Center for Craft convenes a Craft Think Tank to brainstorm strategies that address the persistent dismissal of craft within academia.
2005
Center for Craft launches the Craft Research Fund. In its first year, the Fund supports graduate and project research that begins integrating the study of craft into art and art history.
2011
Edited by Craft Research Fund recipient Maria Elena Buzsek (CRF 2008), Extra/Ordinary chronicles the relationship of craft to contemporary art and documents the rise of activist crafting, or craftivism.
2015
Supported in part by a Craft Research Fund grant, Crafted: Objects in Flux opens at the MFA Boston—one of the largest exhibitions on craft to date at a major U.S. museum.
2020
Center for Craft introduces the Artist Fellowship category of the Craft Research Fund, resourcing 11 artist-researchers to realize projects outside traditional academia.
The Craft Research Fund celebrates 20 years of expanding the scope of craft research. In total, 255 projects have received nearly $2 million in direct support through the Fund.
Be Part of the Celebration
Craft research is not only about what is made—it’s about how we understand the act of making and why it matters. Join us for a series of programs, exhibitions, and events as we celebrate 20 years of the Craft Research Fund.
