Our weekly features include:
- What’s Cooking at Craft Alliance – An intimate look at what students and artists are learning and creating in our studios.
- A Quick Chat – Conversations with members of the Craft Alliance community, from students to teaching artists to special guests.
- Crafting Rainbow – Family-friendly crafting activities to do at home, with commonly found household arts items. A new theme each month!
- Craft Conversations – Our executive director, Bryan Knicely, shares thoughts on craft arts and the remarkable work happening at Craft Alliance in his monthly blog.
Featured News Story
Craft Alliance in the News

Serious Play: Explorations in Contemporary Craft
January 16 โ February 27 At the heart of craft is the act of play: testing limits, breaking rules, and finding joy in the unexpected. Whether through improvisation, accident, or deliberate experimentation, artists discover new

Annotated Forms: Contemporary Craft in Conversation with the Archive
Annotated Forms: Contemporary Craft in Conversation with the Archive March 6-April 26, 2026 Archives and collections, whether housed in museums, libraries, or personal keepsakes, serve as vessels of memory and markers of cultural continuity. They

Building Community through Craft: A New Chapter with Bryan Knicely
Building Community through Craft: A New Chapter with Bryan Knicely We are thrilled to share a recent feature from St. Louis Magazine highlighting our Executive Director, Bryan Knicely, and his vision for the future of

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

TOY: Camp Trick
TOY: Camp Trick Whitaker Foundation Artist-in-Residence Alisha N. Porter July 18 โ August 24 Fruit Bowl (Detail) by Alisha N. Porter at Craft Alliance TOY: Camp Trick honors Porterโs time as an artist-in-residence at Craft

Craft Alliance in the News: May 2025
Learn a new craft or sharpen your skills at these local classes and workshops St. Louis Magazine, March 19, 2025 I took a blacksmithing class Riverbender, April 28, 2025 Fundraiser scheduled to assist Craft Alliance
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