Center for Craft 25th anniversary logo in red
Center for Craft 25th anniversary logo in red

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Introducing the National Craft Innovation Hub

On November 16, 2019, the Center for Craft celebrated its Public Grand Reopening after nearly a year of renovations to its historic 1912 building at 67 Broadway in downtown Asheville. This new National Craft Innovation Hub serves as a creative destination and resource for artists, researchers, curators, and the local community to celebrate the Building a Future for Craft campaign and successful renovation.

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Public Galleries

Collaborative coworking space, lecture hall, classrooms and conference rooms to incubate and grow creative ideas, businesses, organizations and projects. Designed for and by makers.

Expanded gallery space dedicated to building a future for craft through creative placekeeping and field building.

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A Hub for Creative Collaboration

Our coworking, event, and meeting spaces is the perfect place for creatives and makers to incubate and grow their ideas. Our expanded galleries feature the makers who are furthering the field of craft.

Inside of the Bresler Family Gallery with exhibits.

Expanded Galleries

Visitors are able to access free exhibitions six days a week within the new Bresler Family Gallery and the John Cram Gallery. Learn more about current, upcoming, and past exhibitions below.

Cowork at Center for Craft

Tailored to the needs of Asheville’s creative sector with the goal of connecting fellow creatives, makers, and supporting companies in a vibrant environment that encourages inspiration and innovation. The space offers a perfect mix of public and private workspace, including private offices, dedicated desks, flex-desks, phone/nursing booths, conference rooms, a kitchenette, and lounge.

Reception desk at Cowork at the Center for Craft with large lighting fixture above it.

The Michael Sherrill Loft with chairs and large windows overlooking downtown Asheville.

Event and Meeting Space

A variety of unique spaces, including the new Michael Sherrill Loft, where both national and local groups can gather to communicate, innovate, and be inspired. Plus, regional organizations have access to our meeting rooms free of charge.

Field Building

reOpening Exhibition

Craft Futures 2099

A brand new exhibit titled Craft Futures 2099 will show in tandem with our Grand Reopening. Ten local and national artists were invited to predict what craft will represent in eighty years time. Set in 2099, this exhibition seeks to imagine the possible futures for craft, looking both forwards and backwards, to understand where we’ve been, where are, and where we want to go.

Art Installations

Original Coworking Desk

From Jamil D. Harrison, Founder of CR8 | Design Studios, and inspired by the building’s history as an auto repair shop.

Pinwheel, 1990 Vitreograph Plate Set

From Harvey Littleton, this installation will highlight the vitreograph printmaking process through the display of three original glass plates.

Unique Furnishings

From Old Wood Company, these one-of-a-kind pieces will be created from salvaged and found wood.

“Humpback” and “Sloth”

These anthropomorphic animal chairs from Tanya Aguińiga will speak to the often hybrid and amorphous nature of craft production and consumption.

Custom Detail and Signage

Andrew Hayes will be creating custom details and signage incorporated throughout the building.

Tiered Textile Installation

From Shelter Collective, this installation will be a nod to western North Carolina's rich textile history and the continued interwoven community practicing in the region today.

Liminal Tile Installation

Ian Henderson will be creating this installation on the exterior of the building.

Additional generous support provided by many foundations, businesses, and individuals to name the following spaces:

  • Benisch Family Kitchen
  • Bresler Family Gallery
  • Sara and Bill Morgan Board Room
  • John Cram Partner Gallery
  • Michael Sherrill Loft
  • Explore Asheville Assembly Hall

New Art Installations

Original Coworking Desk

From Jamil D. Harrison, Founder of CR8 | Design Studios, and inspired by the building’s history as an auto repair shop.

Littleton Vitreograph Printing Plate Set

From Harvey Littleton, this installation highlights the vitreograph printmaking process through the display of three original glass plates used to make the limited edition print, Pinwheel (1990).

Unique Furnishings

From Old Wood Company, these one-of-a-kind pieces were created from birch plywood sourced from the Baltic region.

Humpback and Sloth

These anthropomorphic animal chairs from Tanya Aguiñiga are intended to evoke empathy and imagination through the crafted object.

Custom Detail and Signage

Andrew Hayes has created custom details and signage incorporated throughout the building.

Tiered Textile Installation

From Shelter Collective, this installation is a nod to western North Carolina's rich textile history and the continued interwoven community practicing in the region today.

Liminal Tile Installation

Ian Henderson has created a tessellated colored concrete installation on the exterior of the building that evokes the ever-changing nature of craft. A donor tile wall will complement this installation on an adjacent wall. To learn how to purchase a tile and support the future for craft, click here.

Generous support provided by many foundations, businesses, and individuals to name the following spaces: Benisch Family Kitchen, Bresler Family Gallery, Sara and Bill Morgan Board Room, John Cram Partner Gallery, Michael Sherrill Loft, & the Explore Asheville Assembly Hall.

Explore Asheville logo
The John and Robyn Horn Foundation logo
North Carolina Arts Council logo
University of North Carolina Asheville logo
Warren Wilson College logo
Windgate Foundation logo

Field Building