Discover how textile waste can be transformed into something meaningful in this hands-on workshop! Using discarded denim, participants will create functional stationery while exploring sustainable practices that prioritize environmental health. Our teaching artist Mahdiyyah Muhammad will also highlight the impact of extractive textile systems on Black and Indigenous communities and teach us ways to upcycle…

Join jewelry maker and metalsmith Monica Moreno and learn how to work with a variety of found material, such as wood, plastic, and metal to make a talisman or a small sculpture from meaningful objects. This contemplative workshop encourages us to honor our remnants; feel free to bring objects from home to incorporate into your…

Get down in the dirt and celebrate the fascinating world of bugs in this playful ceramic hand-building workshop inspired by themes of soil, ecosystems, and transformation. Participants will create their own bug-inspired ceramic sculpture using simple hand-building techniques and underglaze accessible to beginners and experienced makers alike. Attendees will explore shape, texture, pattern, and surface…

Join us for a day of healing through sound and clay. We’ll begin with a guided meditation and sound bath led by a CLAYDD healer, creating space to slow down, reconnect with ourselves and the land. After grounding through these practices, we’ll transition into a hands-on clay experience where participants are invited to reflect and…

Join us for a hike and get to know the soil beneath your feet while creating a ceramic piece using locally processed clay. Guided by clay artist Evelyn Hernández, participants will learn to identify clay and earthen pigments in their natural habitat while deepening their relationship to the land they stand on. In between the hike, you’ll have the…

Join artist collective and reading group Worm School at Craft Contemporary for an afternoon of conversation and experimentation with clay as a medium for language, translation and memory. Seeding ourselves in the rich ground of Octavia Butler and Ursula K. LeGuin’s writings, we’ll explore interspecies poetry with clay as facilitator and translator, inviting participants to bring a glyph or mark…

Experiment with making a metal box and adhering found objects into it with jewelry maker and metalsmith Monica Moreno. Once you’ve made your own memory pendant, fill it with soil from a special place, or add keepsakes or photos of loved ones. Ages 10 +