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Current Exhibition

UPcoming Exhibition

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On View 

Connections in the Making

The Center for Craft is excited to present a solo exhibition of patchwork textiles and inflatable sculptures by the Ohio-based fiber artist. Adrian’s volumetric, pneumatic work transports viewers into artifice, desire, and worldbuilding. Drawing from rich legacies of queer fiber art & theory, the exhibition features monumentally scaled works that physically respond to viewers presence by filling with air.

You can still sponsor RIPSTOP by contributing before July 12, 2024. Donate today for your opportunity to be recognized during the opening reception on August 15, 2024, and on the exhibition's Title Wall. To underwrite this exhibition, please donate now.

Connections in the Making

SPONSOR

On view

Nov

17

Oct

31

Through

Nov

17

Oct

31

When

Nov 17, 2023

Oct 31, 2026

Photo credit:

Rachel Meginnes, I Traverse Daily (detail), 2021; Courtesy of the Artist. Erika Diamond, 40% (detail), 2022; Photo by Echard Wheeler, Courtesy of the Artist. James Vester Miller portrait; Courtesy of Andrea Clark. Potter Matt Jones digging clay; Courtesy of the Artist. Gabe Crow, Eye of the Sacred Bird, 2020; Courtesy Center for Craft. Graphic by Drum Machine Editions.

Current Exhibition

UPcoming Exhibition

past Exhibition

On View 

Connections in the Making

On view

Nov

17

Oct

31

Through

Nov

17

Oct

31

When

Nov 17, 2023

Oct 31, 2026

Photo credit:

Rachel Meginnes, I Traverse Daily (detail), 2021; Courtesy of the Artist. Erika Diamond, 40% (detail), 2022; Photo by Echard Wheeler, Courtesy of the Artist. James Vester Miller portrait; Courtesy of Andrea Clark. Potter Matt Jones digging clay; Courtesy of the Artist. Gabe Crow, Eye of the Sacred Bird, 2020; Courtesy Center for Craft. Graphic by Drum Machine Editions.

Current Exhibition

UPcoming Exhibition

past Exhibition

On View 

Connections in the Making

On view

Nov

17

Oct

31

Through

Nov

17

Oct

31

When

Nov 17, 2023

Oct 31, 2026

Photo credit:

Rachel Meginnes, I Traverse Daily (detail), 2021; Courtesy of the Artist. Erika Diamond, 40% (detail), 2022; Photo by Echard Wheeler, Courtesy of the Artist. James Vester Miller portrait; Courtesy of Andrea Clark. Potter Matt Jones digging clay; Courtesy of the Artist. Gabe Crow, Eye of the Sacred Bird, 2020; Courtesy Center for Craft. Graphic by Drum Machine Editions.

FRONT & CENTER

Front & center

*This exhibition will be on view through October 31, 2026.

Craft has the capacity to connect people to one another, to ground us in a specific place, and to bridge generations across time. Connections in the Making includes works by regional artists, craftspeople, and entrepreneurs that tell many different stories about ways craft connects us.

Blacksmith Rachel David hosts skill-building workshops that demonstrate how craft brings people together. Over the past six years she has hosted free forging demonstrations and workshops for predominantly BIPOC and LGBTQIA++ individuals. David makes craft approachable for a wider and more diverse group of people.

Craft can also connect us to a place.  Basketmakers Gabriel Crow, Lucille Lossiah, and Ramona Lossie (Eastern Band Cherokee) use materials and dyes native to Western North Carolina to create exquisite baskets that highlight the inseparable relationship between land and the Cherokee people. 

Finally, craft connects our cultural pasts to the present. Artist Rachel Meginnes sees herself as a collaborator with makers whose names were once known. She deconstructs old quits and weaves them into new compositions. “The hands and minds that made these heirlooms are gone,” Megennis explains, “my own choices respond to the material that remains and the choices of past makers that I study.” 

Come discover your own ties to craft and why making matters today by exploring the eleven stories that form Connections in the Making.

