Furniture maker Robell Awake and Dr. Tiffany Momon of the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive will discuss Robell's latest project.Craftsperson and furniture maker Robell Awake and Dr. Tiffany Momon of the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) will join us to discuss Robell’s latest research project. Robell, working with NBSS graduate Charlie Ryland CF ’14, is a […]
Members of the Berea Student Craft Program will discuss the history of their crafts, their college, and their commitment to diversity.The Student Craft Program at Berea College in Kentucky has been a part of the Appalachian Crafts movement since the 1890s. Beginning with Weaving in 1893, Woodworking in 1895, and Broom Making and Ceramics in […]
Join us a lunch-time conversation about self-agency, pastries, and the lessons and creative solutions we find through cooking.Future Chefs uses cooking as a medium to teach teens a broad range of essential life skills and professional skills. And who better to explore the impact of working in a kitchen than Boston’s beloved local pastry chef, […]
Meet the Founder & Executive Director of GreenWood, a nonprofit designing sustainable development for 20+ years, including Artisan EcoTours.Leading up to our 2023 Exhibition—on sustainability in craft—we’ll speak with Scott Landis, Founder and Executive Director of GreenWood, a nonprofit that's been designing sustainable development for the real world for more than 20 years, most recently […]
An in-person tour of our 2023 Exhibition, looking at the innovations, hurdles, and opportunities of of “sustainability," in all its forms.Part of Boston Design Week 2023Considerate use of materials, crafting objects with care, and repairing the world around us are just some of ways that makers apply their knowledge and skills to navigate change. Examples […]
A virtual lecture on cloud storage technology and its fragility, compared to ancient technologies of data storage such as bound books.Surrounded by our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, we invite you to a public lecture by Steven Gonzalez Monserrate, a PhD Candidate in the History, Anthropology, Science, Technology, & Society (HASTS) program at MIT. He will […]
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
A guided tour of our 2023 Exhibition: Continual Craft, exploring how NBSS students and graduates are contributing to a more lasting future.
People’s Inclusive Welding offers a supportive environment for underserved and underrepresented communities to learn a skilled trade.People’s Inclusive Welding offers a safe and supportive environment for underserved and underrepresented communities to learn a skilled trade and become empowered blue collar workers.Offering structural welding intensive courses with resources for job recruitment in South Portland, Maine, they […]
As part of the In the Making Exhibition, Emmet Van Driesche joins us to discuss his path navigating craft, writing, family, and business.As part of the In the Making Exhibition, small business owner Emmet Van Driesche joins us in-person to discuss his path navigating craft, writing, family, and business. A celebrated spoon carver, writer, and […]
Join us live from The Royall House and Slave Quarters in conversation with artist and arts educator Stephen Hamilton.Stephen Hamilton is an artist and arts educator living and working in Boston, Massachusetts. Stephen’s work incorporates both Western and African techniques, blending figurative painting and drawing with resist dyeing, weaving, and woodcarving. Each image is a […]
Susan Kuhn, author of The Case for Thinking With Things, presents a rationale for bringing learning with physical materials into teaching.Sarah Kuhn, author of Transforming Learning Through Tangible Instruction: The Case for Thinking With Things, presents a rationale for bringing active learning with physical materials into teaching practices of all kinds, to build a more […]
Slöyd Experience is a nonprofit whose mission is to strengthen children's character through woodworking.Slöyd Experience is a nonprofit whose mission is to strengthen children's character through woodworking. Their sole aim is to foster self-reliance, nurture concentration, coach perseverance, encourage neatness, and instill an appreciation for labor—all of which will prepare them for their future.By using […]
Explore the history of NBSS's place in the North End of Boston through two community members with deep neighborhood ties.Explore the history of North Bennet Street School’s place in the North End of Boston through two community members with deep neighborhood ties. Preservation Carpentry graduate Chris Pienta PC ’23 had heard of NBSS long before they […]