KQED Sundays return in June!⁠ ⁠ In partnership with KQED, the Museum of Craft of Design welcomes KQED Members to the museum for FREE admission on Sundays in June. KQED Members can show their membership cards at MCD’s front desk to receive free admission and explore the current exhibitions “Beau McCall: Buttons On!” and “A Roadmap to Stardust.”⁠ ⁠ Learn more about KQED Sundays and tap the link below to plan your visit.⁠ https://www.sfmcd.org/visit ⁠ [Image Description: Photographs of visitors in MCD’s galleries viewing and engaging with artwork from “Buttons On!” and “A Roadmap to Stardust” courtesy of Minoosh Zomorodinia] (fb)

“A Roadmap to Stardust” is an immersive exhibition by artists Neil Forrest and John Roloff, who work together under the name OortCloudX. Imagine an archaeological dig that uncovers a fictional origin story centered around the discovery of a “first telescope,” built from a mix of historical and fantastical objects like Greek amphorae, crocodile skulls, astronaut gear, and ancient tools.⁠ ⁠ One of the key artworks in the exhibition, “Origin Device I” (2024), is made of ceramics, glaze, and mixed media. As seen in the photographs above, the artists uses traditional craft techniques to explore both the past and the future, drawing from Western and non-Western cultures to imagine alternative scientific histories.⁠ ⁠ In “Origin Device I” the artists also highlight how clay appears in creation stories from around the world—from the Sumerian Gilgamesh and Greek Prometheus to Chinese Nüwa, Egyptian Khnum, the golem of Jewish folklore, India’s Parvati, the Yoruba god Obatala, Polynesian Tane, Indigenous American Earth-maker, and stories in the Qur’an and the Bible. Clay, as a material, symbolizes a shared connection across cultures in how we understand the origins of life.⁠ ⁠ This imagined archaeological dig is just the beginning—there’s so much more to uncover. Get your tickets now and discover “A Roadmap to Stardust” through the link below!⁠ https://sfmcd.org/exhibitions/a-roadmap-to-stardust/ ⁠ [Image Description: Photographs of “Origin Device I” (2024) courtesy of Henrik Kam, and a promotional graphic for “A Roadmap to Stardust”.] (fb)