HANDS-ON HOUSTON FAMILY FESTIVAL A Celebration of Fiber Arts!

HANDS-ON HOUSTON FAMILY FESTIVAL
A Celebration of Fiber Arts!

Date & Time

Saturday, September 7, 2013 11:00 am

to 3:00 pm

Venue

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

Address

4848 Main Street. Houston, Texas 77002

(MAP)

Host

Drop in between 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM
Free/No Registration Required

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is pleased to host the third annual HANDS-ON HOUSTON FAMILY FESTIVAL, a free community event. Families and visitors of all ages are invited to this fun day of indoor/outdoor activities. This year, HCCC celebrates the fiber arts with hands-on craft activities, demonstrations by local artists and more.

Visitors will enjoy:

Craft Activities: Handweaving, Papermaking and Wet Felting
Demonstrations by Contemporary Handweavers of Houston, Houston Area Fiber Artists, Quilt Guild of Greater Houston, and Texas Basket Weavers Association.
The Final Weekend of Summer Exhibitions: The Tool at Hand and Ctrl + P
Koagi Hots Food Truck

The HANDS-ON HOUSTON FAMILY FESTIVAL is a super-sized version of HANDS-ON HOUSTON, a free craft-
activity open house at HCCC on the first Saturday of every month (11 AM – 3 PM). Each month, a teaching artist
demonstrates a craft related to current exhibitions and events. Families and children of all ages are welcome, and
materials are provided.

More Events

UMBRELLA SEDGE BASKET WORKSHOP

SOLD OUT Session 1: Friday, October 10, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
Session 2: Saturday, October 11, 2025, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Explore an ancient form of basketry with former resident artist Molly Koehn!

HOW DO CRAFT MUSEUMS MAKE HISTORY?

Saturday, October 25, 2025

HCCC presents a lecture by the eminent craft scholar, Namita Gupta Wiggers, offering insights from her forthcoming book.

Plan Your Visit

4848 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002

Houston Center for Contemporary Craft is located in the Houston Museum District, two blocks south of Highway 59, near Rosedale St. Visitors should park in the free parking lot located directly behind the building, off Rosedale and Travis Streets, and enter through the back entrance.