Public Programs

Students will work with 3D printing, clay model making, and traditional jewelry techniques to create a capsule collection of jewelry objects with guest designer Jocelyn DeSisto. View full event details here.

Celebrate NYC Jewelry Week with Cooper Hewitt and Munich-based artist Karl Fritsch. Playful and tough, intricate and coarse, Fritsch’s avant-garde pieces challenge the concept of what jewelry, and sculpture, can be. Join us for a presentation and lively discussion of Fritsch’s work along with Jeanne Greenberg and Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Curator of Contemporary Design. View full event details here.

Join us for a lively afternoon exploring the experimental materials, novelty textures, and “vibrating” color palette in textiles generated by designer and entrepreneur Dorothy Wright Liebes (1897-1972), nationally recognized in her own time as America’s “First Lady of the looms.” View full event details here.

In mid-twentieth century San Francisco, two women explored new directions in weaving and the design of fabrics and wallcoverings. Join us to discover the works of émigré Trude Guermonprez (1910-1976), an inventive and inspiring weaver, textile designer, and teacher, and her contemporary Lanette Scheeline (1910-2001), a Bay Area native who operated a successful textile and wallpaper design business. View full event details here.

Cooper Hewitt offers a free program for individuals with Alzheimer's or other dementias and their care partners to experience and discuss design objects and exhibitions in a small group. Led by museum educators, these dialogues provide a social environment for exploring design objects and stories and participate in hands-on learning experiences . View full event details here.