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 Designers on Jewelry: Twelve Years of Jewelry Production with SFMC+D curator Mariah Nielson

Friday, January 15, 2010, 11 AM
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design
550 Sutter Street, San Francisco

Join SFMC+D’s Interim Curator for a walk-through tour of our latest exhibition, Designers on Jewelry: Twelve Years of Jewelry Production by Chi ha paura…?. Nielson will discuss the design and production of the pieces on exhibit.


Contemporary Jewelry Design:
Chi ha paura…? with Gijs Bakker
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design Speaker Series Event

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 4 – 6 PM
Marriott Hotel Union Square, 480 Sutter Street (near SFMC+D) Free to members / $20 for non-members / $10 for students with valid ID

Gijs Bakker, product and jewelry designer, co-founder of Droog Design and co-founder of the Chi ha paura...? Foundation, shares insights into the artists and the works highlighted in the exhibition Designers on Jewelry: Twelve Years of Jewelry Production by Chi ha paura...? We'll learn how designers from thirteen different countries created innovative conceptual designs, using new production methods and materials, including acrylic, aluminum, gold, jade, nylon, paper, pvc, silver, titanium and wood. Presentation followed by a visit to the exhibition Designers on Jewelry: Twelve Years of Jewelry Production by Chi ha paura...?.


Jewelry Designers/Jewelry Makers: Who’s Making It?
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design Speaker Series Event

Thursday, March 11, 2010, 6 – 8 PM
Larkspur Hotel Union Square, 524 Sutter Street (near SFMC+D) Free to members / $15 for non-members / $10 for students with valid ID

Come hear jewelry designers, makers, and educators share insights and ideas about jewelry design and production processes. What difference does it make, if any, whether a designer is also the maker, or if someone else makes it?

Does the designer’s education make a difference? How does industrial design fit into this mix? Participants include David Cole, Sandra Enterline, Mike and Maaike (Mike Simonian and Maaike Evers), and Julia Turner. Moderated by Marilyn da Silva, Professor and Chair of Jewelry/Metal Arts, California College of the Arts. Presentation followed by a visit to the exhibition Designers on Jewelry: Twelve Years of Jewelry Production by Chi ha paura...?.