Ether: Aromatic Mythologies will be Craft Contemporary’s first scent-based art exhibition that presents a selection of olfactory-centric installations. Curated by Saskia Wilson-Brown, the exhibition explores mythologies from various parts of the world in a narrative tapestry that transcends time and place.  “The artists in this exhibition all share an interest in how scent can convey…

The 2024-2025 CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists Exhibition the air we share The 2024-2025 CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists Exhibition will feature a selection of artworks by Joseph D. Valencia spanning from performance to photography, painting, and installation by the 2024-25 cohort of artists from the California Community Foundation’s Fellowship for Visual Artists (FVA), funded…

Commissioned and produced by Materials & Applications, Light Gauge is an architectural installation by the international design and research practice Departamento del Distrito that will function as a zone of performance, encounter, and cooling, mediated by two photovoltaic space frames that levitate above the Craft Contemporary Courtyard. Informed by adaptable industrial systems and network thinking,…

The [Untold] Story of Craft   Beginning in June 2025, Craft Contemporary will present a series of exhibitions interpreting the varied interactions between craft and the natural elements: air, water, earth, and fire. The exhibitions will highlight sustainability, accessibility, and connect visitors to the universal rhythms of the Earth. Significantly, these exhibitions will tell a new…

Antunes creates durational work as a means to relate and understand the world we live in.  I’ve Got To Tell You Something Now, which consists of a film, an object, and an artist book, functions as a portrait of an action of resistance, and an appeal to the intention of memory and stillness. The artist…

Rooted in the exploration of traditional textile and craft practices, the work of multimedia artist Ramekon O’Arwisters reflects his lived experiences as a Black and Queer man in the United States. Growing up in the de facto segregated Jim Crow South of the 1960s and 1970s and later moving to San Francisco during the pivotal…

Home Maker Space is an immersive exploration of the most recent work by Korean American artist Ahree Lee. TEXTILE 1.0 combines weaving, video, and electronic textiles to imagine the kind of technology we might have in our homes if technology had evolved differently in the 20th century. The modular steel structure is based on the…