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Artist talk with dach&zephir: Field Research as Design Method

2026-07-09 @ 06:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-09 @ 07:00 PM (EDT)
Mint Museum Randolph, 2730 Randolph Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207
Free/Donation
09
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09
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09
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Online Lecture | Craft in Context: Life and Art in the Handcrafted Utopia

2026-07-09 @ 06:30 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-09 @ 08:00 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee
11
Jul
11
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11
Jul

Summer Seminar: Ornament and Crime or the Decorative Arts of Today

2026-07-11 @ 01:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-11 @ 02:30 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee
11
Jul
11
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11
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Birthday Bash and Studio Centennial Celebration: Happy 139th Birthday, Wharton!

2026-07-11 @ 02:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-11 @ 05:00 PM (EDT)
Wharton Esherick Museum, 1520 Horseshoe Trail, Malvern, PA 19355
Registration Fee
12
Jul
12
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13
Jul

Sculpture and Trompe l’œil in European Ceramics, from Bernard Palissy to the Present Day

2026-07-12 @ 09:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-07-13 @ 05:00 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Free/Donation
13
Jul
13
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17
Jul

Montreal and Quebec City: Furnishing New France

2026-07-13 @ 12:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-17 @ 12:00 PM (EDT)
Montreal and Quebec, Canada
Registration Fee
15
Jul
15
Jul
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15
Jul

Off the Shelf Book Club: Craft: An American History by Glenn Adamson

2026-07-15 @ 06:30 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-15 @ 08:00 PM (EDT)
Wharton Esherick Museum, 1520 Horseshoe Trail, Malvern, PA 19355
Registration Fee
18
Jul
18
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18
Jul

250th Celebration and Exhibit – Hadley Historic Society

2026-07-18 @ 11:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-07-18 @ 02:00 PM (EDT)
Hadley Public Library, 50 Middle St, Hadley, MA 01035
Free/Donation
18
Jul
18
Jul
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18
Jul

Summer Seminar: The Spirit of the Machine and the Nature of Materials

2026-07-18 @ 01:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-18 @ 02:30 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee
22
Jul
22
Jul
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22
Jul

Curator Tour with Ann Glasscock, PhD | “The Scandinavian Home”

2026-07-22 @ 11:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-07-22 @ 12:00 PM (EDT)
Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Registration Fee
29
Jul
29
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29
Jul

Off the Shelf: The Fabric of Winterthur

2026-07-29 @ 02:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-07-29 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE
Free/Donation
01
Aug
01
Aug
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01
Aug

Summer Seminar: From Bauhaus to Braun (or Ten Principles for Good Design)

2026-08-01 @ 01:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-08-01 @ 02:30 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee
02
Aug
02
Aug
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02
Aug

Margaret Esherick House Tours

2026-08-02 @ 10:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-08-02 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)
Register with Wharton Esherick Museum, Malvern, PA
Registration Fee
05
Aug
05
Aug
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05
Aug

Educator Tour with Elise Solomon | “The Scandinavian Home”

2026-08-05 @ 11:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-08-05 @ 12:00 PM (EDT)
Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Registration Fee
08
Aug
08
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08
Aug

The NSCDA-KY 2026 Kentucky Culture Symposium: Women in the Commonwealth

2026-08-08 @ 09:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-08-08 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)
Liberty Hall Historic Site, 202 Wilkinson St, Frankfort, KY 40601
Registration Fee
08
Aug
08
Aug
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08
Aug

Summer Seminar: Our Evolving Craftsmen

2026-08-08 @ 01:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-08-08 @ 02:30 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee
16
Aug
16
Aug
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16
Aug

Cultural Connections: Transplanted Carving – How Ming Chinese Furniture Shaped Anglo-American Design

2026-08-16 @ 01:00 PM (CDT) - 2026-08-16 @ 02:00 PM (CDT)
Online Event
Free/Donation
18
Aug
18
Aug
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21
Aug

Museum Trip to Philadelphia

2026-08-18 @ 04:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-08-21 @ 04:00 PM (EDT)
1715 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
Registration Fee
19
Aug
19
Aug
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19
Aug

Off the Shelf: Botany in Design

2026-08-19 @ 02:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-08-19 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library, 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE
29
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29
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29
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Craft in Common

2026-08-29 @ 10:00 AM (CDT) - 2026-08-29 @ 05:00 PM (CDT)
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts 501 East Ninth Street Little Rock, Arkansas
Registration Fee
02
Sep
02
Sep
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02
Sep

Curator Tour with Ann Glasscock, PhD | “The Scandinavian Home”

2026-09-02 @ 11:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-09-02 @ 12:00 PM (EDT)
Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Registration Fee
06
Sep
06
Sep
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15
Sep

Royal Collection Studies 2026

2026-09-06 @ 09:00 AM (BST) - 2026-09-15 @ 05:00 PM (BST)
UK
Registration Fee
07
Sep
07
Sep
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11
Sep

From College Library to Country House

2026-09-07 @ 09:00 AM (BST) - 2026-09-11 @ 05:00 PM (BST)
St Catharine’s College
Registration Fee
10
Sep
10
Sep
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01
Oct

21-Day Textile Study Tour to Rajasthan & Gujarat with Artist Ai Kijima

2026-09-10 @ 12:00 AM (UTC) - 2026-10-01 @ 11:30 PM (UTC)
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Registration Fee
15
Sep
15
Sep
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15
Sep

Unnamed Figures: Black Presence in the Early American North

2026-09-15 @ 06:00 PM (PDT) - 2026-09-15 @ 07:00 PM (PDT)
Online Event
Free/Donation
15
Sep
15
Sep
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20
Sep

Boston: Revolutionary and Remarkable

2026-09-15 @ 09:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-09-20 @ 05:00 PM (EDT)
Boston, MA
Registration Fee
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Sep
16
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16
Sep

Educator Tour with Laura Killian Jaster | “The Scandinavian Home”

2026-09-16 @ 11:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-09-16 @ 12:00 PM (EDT)
Taft Museum of Art, 316 Pike Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202
Registration Fee
18
Sep
18
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19
Sep

Artistic Liberties: Southern Paintings & American Identity

2026-09-18 @ 01:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-09-19 @ 04:00 PM (EDT)
James A. Gray Auditorium at the Old Salem Visitor Center, 900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
Registration Fee
23
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23
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23
Sep

Textiles Close Up: The Dressed Body & Wearable Innovations – Virtual Roundtable

2026-09-23 @ 12:00 PM (EDT) - 2026-09-23 @ 01:30 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee
08
Oct
08
Oct
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08
Oct

TSA Fall 2026 COLLOQUIUM – (re)Generation: Fibers of Resilience & Renewal

2026-10-08 @ 11:00 AM (EDT) - 2026-10-08 @ 03:00 PM (EDT)
Online Event
Registration Fee

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