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Informed by ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Mary W. Thompson, consulting artist and prolific Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians basketmaker, the parklet’s design references Cherokee basketry in its materials, structure, colors, patterns, and use.

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Mįhą́pmąk

“Mįhą́pmąk” is a solo exhibition of 2020 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellow Cannupa Hanska Luger that includes ceramics, research ephemera, and documentation from the past two years of his ongoing research project to recover his ancestral, Mandan clay traditions.

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Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass

"Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass" is a research-based exhibition organized by artist collective Related Tactics that examines systemic racism, exclusion, and inequity in the field of glass. Related Tactics (Michele Carlson, Weston Teruya, and Nate Watson) are the recipients of the Center for Craft’s 2021 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship.

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Material Reasoning

"Material Reasoning" is a group exhibition of Center for Craft Materials-Based Research Grant recipients from 2017-2020.

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Applications are Open for Windgate Museum Internships

The 2019 Windgate Museum Internship Host Institutions are: Asheville Art Museum; Hancock Shaker Village; John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Morris Museum of Art; and Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco). Applicants apply directly through each institution.

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Applications are Open for Windgate Museum Internships

The 2019 Windgate Museum Internship Host Institutions are: Asheville Art Museum; Hancock Shaker Village; John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Morris Museum of Art; and Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco). Applicants apply directly through each institution.

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Grants & Fellowships

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Applications are Open for Windgate Museum Internships

The 2019 Windgate Museum Internship Host Institutions are: Asheville Art Museum; Hancock Shaker Village; John Michael Kohler Arts Center; Morris Museum of Art; and Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco). Applicants apply directly through each institution.