OPENING RECEPTION

,

,

Where

Center for Craft

67 Broadway St

CURATed By

Marilyn Zapf

ORGANIZED BY

Center for Craft

Exhibition management BY

Lisette Gallagher and Lauren Roquemore

Installation by

Lauren Roquemore, Devyn Vasquez, Konrad Sanders

Exhibition design

Edited by

Graphic Design by

Erik Pedersen

Photography by

exhibition events

The events for this exhibition have passed. See our full calendar for upcoming events.

Meet the artists

ᏚᏍᏓᏯᎫᎾᏱ Gabriel Crow

Cherokee, NC

Faye Junaluska

Cherokee, NC

Lucille Lossiah

Ramon Lose

Cullowhee, NC

ᏯᏗ ᎺᏂ Betty Maney

Cherokee, NC

ᏗᎳᏂ Dylan Morgan

Cherokee, NC

ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Mary W. Thompson

ᏎᎳᏂ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Sarah Thompson

Patricia Welch

Field Building

CRAFT RESEARCH TALK

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About RIPSTOP

The Center for Craft is excited to present a solo exhibition of patchwork textiles and inflatable sculptures by the Ohio-based fiber artist. Adrian’s volumetric, pneumatic work transports viewers into artifice, desire, and worldbuilding. Drawing from rich legacies of queer fiber art & theory, the exhibition features monumentally scaled works that physically respond to viewers presence by filling with air.

You can still sponsor RIPSTOP by contributing before July 12, 2024. Donate today for your opportunity to be recognized during the opening reception on July 26, 2024, and on the exhibition's Title Wall. To underwrite this exhibition, please donate now.

about the artists

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

rhiannon ‘skye’ tafoya

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

Photo credit: Jamie Hopper

about the curator

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Curatorial

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

Thank

you to the

Virginia A. Groot Foundation

and

Maxwell/Hanrahan Foundation

for

makng these residencies possible.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

RIPSTOP is supported, in part, by Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft.

The

Center

for

Craft

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supported

in

part

by

the

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

This exhibition was supported, in part, by the John W. and Anna H. Hanes Foundation,

and Buncombe County Government.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

The

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

and the

for sponsoring Handwork and Hope.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

The

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The 2023 Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund.

Thank you to Phillips, the leading auction house in art and design, for sponsoring the Curatorial Fellowship show.

Preservers, Innovators, and Rescuers of Culture in Chiapas is supported, in part by,

The Center for Craft is supported, in part, by the

Aram Han Sifuentes is a recipient of the Center for Craft’s 2022 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship. This substantial mid-career grant is awarded to two artists to support research projects that advance, expand, and support the creation of new research and knowledge through craft practice.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

the

and

For a full listing of the generous funders supporting the Center for Craft and our programming visit centerforcraft.org/support

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

the

and

the

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

For a full listing of the generous funders supporting the Center for Craft and our programming visit centerforcraft.org/support

The

Center

for

Craft’s

John

Cram

Partner

Gallery

presented

in

collaboration

with

UNC Asheville transforms lives through leadership and education. The designated liberal arts and sciences institution for the UNC System and one of the nation’s top 10 public liberal arts universities, UNC Asheville enrolls 3,600 students and offers more than 30 undergraduate majors and a Master of Liberal Arts and Sciences degree. UNC Asheville also encourages students to take part in a nationally acclaimed undergraduate research program and participate in interdisciplinary learning. From internships and hands-on projects, to study abroad and community engagement, students experience an education that extends beyond campus into the vibrant City of Asheville, the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains and the world.

and

Warren Wilson College logo

A liberal arts college grounded in social responsibility, where hard work and community are more than just words.

.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

the

and

For a full listing of the generous funders supporting the Center for Craft and our programming visit centerforcraft.org/support

More On View

Max Adrian, “A Fallible Complex,” 2021. Nylon, ripstop, blower, motion sensor. 92 x 136 x 76 inches.

Exhibition

Max Adrian: RIPSTOP

Through

Jul

26

Mar

29

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