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Craft City

Celebrating craft in Asheville

If

you’re

curious

about

what

makes

Asheville

a

craft

city,

join

us

for

our

food & art tours

and

workshops

.

Craft City is up and rolling for 2019! Get more info→

Photo courtesy of Need Name

New
Craft City Tour Dates
— 2019 —

Come out and participate in out-of-the-ordinary experiences with some of Asheville’s most gifted makers and creatives. Asheville is a craft city—and should be celebrated! Craft City brings people together to explore and celebrate craft in Asheville with high-spirited walking tours.

Walking Tours

Encourage

To foster new craft-based approaches to STEM research

Support

To support craft practice, experimentation, and applications outside the field of art

Innovate

To advance innovative research in craft materials (e.g. wood, metal, fiber, clay, glass)

Advance

To explore the inter-relationship among the fields of craft, science, technology, engineering, and mathematics

Walking Tours

Craft City Food & Art Tour 2020

To ensure the safety of our community and to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the Center for Craft has temporarily suspended our public programming, including our Craft City Food & Art Tour schedule for spring/summer 2020. Following state and federal recommendations, the Center looks forward to announcing 2020 tour dates as soon as possible.

We can't share our favorite local brews, craft cocktails or handmade wares with you right now, but we hope you'll consider supporting our 2019 tour partners during this unprecedented time! Please consider visiting their websites to purchase a gift card, an item from their shops, or to make a donation today.

Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center
Blue Spiral 1
Cúrate
East Fork Pottery
French Broad Chocolates
Herbiary
Horse + Hero
Lexington Glassworks
Mora Contemporary Jewelry
The Rhu
Rustic Grape

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Upcoming Tour dates

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If these dates sell out (and they likely will) we'll add additional dates as long as demand warrants. If these dates don't work for you, be sure to add your name to the wait list and we will keep you informed as future dates are added! For questions, please contact info@craftcreativitydesign.org or 828-785-1357.

We are building a future for craft. We serve makers, museums, academics, and the local community by investing in creative placekeeping and field building.

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— 2018! —

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Craft City is a Community Initiative (labor of love) by the Center for Craft. Come out with us.

The

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

a

grant

from

the

The North Carolina Arts Council logo

The North Carolina Arts Council launched its work in 1967 as awareness of the importance of arts to all citizens was becoming a national movement. In the ensuing nearly 50 years the arts in North Carolina have come to be valued as one of our state’s most durable and productive assets.

a

division

of

the

Department

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Natural

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Cultural

Resources.

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