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Beau McCall: Buttons On!
May 10 - Sep 14, 2025
OPEN Thursday-Sunday from 12–5 PM and CLOSED Monday-Wednesday
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Buttons On! marks the first-ever retrospective for artist, Beau McCall. Proclaimed by American Craft magazine as “The Button Man,” McCall creates wearable and visual art by hand-sewing clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. Buttons On! showcases pieces from McCall’s nearly forty-year career, the debut of several new works, and select archival material. Organized into several themes, the exhibition explores McCall’s mastery of the button and commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
Admire wearable and visual art by Beau McCall, aka The Button Man. His creations — ranging from button-adorned apparel and accessories to a 450-pound cast-iron bathtub — delve into subjects such as pop culture and social justice. The retrospective, which is making its West Coast debut, also includes archival materials chronicling McCall’s nearly four-decade career. Concurrently, MCD is exhibiting “A Roadmap to Stardust,” an immersive installation by Neil Forrest and John Roloff.
Anh-Minh Le
Contributing Writer
Museum of Craft and Design