Join HCCC Curator + Exhibitions Director Sarah Darro and an esteemed panel of Clutch City Craft exhibiting artists for a dynamic conversation exploring the often-overlooked role of hand craftsmanship in the history of aerospace research. 

From the precise patternmaking and garment construction carried out by sewists who fabricate spacesuits to the hand-woven magnetic-core memory that powered the Apollo Guidance Computer and enabled the first lunar landing, this panel highlights the skilled labor embedded within aerospace technological achievement. Artists will reflect on the role of the human hand in systems typically framed as purely industrial or scientific in a discussion that invites audiences to reconsider aerospace history through the lens of craft, collaboration, and embodied knowledge.

Installation view of “Clutch City Craft.” Photo by Graham W. Bell.