​The JRACraft Distinguished Artist Series features wood artist Jack Mauch together with sculptor and jewelry designer Morgan Hill.  
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Artist Workshop (In person only)
Saturday, March 25  |  9:30am - 12:00pm
$50 members  |  $60 non-members
Artist Trey Jones Woodshop
3701C Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria VA 22305
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Free Lecture Featuring Morgan Hill (Online and in person)
Sunday, March 26 | 2pm - 3:30pm
​Free and open to the public | Hosted on Zoom and In Person
American University Katzen Arts Center
​4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
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Jack Mauch is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and educator. His work in wood ranges from fine-furniture to small-batch production items, and much in between. Mauch is especially interested in how digital tools can benefit the creative practices of artists and craftspeople. He explores this question in his own work and by consulting with artists and institutions seeking to bring digital processes into their repertoire.

Sculptor and jewelry designer Morgan Hill has been selected for the 2022 Chrysalis Award, an award given annually to an emerging artist by the James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRACraft). Hill's work draws on a wide range of aesthetic and conceptual influences from 90's pop culture, cult films, and costume design, to her traditional Southern upbringing.

Learn more about the Chrysalis Award >​
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Join moderator Mary Savig, the Lloyd Herman Curator of Craft at the Renwick Gallery, in conversation with collectors Judith Chernoff and Jeffrey Bernstein along with artists Betty Scarpino and Sharon Doughtie. Together they will discuss the collection currently on display at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Chernoff and Bernstein donated 43 works from their collection of sculptural wood art, all of which are on display in a dedicated gallery in the exhibition This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World.

Internationally renowned artist and educator Betty Scarpino is known for her lathe-based wood sculpture. Her career has spanned nearly fifty years and her work is included in both public and private collections throughout the world. Her pieces From Within Our Own Bodies and Inviolate Portal, Gift of Bernstein and Chernoff, belong to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The latter is now on view at the Renwick Gallery. Scarpino is the two-time recipient of the Windgate International Turning Exchange Resident Fellowship. She is now working from her studio in Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
Sharon Doughtie has been turning wood for thirty years and has been a full-time wood turner for twenty-five years. Her lifelong love of wood has inspired a thriving career. Doughtie’s piece Four Winds, Two Poles, Gift of Bernstein and Chernoff, contains her own story of survival and resides in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum It is now on view at the Renwick Gallery. She is working out of her studio in Hawaii.

Click here to learn more about This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World.

The JRA Distinguished Artist Series features sculptor Virgil Ortiz. 
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Artist Workshop (In person only)
Saturday, March 4  |  9:30am - 12:00pm
$50 members | $60 non-members
Judit Varga's studio, Kensington MD
(address in registration confirmation)

Free Lecture (Online and in person)
Sunday, March 5 | 2pm - 3pm
​Free and open to the public | Hosted on Zoom and In Person
American University Katzen Arts Center
​4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
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​Virgil Ortiz is a multi-media artist from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. Primarily known for his pottery, he also makes films and designs clothing and jewelry, sometimes combining all of these skills into his striking productions. Ortiz's work blends traditional techniques and design with futuristic ideas influenced by science-fiction.  He endeavors to keep alive the Cochiti pottery tradition practiced by generations of his family while bringing this into the contemporary world and beyond.

Join us at American Craft Made / Baltimore, now in its 46th year! Don't miss this opportunity to connect with more than 350 artists from across the country, explore craft art, and meet up with friends at our JRACraft booth!

American Craft Made / Baltimore introduces you to seasoned and up-and-coming craft artists, with more 60 exhibitors participating through our Emerging Artists or School-to-Market programs. Plus, get to know our community partner organizations, whose work showcases the vision and uniqueness of craft from the Baltimore region.

To volunteer at our JRACraft booth,
​learn more by scrolling down!
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Share your passion for JRACraft and meet other craft lovers! New members and old are invited to volunteer at our first ACC show booth. You will be able to meet other show guests, speak about the Alliance, and encourage others to learn more and get involved. We may also may have some small get togethers at the booth throughout the event. Further details to be emailed after signing up.
 
As a volunteer, you will receive free admission for one to the show! Sign up for a time slot below.