Museum of Craft and Design is located on Sutter Street, San Francisco Union Square District, USA and its purpose is to expose modern and contemporary craft and design. It opened its doors on October 23, 2004(SFMCD).

History

Founded in 2004, the Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) allows artists, designers and makers to show their work and their art through series of craft exhibitions. In the fall of 2010, the museum showed its first museums, galleries, exhibitions, educational programs. In 2012, the museum moved to the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Fracisco. (galegrup) (nhostels).

The museum collaborates with artists, designers, other museums and universities. The museum offers monthly programs where anyone can experience hands-on projects, 3D designs and printing for kids and adults. Children's programs offer the opportunity to learn different techniques such as painting and crafting. Aims to motivate and increase kids creativity.

The museum offers adults the opportunity of participate in workshops, interacting with artists and other people related to the contemporary craft and design.

Events

The museum has sponsored a number of temporary exhibitions and otter Events. Hong Kong Winterfest Scheduled in 2004 . The festival hosted live entertainment, decorations, a Santa Town, Jingle Bell Boulevard and cooking demonstrations(proquest II). Chocolate Festival Carried out in November 26 and 27, 2004 in the city of Crede, Colorado. People tasted many chocolate variations while the visited this historic business city (proquest II).

Black women artists Carried out in February, 2004. They offered an examination of the plight of black women in the world, made by many African women artists, such as Elizabeth Cattlet, Emma Amos, Chakai Booker, Pamela Jennings and Carrie Mae Weems. Those where about 50 paintings, sculpture, pictures and mixed media work (proquest II). Wendy Maruyama: The Wildlife Project. Carried out form February 11 to June 4, 2017. This exhibition illustrates the fight of the elephants against the illegal hunting and the ivory trade.Many objects are displayed, such as life-sized objects from exotic woods,focusing on the preservation of the animals. Wendy Mayurama is a Japanese artist and educator whose work is to design furniture pieces with references to Japanese folklore(SFMCD).

Mixed Messages Its an exhibition leaded by Chris Eckert and John Green, scheduled for Fall, 2017. It will be about an installation of 24 telegraph machines made in the artist studio. Each machines clicks out a Morse code Twitter feed for some specific news organization such as The Associated Press, Fox News, BBC(usquare).

Museum Store

The store features many objects that reflect the focus on art and design in wood, fiber, glass, clay and metal. Can be purchased personal accessories such as handmade as well as material from local and international artists that come to the museum. All the earnings support the development of the exhibitions. The schedules are from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 to 5 pm, Thursday from 10 to 7 pm and Sunday from 12 to 5 pm(SFMCD).

References

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Wharton,T. (Nov, 2004). Inaugural exhibit at San Francisco Museum of Craft and Design. 2017, from ITESM CCM Digital Library. Web site: http://0-search.proquest.com.millenium.itesm.mx/docview/281947895?pq-origsite=summon (proquest II)

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