We hosted over 80 guests at our JRA Annual Meeting, which including information about our 2020 Chrysalis Award, our recently announced Distinguished Artist Series and special guests from CERF+. 

"That was an excellent membership meeting. I learned more than the normal live meeting. That was quite a lot of information about CERF. I’ve known of it for year but was good to see artists and craftspeople who were really helped. Thank you for bringing us an informative and concise meeting." - B.J. Adams, JRA member and fiber artist

Read more and watch the entire meeting online. 
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​Support handmade for the holidays by joining our annual artist showcase and sale online. Purchase work from both local and national artists, and support the James Renwick Alliance.

​JRA Day features 55 artists and over 1,500 handmade objects!

"We're excited to bring JRA Day online to a new and broader audience, with more artists than ever and some of the best work that's ever been in the show." - Jere Gibber, JRA Co-Chair

Shopping with JRA Day online is easy! Visit www.jra.org/jra-day-online and search by artist or medium to find all of your holidays needs. To select an item for purchase, click "add to cart." On the top right hand corner of the the website, you will find your cart, where you can select your payment method and your delivery/pick-up method. Some items are available for pick up at the JRA Office 5335 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20015 on December 12, from 10am - 3pm. 

In honor of Veteran's Day, Google has engaged Air Force veteran and artist Jenn Hassin for today's "Google Doodle". Some may remember the last craft-related Google Doodle featuring Ruth Asawa in May 2019 in honor of Asian-American Pacific Islander month, but today, the doodle takes a different tone. 

Hassin constructed the Doodle from actual military uniforms with at least one from each of the 10 branches, from the Vietnam War to today. "All were entrusted to me with the promise that I would do my best to honor our nation's military and veterans with their transformed uniforms," she told Google. "The final Doodle holds hundreds of rolled up pieces of paper that are made from these once worn, but now deconstructed, military uniforms."

​In order to turn the scraps of military uniforms into paper, Hassin cuts her samples into tiny pieces and uses a Hollander beater to turn the uniforms into pulp, where she then screens the pulp into paper, allows it to dry and arranges the hand-made paper into her final art piece.

The Ceramic Arts 2021 Yearbook, a supplement to Ceramics Monthly and Pottery Making Illustrated, highlighted three past James Renwick Alliance awardees: Syd Carpenter, Michael Sherrill, and Richard W. James.

Learn about craft exhibitions happening around the world through the monthly James Renwick Alliance Newsletter. ​