Enjoy free museum admission and activated spaces for the public opening of the exhibition Craft Across Continents — Contemporary Japanese and Western Objects: The Lassiter/Ferraro Collection that features more than 60 contemporary glass, ceramics, bamboo, and textile contemporary objects by artists from around the globe, all from the private collection of Charlotteans Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro. Free event.

• Noon-1 PM: Coffee, tea, and cookie bar in Queen’s Room Level 5. 1–2 PM: Japanese art expert Joe Earle will show how practice-based considerations of material and technique have interacted with local traditions and global movements to produce one of the world’s most dynamic craft ecosystems.

• 2:15–3 PM and 3:30–4:15 PM: Join in an in-gallery conversation with Annie Carlano, senior curator of Craft + Design and Fashion at The Mint Museum, and collectors Lorne Lassiter and Gary Ferraro.