Throghout the exhibition, tierra artist Jackie Amézquita will be on-site at Craft Contemporary as part of our Maker-in-Residence program on select Fridays. Visitors are invited to meet and speak with Jackie, and get a glimpse into her studio practice. Using soil gathered from around the United States, Jackie will be mixing the gathered soil with masa, cacao, spring water,…

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…

Throghout the exhibition, tierra artist Jackie Amézquita will be on-site at Craft Contemporary as part of our Maker-in-Residence program on select Fridays. Visitors are invited to meet and speak with Jackie, and get a glimpse into her studio practice. Using soil gathered from around the United States, Jackie will be mixing the gathered soil with masa, cacao, spring water,…

Join ceramic artist Ronnie Mok for an afternoon of Mahjong and making! Learn to play and join a table for free play, then design your own air-dry clay mahjong charm to take home. Free, supplies available on a first-come, first-served basis. All ages welcome!  

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…

Fall is the perfect time to plant California poppies, and putting the seeds into a soil ball offers the perfect microbiome for poppy seeds to start. You’ll learn more about artists who engage with the land to create their art and have a new appreciation for this brilliant native plant, which can extract heavy metals…

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 + 

Exhibitions as chapters of a book? Join Senior Curator, Frida Cano, in a conversation about Craft Contemporary’s current curatorial vision titled “The [Untold] Story of Craft.” Through a series of conversations about our past, present, and future exhibitions, we will share the storytelling aspect of pairing craft with the elements of air, earth, and fire for the conception and production of the exhibitions Ether: Aromatic Mythologies, tierra, and Vandalismo Artesanal, respectively. Through this lens, all of Craft Contemporary’s…