REGISTRATION CLOSES FRIDAY, MAY 6!
All events will require vaccination or proof of a negative covid test to attend.
10:00am – 2:00pm
Caucus and Patron Day
$155 per JRACraft Caucus Member
Free for JRACraft Patrons
​Lunch and Exhibition Tour of The Luxury of Clay: Porcelain Past and Present at ​Hillwood Museum with curator Rebecca Tilles and gallerist Leslie Ferrin.
10:30am – 7:30pm
Exhibition Open House and Celebration hosted by Renwick Gallery
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Open House: 10:30am - 3:00pm, Free and open to the public
Celebration: 6:30pm (VIP), 7:30pm (regular), $100 VIP guests (including Patrons), $200 regular

This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World opens at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The open house from 10:30am - 3:00pm is free and open to the public. The evening celebration open to VIP guests at 6:30pm or regular attendees can join at 7:30pm.
10:30am – 12:00pm
Forging the Future of Craft Education
Distinguished Educator Symposium & Awards
Free and open to the public
​Explore the future of craft education at the Smithsonian American Art Museum McEvoy Auditorium, featuring Ché Rhodes, Anne Wilson, and Janet Koplos.
6:30pm – 9:30pm
Cheers to 40 Years! Spring Craft Weekend Gala
$355 Dinner per person
$100 After Hours per person
Join us at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian for a dinner with Preston Singletary and see his exhibition Raven and the Box of Daylight. Doors open to after hour guests at 8:30pm.
​11:00am – 1:30pm
Anniversary Brunch
​$205 Per person ​| Free for Patrons
View the new documentary film about Lloyd Herman, celebrate Barbara and Arnold Berlin as One-Of-a-Kind and enjoy brunch with special guests including curators of the Renwick Gallery at the Kimpton Hotel Monaco DC.
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It’s a landmark year for the James Renwick Alliance for Craft as 2022 marks our 40th anniversary, and the 50th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Join us as a Patron and be the first to have guaranteed attendance for this not-to-be-missed weekend of events! 
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Pictured: Robert Lugo, Juicy, 2021, glazed stoneware with enamel paint and luster. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery and the 40th anniversary of the Alliance. ©2022, Photo courtesy of Wexler Gallery.

Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2009, mixed media, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2012.34A-B, © 2009, Nick Cave. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Photo by James Prinz Photography

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