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Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, a nationwide Semiquincentennial initiative to showcase the importance of the handmade both throughout our history and in contemporary life.
Handwork book cover. Courtesy of Phaidon & Monacelli and Craft in America

Our newest publication

Handwork: Handcrafted Objects that Made America

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Craft in America, The Peabody Award-winning and Emmy-nominated documentary series returns with four episodes in celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary, part of Handwork 2026 and PBS’s slate of programming for PBS America @ 250

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Now streaming on YouTube and the PBS app

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PBS premiere December 18, 2026
9pm & 10pm (check local listings)

Available for streaming November 13th, 2026
on the PBS app and craftinamerica.org

Jan Yager, Tiara of Useful Knowledge, from the series City Flora: The Philadelphia Series, 2006, 18- and 14-karat gold, oxidized sterling silver, and quartz pebble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Linda L. Brownrigg, Cynthia Lovelace Sears, and Todd Wingate and Steven Cason in honor of Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026, 2025.8A-M, © 2006, Jan Yager

Handwork: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery

Friday, November 13, 2026
Washington,
DC
Virtual Online Event
Exhibitions + Shows Virtual
Pictured: “Joseph Vaughan with artwork for a war propaganda poster,” National Archives and Records Association. 1946. AMOCA

Fractured Foundations: 250 Years of American History

Jun 27, 2026 - 
Nov 29, 2026
Pomona,
CA
America's 250th Exhibitions + Shows
Details of 2024 Best of Tennessee Award winners: L-R Michael Anderson, Carlton Wilkinson, Stephen Forrester, Shannon Ferguson, Donna Risso. Images provided by the artists.

Best of Tennessee Craft 2026 Biennial

presented by
Oct 24, 2026 - 
Dec 12, 2026
Memphis,
TN
Exhibitions + Shows Workshops + Courses
Vista,
CA
Arts/Cultural Organization Other
Chatsworth,
CA
Arts/Cultural Organization
Philadelphia,
PA
Museum
Ann Arbor,
MI
Other