Better Together: Twenty Years of Teapots
Better Together: Twenty Years of Teapots August 29 – November 1, 2025 In celebration of the twentieth Craft Alliance Biennial focused on teapots, the Staenberg Gallery proudly presents Better Together: Twenty Years of Teapots. Better Together brings together a diverse range of perspectives, rituals, and practices by inviting artists from various disciplines to explore their […]
TOY: Camp Trick
TOY: Camp Trick Whitaker Foundation Artist-in-Residence Alisha N. Porter July 18 – August 24 Fruit Bowl (Detail) by Alisha N. Porter at Craft Alliance TOY: Camp Trick honors Porter’s time as an artist-in-residence at Craft Alliance and celebrates her role as both a maker and a mentor. Porter sees community education spaces as places where […]
Gateway to the West: Tapestry Weavers West
This exhibition features high-quality small works by members of Tapestry Weavers West, in conjunction with the Midwest Weavers Conference.
Craft Pulse
Craft Pulse I shines a light on the creative energy that fuels our education programs at Craft Alliance. This exhibition celebrates our talented faculty, artists who not only teach but maintain their own creative careers. In addition to faculty work, Craft Pulse I features pieces created by students in our Crafting a Future program. These young makers have spent the year learning in our studios, developing their skills, and finding confidence through craft.
Cut/Fold/Press
Juried by Craft Alliance’s inaugural Visiting Artist, Buzz Spector, the Cut/Fold/Press exhibition features artists pushing the boundaries of paper.
Slow / Make
This fall, we celebrate the transformative nature of craft techniques and materials that have held true for centuries and the makers who continuously challenge and expand the field of craft. Looking towards the next 60 years, Craft Alliance poses the question: What is the role of craft in our collective futures? Whether transforming materials, expanding technique, or challenging personal practices, the artists in this exhibition are building the future of craft.
Craft Futures: Celebrating 60 Years of Craft
This fall, we celebrate the transformative nature of craft techniques and materials that have held true for centuries and the makers who continuously challenge and expand the field of craft. Looking towards the next 60 years, Craft Alliance poses the question: What is the role of craft in our collective futures? Whether transforming materials, expanding technique, or challenging personal practices, the artists in this exhibition are building the future of craft.
Becoming: Crafting a Future 2023-2024 Exhibition
This year’s Young Artist Cohort spent 36 weeks in an intensive craft skill-building program to showcase pieces that shine as bright as the artist who created them. Each artist is inspired by something that sparks their creativity and drives them to enjoy making. Our curriculum concentrates on developing concepts and craft techniques to prepare students for post-secondary opportunities, highlighting the artists they are becoming, and showing how bright their futures are.
Study Hall
Study hall is often described as a place where students are encouraged to complete homework, study for upcoming examinations, and makeup missed assignments. Study Hall also becomes a place where we develop, a designated space and time for questions, explorations, and self-development. Explore selections from the Craft Alliance Ceramic Teaching Collection and Craft Library, as well as demonstrations, presentations, and hands-on stations.
The Unbirthday Party: 19th Biennial Teapot Exhibition
The Unbirthday Party kicks off our 60th anniversary year with a topsy-turvy version of the beloved biennial teapot exhibition at Craft Alliance. The exhibition is inspired by Lewis Caroll’s books, in particular the Mad Hatter’s tea party in The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland and the “Unbirthday Party ” as described by Humpty Dumpty in Carroll’s sequel Through the Looking Glass (the two were merged into one in the 1951 Disney movie).
The exhibition is presented as an immersive experience, inviting visitors to be guests at a tea party in which the rules have all changed, and every day is an opportunity to celebrate your UnBirthday.
Convergence: Indigenous Exchange & Encounter
Experience St. Louis in a new light as a historic Indigenous hub of encounter and exchange, transcending its colonialist title, “Gateway to the West.” Revel in the evocative medium of printmaking, where artists masterfully layer imagery, text, and memories to explore themes such as migration, ancestry, and language.
where to begin when to end
2023-2024 Artists-in-Residence Marina Peng and Mee Jey explore ideas of cultural identity and isolation, motherhood, and, ultimately, survival through textile-based works
Scintillate: Crafting a Future 2022-2023 Exhibition
This year’s Young Artist Cohort spent 36 weeks in an intensive craft skill-building program to showcase pieces that shine as bright as the artist who created them. Each artist is inspired by something that sparks their creativity and drives them to enjoy making. Our curriculum concentrates on developing concepts and craft techniques to prepare students for post-secondary opportunities and show how scintillating and bright their futures are.
Tommy Simpson & Amy Firestone Rosen
Our 2023 Winter Exhibitions include Head Heart Hand: The Joyful Art of Tommy Simpson in the Staenberg Gallery and Amy Firestone Rosen: Dancing on the Ceiling in the Creative Commons.