Museum of Art and Design
The Museum of Art and Design is a contemporary art museum that focuses on craft and innovation. It first opened its doors in 1956 as a museum called The Museum of Contemporary Crafts. Later it became the American Craft Museum. Today the museum fosters new creativity everyday through artist studios, in fact it is the only New York museum with an Open Studio program. Where visitors can interact with practicing artists, making art in the museum itself. The museum supports new technologies in all art fields through innovative exhibitions.
Past exhibits have included a Shapeways coming into the gallery and talking to patrons, Jacquard weavings by Chuck Close, and interactive art where the participant makes a sound into the microphone and a program interperpates it into a 3D printable vase.
They specialize in Jewelry, Fiber, Technology, Design, Clay, Mixed Media, and more
Their breadth of exhibits, and support of working artists make them (in my opinion) one of the best museums in the City.
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