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Handi-hour

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Bring your creativity to DC’s original crafting happy hour with live music at the Renwick Gallery! Learn how to make hand-quilted potholders and find inspiration from the quilts on display in State Fairs: Growing American Craft. Try local cider and beer from ANXO cider. Light snacks, crafting materials, two drinks, and after-hours access to both floors of the exhibition galleries are included in the ticket price. 


Attendees must be 21+ to attend and show a valid ID with birthdate at the door. Tickets are $25 and are available beginning March 25. 

On View At

Historic red-brick building with ornate architectural details, banners reading “WONDER,” and a sign labeled “Renwick Gallery.”
Branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum dedicated to exhibiting American contemporary craft, celebrating makers taking both innovative and time-honored approaches to their work.
Location
Washington, DC
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily

What's on View

State Fairs: Growing American Craft is the first exhibition dedicated to artists’ contributions to the great U.S. tradition of state fairs with more than 240 artworks on view, dating from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. Each gallery . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.