Fine Craft Fair Nassau County Museum of Art Roslyn, NY 3 May 2025, 10 am – 4 pm
Nancy Yoshii, Lauren Singer, Layla McDermott
The Long Island Craft Guild invites you to a special show at the Nassau County Museum of Art’s Manes Art Education Center on May 3. Members will present work in metal, glass, clay, fiber, paper and mixed media, each piece individually crafted and unique. We are honored that the Museum was so impressed with the quality of our work that they invited us to present this fair on their beautiful museum grounds.
Kristina Skillin Director of the Museum of Beadwork Thursday, May 8 at 7pm Zoom only
Join Kristina Skillin, Director of the Museum of Beadwork, as she talks about her experience studying human adornment and ornamentation and how it lead to the concept, building, and opening of the Museum of Beadwork. Skillin will share some of the artwork and inspiration that helped shape what the Museum has become, how the tumultuous events of the past five years led to all manner of challenges and setbacks, and how a little perseverance and passion finally brought this institution to life.
Detail, “Empress of the Fog Dragon,” Melanie Mosher
Kristina Skillin, Executive Director and Co-founder of the Museum of Beadwork, is an artist, archeologist, and historian who traces the human narrative to connect historical practices to the development of technologies and products throughout humanity’s history. As a professionally trained artist and scientist she engages diverse audiences through the creation of art and adornment, microscopy-based research, and by co-founding the Museum of Beadwork. One goal of the museum is to show the connection and interconnection of peoples through the common human practice of ornamentation and design. She holds two B.A.s in Metals & Jewelry, and Classical Languages, as well as a M.Sc. from the University of Aberdeen in Archaeology.
Zoom link will be emailed to members at least 24 hours before the meeting. If you are not a member, join us! Click on the JOIN button at the bottom of the page. Some of our previous Zoom artist talks are available on the LICG YouTube channel, so please join us there.
“What’s !New?” A juried exhibit of fine craft May 2 to May 29, 2025 Reception: Saturday, May 10, 2-4 PM Jericho Public Library 1 Merry Lane, Jericho, NY
The public is invited to attend an exhibit of fine craft featuring newly created works by LICG member artists. The juror is Joan Harrison, Professor Emerita of the LIU Post campus of Long Island University. Meet the artists at their reception on Saturday, May 10 from 2 to 4 PM.
