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Get hands-on with craft at American Craft Fest!

Participate in fun activities and demonstrations for all-ages at American Craft Fest St. Paul, June 28–29, 2025 at Union Depot. Tickets are free; registration required.

Explore canoe building with Urban Boatbuilders, try tufting and other rug-making techniques with Textile Center of Minnesota, make your own stained glass pendant with Foci Minnesota Center for Glass Arts, and other engaging activities and demonstrations from American Swedish Institute, Art Buddies, Aspire Artisan Studios & Folk School, Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center, Marine Mills Folk School, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Mudluk Pottery, and Weavers Guild of Minnesota.

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The American Craft Council creates opportunities to deepen your connection with craft.

Photo courtesy of Navin Ramalingam

Craft Lab: Contracts, Agreements, and Licensing for Artists

Online via Zoom
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
6–8 p.m. ET / 5–7 p.m. CT

Craft Labs are a free, professional development program exclusively for ACC members. In June’s workshop, intellectual property attorney Navin Ramalingam will take attendees through the ins and outs of contracts, agreements, and licensing for artists and entrepreneurs.

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Crafted stories.

Find free-to-read and members only articles from American Craft at craftcouncil.org/stories

Lehuauakea holds Lupe Hīhīmanu (Manta Ray Kite).
Photo by Laura Ulanova

The Queue: Lehuauakea

Lehuauakea’s expansive kapa practice bridges traditional Native Hawaiian knowledge and contemporary ways of being. In The Queue, the artist, who splits their time between O‘ahu and Santa Fe, New Mexico, shares about making their own tools, archival research into kapa, and what they’re working on now.

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Summer Books 2025

With the arrival of June comes our recommendations for reading in the backyard, on the beach, and beyond. This year's offerings include a visually stunning survey of glass artist Jeff Zimmerman's oeuvre (anchored by a Glenn Adamson essay), a short history of Black craft, and a collection of Indigenous basketry.

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The Grotta home at twilight. Photo by Tom Grotta

At Home with Craft

With his late wife Sandy, Lou Grott built a craft collection and a home designed to showcase its diversity and beauty. He also set up a foundation to ensure that, in the future, it will all be available to the public.

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Craft happenings.

Browse events for artists, makers, and enthusiasts around the country at
craftcouncil.org/crafthappenings

James Renwick Alliance for Craft courses

This summer, dive into the rich history of craft with virtual Craft History Courses from the James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRACraft). Whether you're curious about Appalachian Craft traditions, the future of Craft Museums, the wild world of Ceramic Funk Art, or the broader History of Craft in the U.S., there's something here to spark your imagination.

Bonus: ACC members receive JRACraft’s member discount!

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Jeremy Frey’s basket Defensive. Photo courtesy of Eric Stoner

Jeremy Frey: Woven

Frey, a celebrated seventh-generation Indigenous basketmaker, uses the traditional designs of the Wabanaki tribal confederation of New England and the Canadian Maritimes as takeoff points for bold departures.

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