CRAFT COMMUNITY DAY

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Date & Time

Saturday, November 1, 2025 11:00 am

to 3:00 pm

Venue

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Address

4848 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77002

(MAP)

Join HCCC for a free festival highlighting nearly 20 local artist guilds and community groups!

Visitors of all ages are invited to learn about craft through artist demonstrations and activities, visiting HCCC’s resident artist studios, and viewing the current exhibitions, CraftTexas 2025 and In Residence: 18th Edition. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase from Moon Rooster food truck.

PARTICIPATING GROUPS

ALMAAHH (Advocates of a Latino Museum of Cultural and Visual Arts & Archive Complex in Houston, Harris County)
Contemporary Handweavers of Houston
Fabric Forge
Gulf Coast Woodturners Association
Houston Area Blacksmith Association
Houston Area Machine Knitters
Houston Book Arts Guild
Houston Calligraphy Guild
Houston Embroiderers’ Guild
Houston Metal Arts Guild
Houston Polymer Clay Guild
Islamic Arts Society
Molly Koehn & HCCC Craft Garden
PysankaHTX
Quilt Guild of Greater Houston
Texas Association of Original Doll Artists
Texas Basket Weavers Association
Woodworkers Club of Houston
Zine Fest Houston

Please note: The HCCC parking lot will be blocked off for demonstrations, but street parking is available nearby.

Craft Community Day replaces Hands-on Houston in November. HOH will resume in December!

More Events

UMBRELLA SEDGE BASKET WORKSHOP

SOLD OUT Session 1: Friday, October 10, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
SOLD OUT Session 2: Saturday, October 11, 2025, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Explore an ancient form of basketry with former resident artist Molly Koehn!

HOW DO CRAFT MUSEUMS MAKE HISTORY?

Saturday, October 25, 2025

HCCC presents a lecture by the eminent craft scholar, Namita Gupta Wiggers, offering insights from her forthcoming book.

CERAMIC FACE SCULPTURE WORKSHOP

Saturday, November 8, 2025

Join “CraftTexas 2025” exhibiting artist Clara Hoag for a fun, ceramic face-sculpting workshop!

Plan Your Visit

4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance.