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Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft

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.

Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft

February 27, 2026

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September 27, 2026

Feb 27, 2026

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Sep 27, 2026

Close-up of someone wearing Maggie Thompson’s blue beaded patchwork Hospital Gown, their hands holding a bundled object while the intricate blue textiles and beadwork are shown in detail.

Maggie Thompson, process photo of "Hospital Gown," 2025. Photo courtesy of the artist.

craft-itarianism (craft-uh-TAIR-ee-uh-niz-um)

noun
: the use of craft to add joy, distribute resources, and foster a sense of community in the everyday lives of specific at-risk or marginalized people

Example:
“Using craft as a way to help humans is craft-itarianism.”

‍

The word craft-itarianism was coined by 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow Alyssa Velazquez to name artistic projects that generate employment, raise awareness, or offer therapeutic support through craft. These programs provide a space where people affected by addiction, incarceration, and gun violence can find solidarity while learning a skill.

Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft celebrates nonprofits and artists who believe in—and actively practice—the power of craft to support and empower individuals and communities.

This exhibition was curated by 2026 Center for Craft Curatorial Fellow Alyssa Velazquez. Launched in 2017, the Curatorial Fellowship supports emerging curators exploring new ideas about craft with mentorship, professional development, and a $5,000 honorarium to realize an exhibition.

Fri

,

Feb

27

,

5:30 pm

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7:30 pm

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Bresler Family Gallery

67 Broadway Street, Asheville, NC 28801

AMBOS Project and students at Jardin de las Mariposas, Casa Arcoíris, and Casa Unión Trans in Tijuana, Mexico

Black Craftspeople Digital Archive

Center for Creative Works with Kelly Brown, Cindy Gosselin, and Ania Lattie

Firebird Community Arts with Laura Donefer and Firebird youth artists

People's Pottery Project

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe)

Alyssa Velazquez

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Center for Craft

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Lisette Gallaher

Lauren Roquemore and Konrad Sanders

M. Rachael Arauz, PhD

Sarah Darro, Troy Smythe, and Namita Wiggers

History of Salad

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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

is

supported

in

part

by

the

N.C. Arts Council

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Learn more

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,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

North Bennet Street School

close

✕

and the

Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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 Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

the N.C. Arts Council,

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The

Center

for

Craft’s

John

Cram

Partner

Gallery

presented

in

collaboration

with

UNC Asheville

close

✕

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.

Learn more

→

and

Warren Wilson College

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✕

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

Learn more

→

.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

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

is

supported

in

part

by

the

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

North Bennet Street School

close

✕

and the

Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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 Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

the N.C. Arts Council,

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The

Center

for

Craft’s

John

Cram

Partner

Gallery

presented

in

collaboration

with

UNC Asheville

close

✕

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.

Learn more

→

and

Warren Wilson College

close

✕

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

Learn more

→

.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

exhibition Images

Meet the artists

ᏚᏍᏓᏯᎫᎾᏱ Gabriel Crow

Cherokee, NC

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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

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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.

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about the artists

AMBOS Project and students at Jardin de las Mariposas, Casa Arcoíris, and Casa Unión Trans in Tijuana, Mexico

AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) is a femme-led binational artist collaborative working along the US–Mexico border to build migrant support systems. Founded by craft-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga in 2016, the project has grown to include a trauma-informed ceramics program with LGBTQIA+ asylum and refugee shelters in Tijuana. The project aims to raise awareness around anti-immigrant rhetoric and the effects of inhumane policies on people’s lives.

AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) is a femme-led binational artist collaborative working along the US–Mexico border to build migrant support systems. Founded by craft-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga in 2016, the project has grown to include a trauma-informed ceramics program with LGBTQIA+ asylum and refugee shelters in Tijuana. The project aims to raise awareness around anti-immigrant rhetoric and the effects of inhumane policies on people’s lives.

Visit Artist Site

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Black Craftspeople Digital Archive

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Tiffany Momon, public historian and Assistant Professor of History at Sewanee: The University of the South, the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) is a digital resource that highlights contemporary craft scholarship by historians, academics, and scholars who illustrate the perceptions of Black craftspeople and their trades in the past.

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Tiffany Momon, public historian and Assistant Professor of History at Sewanee: The University of the South, the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) is a digital resource that highlights contemporary craft scholarship by historians, academics, and scholars who illustrate the perceptions of Black craftspeople and their trades in the past.

Visit Artist Site

→

Center for Creative Works with Kelly Brown, Cindy Gosselin, and Ania Lattie

Since 2010, the Center for Creative Works (CCW) has been a professional arts program serving adults with intellectual disabilities. CCW has studios with day-service programs in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia that provide materials, equipment, and open spaces for neurodiverse artists to explore their craft—a place to call an artistic home.

