Rayworth | June 14, 2018

Preparing for the worst: Nonprofit hopes to stay in the produce terminal, but considers its options
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mark Belko | June 6, 2018

In redeveloping the Strip District produce terminal, who benefits?
Public Source | Brittany Hailer | May 14, 2018

#SEENintheCity | Featuring Out of Hand: REMIX
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Patricia Sheridan | April 16, 2018

Shows to See: April/May 2018| Featuring Visual Voices: Truth Narratives
American Craft Magazine | April 9, 2018

10 Pittsburgh events you won’t want to miss in April | Featuring Out of Hand: REMIX
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | March 29, 2018

Sight & Ceramics: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ceramic Arts Network | March, 2018

National ceramic arts education conference is a feat of clay
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | March 14, 2018

March: Best of Culture in Pittsburgh | Featuring Visual Voices: Truth Narratives
Pittsburgh Magazine | February 26, 2018

Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home: A Conversation with Contemporary Craft Executive Director Janet McCall
AIA Pittsburgh | Maya Henry |February 1, 2018

Announcing the 2018 ACC Awards Recipients
American Craft Council | Rachel Messerich | January 22, 2018

Crafting Dialogue: Social Justice and the Arts at Contemporary Craft
LOCALpittsburgh | Rachel Saul Rearick | January 5, 2018


2017

Shop Holiday: Housewarming gifts made in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Lizabeth Gray | November 22, 2017

Different Takes On Homelessness: Contemporary Craft launches multi-faceted exhibit
Pittsburgh Quarterly | Matthew John Milligan | November, 2017 in the 2018 Winter issue

Museum Store Sunday: Unique Gift Ideas Close to Home
Trib Total Media | Shirley McMarlin | November 17, 2017

10 Pittsburgh event you won’t want to miss in November | Featuring CRAFTED 2017
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | October 30, 2017

Maggy Rozycki Hiltner’s traveling work Vantage Point arrives in downtown Pittsburgh
LOCALpittsburgh |Onastasia Youssef | October 19, 2017

Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home at Contemporary Craft: A show about home hits all the marks
Pittsburgh City Paper | Lissa Brennan | October 18, 2017

Fashion FYI: Contemporary Craft exhibit follows jewelry from concept to creation
Tribune-Review | September 10, 2017

Contemporary Craft addresses housing insecurity in ‘Shelter’
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | September 5, 2017

Opening weekend celebration for Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | September 4, 2017

September: Best of Culture in Pittsburgh |Featuring Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home
Pittsburgh Magazine | August 30, 2017

Shows to See: August/September 2017 | Featuring Shelter: Crafting a Safe Home
American Craft Magazine | August 10, 2017

“Oaths and Epithets: Works by Sonya Clark” takes something regular and makes it grand
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Fitale Wari | August 3, 2017

Meaning in the materials: ‘Oaths and Epithets’ on display at Society for Contemporary Craft
Trib Total Media | Kurt Shaw | July 29, 2017

Explore the miniature sci-fi world of Contemporary Craft’s newest artist-in-residence, Ryder Henry
NEXTpittsburgh | Brian Conway | July 13, 2017

Using human hair and other unconventional materials, Sonya Clark explores family, cultural resilience and the slave trade
Pittsburgh City Paper | Lissa Brennan | May 24, 2017

Produce Terminal project moving forward beginning with a public market
NEXTpittsburgh | Sandra Tolliver | March 16, 2017

Edward Eberle Retrospective at Contemporary Craft
Trib Total Media | Bill O’Driscoll| February 22, 2017


2016

Beyond the Barriers: A Conversation with Corey Carrington
The Glassblock |Patrice Desirae|October 11, 2016

Eberle ceramic exhibit shows visual language at Society for Contemporary Craft
Trib Total Media | Kurt Shaw | September 30, 2016

SCC’s first black arts apprentice wants to make a difference
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Courtney Linder | September 21, 2016

How to increase diversity in arts leadership? Try this.
NEXTpittsburgh | Jonathan Wander |September 11, 2016

First-of-its-kind Edward Eberle Retrospective
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | September 6, 2016

Artist Aims To Capture A Neighborhood, One Ear At A Time
90.5 WESA | Nicole Fallert | August 20, 2016

At the Society for Contemporary Craft, Fiberart International pushes boundaries
Pittsburgh City Paper | Bill O’Driscoll| August 3, 2016

Society for Contemporary Craft celebrates 45th anniversary
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |Patricia Sheridan | June 20, 2016

Get out of hand in style at Society for Contemporary Craft
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | March 28, 2016

“Mindful” exhibition facilitates dialogue about mental health through artwork
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | March 16, 2016

Out From The Darkness
American Craft Magazine | Monica Moses | February 15, 2016

Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art Premieres at Pittsburgh’s Society For Contemporary Craft, Explores Mental Health Through Lens of Contemporary Craft
Huffington Post |Marthe Weyandt | February 11, 2016

At the SCC, a wide-ranging show about mental health
Pittsburgh City Paper | Lissa Brennan | January 27, 2016


2015

Mindful Exhibit
WQED Pittsburgh | December 4, 2015

Society for Contemporary Craft exhibit uses art to touch on mental-health issues
Trib Total Media | Kurt Shaw | September 16, 2015

Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art
NEXTpittsburgh | Jennifer Baron | September 14, 2015

Artist Daniel Baxter gets Society for Contemporary Craft all dolled up
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | August 26, 2015

Shaler native returns home as doll-making artist-in-residence
Trib Total Media | Kellie B. Gormly | July 20, 2015


2014

Ceramics shine and challenge at Society for Contemporary Craft
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | December 17, 2014

Ceramic Tile Quilt To Raise Awareness Of Violence Against Women
90.5 WESA | Kevin Gavin | May 15, 2014

At the Society for Contemporary Craft, ENOUGH Violence hits hard
Pittsburgh City Paper | Lissa Brennan | January 15, 2014


2013

Art Exhibition Explores Themes of Violence, Healing
90.5 WESA | Liz Reid | October 28, 2013

Art Notes: Artists focus on gun violence in 2 local exhibitions
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Mary Thomas | September 25, 2013

  • Calendar
  • Press Releases
  • In the News
  • Calendar
  • Press Releases
  • In the News

5645 Butler Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15201 USA

Phone: 412.261.7003

Email: info@contemporarycraft.org

Mon-Sat: 10 AM - 5 PM
Sun: CLOSED

Directions
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Instagram

Sign Up for Our Email Updates

Main Homepage Image: Copyright 2020 Ed Massery
Copyright © 2023 Contemporary Craft. All rights reserved.

Website by Imagebox

  • Discussion
  • Opportunities
  • Donate
  • Menu
  • Exhibitions
    • Browse Exhibitions
    • Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder’s Prize
    • About Our Galleries
    • Traveling Exhibitions
  • Studio
    • About the Studio
    • Upcoming Workshops
    • Studio Rental
    • Artists-in-Residence
    • Drop-in Studio
    • Group Programs
    • Student and School Programs
    • Community Engagement
  • Artists-in-Residence
  • Store
  • About
    • Defining Craft
    • Mission
    • Lawrenceville Space
    • Accessibility
    • History
    • Staff and Board
    • Privacy Policy
    • Rent Our Space
  • News & Events
    • Calendar
    • Press Releases
    • In the News
  • Visit or Contact Us

Sign Up for Our E-Newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.