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Announcing the 2023 Windgate-Lamar Fellows

The Center for Craft is pleased to announce the 2023 Windgate-Lamar Fellows, recognized as the top emerging craft artists in the United States.

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Become a Member of the Center

For only $30 your membership benefits the field of craft by helping us do what we do best—bringing together voices in craft and moving the field forward.

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Craft Matters

Center for Craft evolves strategic direction to explore how and why craft matters.

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Rent a Unique Space for Your Next Event

Did you know you can rent a variety of the spaces at the Center for Craft in Asheville, NC, including our gallery, conference rooms, and more?

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Exhibition

Crafting Denim

"Crafting Denim" showcases the work of three independent denim makers who create jeans by hand in small artisanal workshops across the United States, merging craft traditions with industry and extending the conversation between hand and machine.

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Crafting Denim

"Crafting Denim" showcases the work of three independent denim makers who create jeans by hand in small artisanal workshops across the United States, merging craft traditions with industry and extending the conversation between hand and machine.

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NEO MINERALIA

"NEO MINERALIA" presents a selection of Synthetic and Digital rock specimens crafted by ten international artists exploring rocks as reflections of our effects on human and nonhuman ecologies.

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Something earned, Something left behind

"Something earned, Something left behind" is an exhibition of objecthood; a critical analysis of the transactional and political languages of everyday and culturally significant objects.

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Oct

21

Crafting Denim

"Crafting Denim" showcases the work of three independent denim makers who create jeans by hand in small artisanal workshops across the United States, merging craft traditions with industry and extending the conversation between hand and machine.

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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.

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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.

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Activating Resources

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.