Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field 
August 22, 2017–January 7, 2018

Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound 
September 14, 2017–February 25, 2018

Derrick Adams: Sanctuary
January 25–June 25, 2018

Surface/Depth: The Decorative after Miriam Schapiro
March 22–September 3, 2018 

New York, NY (July 10, 2017) – The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) is proud to announce its program of exhibitions for fall 2017 and winter/spring 2018, highlighting artists and designers who expand perceptions of craft while offering new visions for its future. From exploring the relationship between design, craft, and sound to illuminating the connection between historically marginalized narratives and craft as a means of communication, MAD’s next year of programming embraces craft inclusively, incisively, and progressively.

“Since MAD’s founding in 1956, our mission has been rooted in craftsmanship and the ways that skilled makers transform the world around us,” said William and Mildred Lasdon Chief Curator Shannon R. Stratton. “As we look to the future of craft, MAD is embracing all of the disciplines, materials, and expressions that keep craft alive. From new technologies, materials, and experimental processes to the celebration of historic figures and the transformative ideas that pushed artistic practice forward, MAD is dedicated to highlighting the innovative makers and critical thinkers who constantly redefine what skilled making can do in, and say about, our contemporary world.”

Opening August 22, Studio Views: Craft in the Expanded Field invites four alumni of MAD’s Artist Studios Program, Sarah Zapata, LJ Roberts, Xenobia Bailey, and Maria Hupfield, to stage large-scale and immersive installations in celebration of the program’s ten-year anniversary.

And on September 14, Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound takes over three floors of the Museum, as well as the subway station below, to explore sound as a material that is both shaped by artists and itself capable of shaping space. The exhibition includes installations by Foo + Skou, Julianne Swartz, Naama Tsabar, MSHR, Arjen Noordeman and Christie Wright, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, among others.

In 2018, the Museum will open Derrick Adams: Sanctuary, a solo exhibition of large-scale sculptures and mixed-media collages inspired by the historic Green Book, published by New York postal worker Victor Hugo Green, and Surface/Depth: The Decorative after Miriam Schapiro, an exhibition of works by the pioneering feminist artist in conversation with works by a select group of contemporary artists whose practices are influenced by her legacy.

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