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Exhibit

Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene

Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene

08-21-2025 8:00 pm - 09-21-2025 11:00 pm
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Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene

 

Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene brings together contemporary artworks created from previously existent materials to reimagine craft in the shadow of the twenty-first century. Utilizing second-hand discards or industrially manufactured materials, artists transform refuse into highly crafted forms. Exhibited objects speak to the unique and impending challenges of the current age, simultaneously blurring the distinctions between industrially made commodities and the traditional realm of handcraft. Together, the works reveal how artists are employing craft techniques and knowledge to reimagine the role of the artist in the twenty-first century—and how reuse is just one facet of a desperately needed response to our current era.

Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene

Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene

08-21-2025 8:00 pm - 09-21-2025 11:00 pm
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Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene

 

Waste Not, Want Not: Craft in the Anthropocene brings together contemporary artworks created from previously existent materials to reimagine craft in the shadow of the twenty-first century. Utilizing second-hand discards or industrially manufactured materials, artists transform refuse into highly crafted forms. Exhibited objects speak to the unique and impending challenges of the current age, simultaneously blurring the distinctions between industrially made commodities and the traditional realm of handcraft. Together, the works reveal how artists are employing craft techniques and knowledge to reimagine the role of the artist in the twenty-first century—and how reuse is just one facet of a desperately needed response to our current era.

Hilary Doyle Central Massachusetts Artists Initiative

Hilary Doyle Central Massachusetts Artists Initiative

08-21-2025 8:00 pm - 11-09-2025 11:00 pm
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Hilary Doyle

Central Massachusetts Artists Initiative

Hilary Doyle is an artist, teacher, and curator from Worcester, Massachusetts. Through her art, Doyle explores issues of women’s autonomy, motherhood, and nature—and the potent intersections between them.

For this installation, Doyle will exhibit paintings from her newest series exploring the life of Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647–1717). Merian—an artist, mother, and scientist—was a pioneering ecologist and one of the most significant early contributors to entomology (the study of insects). She was among the first to study butterfly metamorphosis, which she documented in exquisitely detailed drawings and self-published books. She is also believed to have been the first European woman to travel to the Americas in the pursuit of science, which she did independently and with her youngest daughter in tow. She taught her daughters to be artists as well, and in the latter years of her life ran a successful studio with them. Doyle reflects, “As an artist and mother of two young children studying an artist/mother of two living three centuries ago, I notice similar struggles working mothers still face today. Each story and myth about Maria is a source of hope and strength as I paint. In an increasingly oppressive world, we can find guidance and inspiration in the stories of women who succeeded against all odds.”

Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art

Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art

08-22-2025 8:00 pm - 11-02-2025 11:00 pm
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Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art

 

Fuller Craft Museum proudly presents Soul of a Nation: Voices of Resilience in Ukrainian Folk Art, a multimedia exhibition celebrating Ukraine’s rich artistic heritage and enduring creative spirit. Highlighting the profound role of traditional crafts as acts of resistance and cultural preservation, the exhibition features Zaporizhzhya embroidered textiles, hand-painted pysanka (Easter eggs), Crimean-Tatar ceramics, Hutsul wood art, and Petrykivka painting. Through vivid colors, floral motifs, geometric patterns, and multiple media on view, visitors will witness the resilience and creativity that define Ukraine’s enduring cultural identity.

A Shared Legacy: Gifts from the Robyn and John Horn Collection

A Shared Legacy: Gifts from the Robyn and John Horn Collection

08-22-2025 8:00 pm - 05-03-2026 11:00 pm
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A Shared Legacy: Gifts from the Robyn and John Horn Collection

 

The exhibition A Shared Legacy: Gifts from the Robyn and John Horn Collection celebrates a transformative donation to Fuller Craft Museum’s permanent collection by collectors Robyn and John Horn. The important gift of 32 objects includes many significant examples of American craft by prominent artists such as Stephen De Staebler, Hoss Haley, Robyn Horn, Mary Giles, Harvey Littleton, Albert Paley, and more. Many craft media are represented in the grouping, including wood, metals, ceramic, basketry, glass, and stone.