The San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design offers a variety of special programming for our members and the general public. Panel discussions, lectures, special events, children’s programs, docent tours, and special group tours are offered concurrently with our exhibitions.

Free to members.
 

Walk-Through Tour Of Matt Kahn: Artist And Educator with Curator for SFMC+D, Hal Nelson

Friday, May 8, 2009, 11 AM
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, 550 Sutter Street,
San Francisco

Join Hal Nelson for a walk-through tour of the exhibition Matt Kahn: Artist and Educator. During the tour, Nelson will offer insight into Matt Kahn's early designs for Joseph Eichler Homes; his textile designs of the mid-1950s; and his work in wood, enamel, fiber, jewelry, and furniture of the 1960s and early 1970s. He will also comment on Kahn's design process and will share his observations on the drawings and paintings Kahn has created throughout his long and richly productive career.


Matt Kahn: Teacher And Friend

Thursday, June 25, 2009. 6 PM – 8 PM
Larkspur Hotel Union Square, 524 Sutter Street (near SFMC+D)
Free to members/$15 for non-members.

Artist and designer Matt Kahn has been -- and continues to be -- a mentor, friend and colleague to many designers in California. Come hear leading designers who have studied or worked with Matt Kahn share their perspectives about him as a design visionary. We’ll hear how Kahn’s comprehensive sense of design has inspired his students, and how it has influenced their own work, along with stories about how Kahn generates great respect as an individual and a teacher. Presentation followed by a visit to the Matt Kahn: Artist and Educator exhibition at SFMC+D.

Participants include Jeffry Weisman, founding principal, FISHER WEISMAN; Michael Duncan, Design Director, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; and Mary Anne Sayler, founding principal, Sayler Inc. Moderated by Hal Nelson, Curator for SFMC+D.


Friday, July 24, 2009, 11 AM
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design 550 Sutter Street, San Francisco Free to members/$15 for non-members.

Join Michael Laing, Deacon of the Incorporation of Goldsmiths, and Fred Ball Enamels co-curators Hal Nelson and Bernard Jazzar for a walk-through tour of Silver of the Stars, The Millennium Collection for Bute House Scotland, and Fred Ball Enamels. Goldsmith’s Hall will discuss the premise behind the exhibition, the artists represented and the stars who collaborated with them, focusing on the outstanding design and craftsmanship represented. Nelson and Jazzar will offer insights into Fred Ball and his work.


Fred Ball Enamels
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design Speaker Series Event

Thursday, August 6, 2009, 6 PM – 8 PM
Larkspur Hotel Union Square, 524 Sutter Street (near SFMC+D) Free to members of SFMC+D, Northern California Enamel Guild and Enamelist Society conference attendees $15 for non-members

Join us as curator for SFMC+D, Hal Nelson and co-curator for this exhibition, Bernard Jazzar, share insights into Ball’s experimental enameling techniques. We’ll learn how Ball’s innovations helped to transform enameling from small size to epic scale. Discussion followed by a visit to the exhibition Fred Ball Enamels at the Museum. Presented in cooperation with the Enamel Arts Foundation.

Walk-Through Tour of Silver of The Stars and The Millennium Collection For Bute House Scotland and Fred Ball Enamels, with Michael Laing, Deacon of the Incorporation of Goldsmiths, and Co-Curators Hal Nelson and Bernard Jazzar