Keep Kalm,
Keeping
Craft Alive
At Kalm, we seeks to build a home for art, craft, and culture, where people can meet, learn, and grow together.
We believe these practices hold the power to educate, engage, inspire, and empower communities.
OUR HOME (ΰΈΰΉΰΈ²ΰΈΰΈΰΈΰΈΰΉΰΈ£ΰΈ²)
Lately, weβve been reflecting deeply on what it means to belongβand how lucky we are to call Chiang Mai our home.
To be in a place where kindness, passion, and diversity live in every corner. Where where strangers smile like old friends and kindness isnβt rare, but woven into the everyday.
A place where history runs deep, yet flows effortlessly into the rhythm of everyday life. Where traditions live not behind glass but in the hands of aunties, artists, artisans and your neighbors.
Here, we are moved and inspired daily by the smallest moments like sunlight filtering through the leaves, birdsong in the morning. Here, river and mountains feel close enough to touch, yet city comforts are never far away β where life feels both tender and wild.
To belong to a city that holds both stillness and momentum.
Home is here.
In the land. In the light. In each other.
In the spaces we create and the community we hold.
Kalm Village is an Art, Crafts, and Culture Center in the heart of Old Town Chiang Mai. Through means of architecture, objects, food, archive, workshops, dynamic exhibitions, residency programs, happenings, and conversations, our goal is to empower local wisdom, makers, and communities, through space and contemporary platforms.
βIn order to carry on our ancestral wisdom, it has to be practiced all the time
like a river flowing.
The river will still be a river and not be left dry
when the old stream flow on, and the new stream flow in to replace continuously.β
Whatβs On
At Kalm Village, we celebrate and explore diverse artistic, cultural, and historical subjects where heritage and innovation converse. Our programs, event, and happenings are thoughtfully curated to foster the understanding and appreciation of the arts, crafts, and cultures in various dimensions.
This year, we teamed up with VACILANDO, a curated Bangkok-based bookstore, to select books and publications that reflect our commitment to presenting diverse perspectives in art, craft, and culture while offering a platform for underrepresented voices.
Message from Vacilando Bookshop
We believe books carry the record of many voices, from artists, writers, and craftspeople to those who may never have had space to tell their stories in writing. Books allow knowledge and experiences to travel beyond the boundaries of language and culture.
Vacilando Bookshop and Kalm Village share a belief that creating spaces for reading is essential. Through this Vacilando Pop-up collection, we hope to connect communities of contemporary artists and makers working through books.
The selection features titles from Vacilando alongside books from the Kalm Village library, highlighting contemporary art, craft philosophies, independent publications from marginalized voices, and stories of culinary culture and artists across Asia.
May your reading be calm and continuous in our new reading space at Kalm Village.
All books are available in store now
Vacilando is an independent bookstore specializing in art books and photobooks from publishers around the world. Founded in 2017 as an online bookstore, it later opened a small physical shop in 2019 and is now located in Bangkokβs historic Nang Loeng district.
The bookstore also creates Co-Experienced Spaces through activities such as reading rooms, book chats, and open studio gatherings that encourage conversations around photography, art, and independent publishing.
Vacilando is also one of the co-founders of the printPRINT Art Book Fair, launched in 2024.
This month
This month
OUR REGULAR
WORKSHOP
Lineage & Legacy
Porcelain portraits from 100 years of Wing on Wo
EXHIBITION
6 Dec 2025 - 14 Mar 2026
MoM Museum at Kalm Village
Wing on Wo & Co. (W.O.W.) is the oldest continuously operating store in Manhattanβs Chinatown, with a five-generation-long legacy in the heart of the neighborhood on Mott St. The shop works to breathe new life into cultural craft by reinterpreting tradition through an Asian diasporic lens.
10 Years of Slowstitch
Unfolding Patterns, Threads and Time
EXHIBITION
6 Dec 2025 - 14 Mar 2026
Kalm Gallery
In 2015, Slowstitch Studio began its journey, driven by a desire to create textiles that honor the human touch, through the art of Shibori.
Slowstitch Studio marks this chapter with an invitation to glimpse the fragments of a decade, knowing that the most exciting work still lies ahead.
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
At MOM Museum of Makers
2nd & 3rd floor
Collected over 30 years, Kalm Archive is a private family collection of textiles, jewelry, and silverware, focusing on Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Museum of Makers (MOM)
The Museum of Makers (MOM) is a part of Kalm Village, an Art, Craft, and Culture center in Old Town Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The center is dedicated to all the makers and creators that surround us, who came before and in all of us. The word βmomβ or βΰΉΰΈ‘ΰΉβ in Thai and many Asian cultures, other than signifying the βcreatorβ also has various deep meanings, including a term of endearment and respect.
Join us every Fri, Sat, Sun, Mon and Tue at our Glass Pavilion for a yoga and meditation session. Enjoy the view of the city and of Wat Chedi Luang, while nourishing your body and mind connection.
Sunset Yoga
Every Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
5.00 - 6.30 pm
EVENT
Lifestyle Store
Asia is a vibrant region brimming with vibrant colors, rich personalities, paradoxes, and cultural diversityβa dynamic blend of the old and the new, all tied together by the warmth of its people.
At Kalm, we create joyful, unique products that reimagine traditional craftsmanship, blending traditional practices with contemporary aesthetics to create one-of-a-kind pieces. Each item reflects the essence of Asian culture while complementing todayβs contemporary home and lifestyle.
Our collections delve into various craft themes and techniques, honoring their distinct histories and unique identities.
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