After a monthlong closure to prepare, “Handwork” will showcase 53 archival and newly acquired creations throughout the museum’s galleries. These objects, including textile art, jewelry, furniture, blown glass, sculpture and ceramics, are intended to connect with the gallery’s other collections in a continuum that began with its opening in 1972.

Shown:
JanYager, Tiara of Useful Knowledge, from the series City Flora: The Philadelphia Series, 2006, 18- and 14-kara gold, oxidized sterling silver and quartz pebble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Linda L. Brownrigg, Cynthia Lovelace Sears, and Todd Wingate and Steven Cason