The Spector Craft Summit
November 10–12, 2026
Crystal Bridges
Bentonville, Arkansas
Coming together
The Spector Craft Summit is an annual gathering held each year at our host museum, bringing established and emerging artists into conversation with curators, scholars, designers, collectors, and cultural leaders from across the country.
Over three days, participants share ideas and knowledge across generations and disciplines. As we partner with a new museum each year, the Summit moves with us—bringing new artists, institutions, collections, and local craft communities into the conversation.
There is extraordinary energy around craft across the country. The Summit brings these voices together—building relationships, sharing ideas, and creating a stronger collective voice for craft.
Spector Craft Summit 2026 Participants

GLENN ADAMSON
Curator, Author and Scholar

ELISSA AUTHER
Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and William and Mildred Ladson Chief Curator, Museum of Arts and Design

ABBY BANGSER
Founder, Object & Thing

SHARIF BEY
Artist and Educator

DEE CLEMENTS
Artist and Founder, Studio Herron

LIZ COLLINS
Artist and Designer

ALEXANDRA CUNNINGHAM CAMERON
Director of Design, Judd Foundation

JEREMY FREY
Artist

JEANNE GREENBERG ROHATYN
Founder, Salon 94

RAVEN HALFMOON
Artist

EBONY HAYNES
Writer, Curator, and Director, David Zwirner Gallery

JULIE HILLMAN
Founder and Principal Designer, Julie Hillman Design

LITTLE WING LEE
Founder, Studio & Projects

ALISON LEVASSEUR
Global Interiors and Garden Director, Architectural Digest

JEFF LINCOLN
Interior Designer and Gallerist

ROBERTO LUGO
Artist, Activist and Educator

RUBY LOPEZ HARPER
Executive Director, Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+)

RICK JOY
Founder & Principal, Studio Rick Joy

LIZA LOU
Artist

MICHELLE MILLAR FISHER
Chief Curator, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum

STEPHANIE MOORE
Executive Director, Center for Craft

LEON NIEHUES
Artist

MARIAH NIELSON
Director, Blunk Foundation and Blunk Space

MICHELE OKA DONER
Artist

JOHNNY ORTIZ-CONCHA
Chef and Founder, /shed

GRELA ORIHUELA
Senior Vice President of Fairs, Design Miami

JEN PADGETT
Windgate Curator of Craft, Crystal Bridges

ANNE PASTERNAK
Director, Brooklyn Museum

LISA PERRY
Founder, Onna House

RODMAN PRIMACK
Founder and Principal Designer, AGO Projects / AGO Interiors

ILAH RALEIGH
Executive Director, Springboard for the Arts

JUDILEE REED
President and CEO, United States Artists

ANDREW RUSSETH
Editor-in-Chief, Artnet News

STEFAN SAGMEISTER
Graphic Designer, Storyteller and Typographer

ANDREA SPECHT
Executive Director, American Craft Council

JACQUELINE TERREBONNE
Editor-in-Chief, Galerie Magazine

ANGELIK VIZCARRONDO-LABOY
Independent Curator and Writer

EDWINA VON GAL
Landscape Designer

ANDREA JENKINS WALLACE
VP of Artistic Affairs, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

JOSEPH WALSH
Irish Furniture Maker and Designer

QUALEASHA WOOD
Artist

BARI ZIPERSTEIN
Artist