Since 2010, the Center for Creative Works (CCW) has been a professional arts program serving adults with intellectual disabilities. CCW has studios with day-service programs in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia that provide materials, equipment, and open spaces for neurodiverse artists to explore their craft—a place to call an artistic home.

Visit Artist Site

→

Firebird Community Arts with Laura Donefer and Firebird youth artists

Located in Chicago’s East Garfield Park, Firebird Community Arts is a nonprofit glass studio and community arts center founded by Artistic Director Pearl Dick for youth to be physically creative in a supportive community space. ProjectFIRE is Firebird’s flagship glassblowing venture. Beginning in 2015, with the partnership of Dr. Brad Stolbach, a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescent trauma, Dick created a program that combines healing and glass art training with national and international artists.

Located in Chicago’s East Garfield Park, Firebird Community Arts is a nonprofit glass studio and community arts center founded by Artistic Director Pearl Dick for youth to be physically creative in a supportive community space. ProjectFIRE is Firebird’s flagship glassblowing venture. Beginning in 2015, with the partnership of Dr. Brad Stolbach, a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescent trauma, Dick created a program that combines healing and glass art training with national and international artists.

Visit Artist Site

→

People's Pottery Project

The People’s Pottery Project’s (PPP) established its mission in 2019 to employ and empower formerly incarcerated women and trans and nonbinary individuals through paid job training, access to a healing community, and meaningful employment in a collective nonprofit business. One of the first steps in joining this artistic community is learning the ins and outs of ceramic fabrication—both wheel throwing and hand building. Through their studio, PPP connects participants to others to share their stories and ultimately transform dominant narratives about those who have experienced incarceration.

The People’s Pottery Project’s (PPP) established its mission in 2019 to employ and empower formerly incarcerated women and trans and nonbinary individuals through paid job training, access to a healing community, and meaningful employment in a collective nonprofit business. One of the first steps in joining this artistic community is learning the ins and outs of ceramic fabrication—both wheel throwing and hand building. Through their studio, PPP connects participants to others to share their stories and ultimately transform dominant narratives about those who have experienced incarceration.

Visit Artist Site

→

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe)

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe; born Minneapolis, 1989; resides St. Paul, Minnesota) is a multimedia artist who incorporates textile techniques, including beadwork, into large-scale and fine art wearables inspired by her Ojibwe heritage and contemporary Native American experiences. Her most recent visual projects transform familiar garments into participatory works with community members.

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe; born Minneapolis, 1989; resides St. Paul, Minnesota) is a multimedia artist who incorporates textile techniques, including beadwork, into large-scale and fine art wearables inspired by her Ojibwe heritage and contemporary Native American experiences. Her most recent visual projects transform familiar garments into participatory works with community members.

Visit Artist Site

→

about the artists

AMBOS Project and students at Jardin de las Mariposas, Casa Arcoíris, and Casa Unión Trans in Tijuana, Mexico

WEBSITE

→

INSTAGRAM

→

AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) is a femme-led binational artist collaborative working along the US–Mexico border to build migrant support systems. Founded by craft-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga in 2016, the project has grown to include a trauma-informed ceramics program with LGBTQIA+ asylum and refugee shelters in Tijuana. The project aims to raise awareness around anti-immigrant rhetoric and the effects of inhumane policies on people’s lives.

ARTIST BIO

AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) is a femme-led binational artist collaborative working along the US–Mexico border to build migrant support systems. Founded by craft-based artist Tanya Aguiñiga in 2016, the project has grown to include a trauma-informed ceramics program with LGBTQIA+ asylum and refugee shelters in Tijuana. The project aims to raise awareness around anti-immigrant rhetoric and the effects of inhumane policies on people’s lives.

Black Craftspeople Digital Archive

WEBSITE

→

INSTAGRAM

→

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Tiffany Momon, public historian and Assistant Professor of History at Sewanee: The University of the South, the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) is a digital resource that highlights contemporary craft scholarship by historians, academics, and scholars who illustrate the perceptions of Black craftspeople and their trades in the past.

ARTIST BIO

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Tiffany Momon, public historian and Assistant Professor of History at Sewanee: The University of the South, the Black Craftspeople Digital Archive (BCDA) is a digital resource that highlights contemporary craft scholarship by historians, academics, and scholars who illustrate the perceptions of Black craftspeople and their trades in the past.

Center for Creative Works with Kelly Brown, Cindy Gosselin, and Ania Lattie

WEBSITE

→

INSTAGRAM

→

Since 2010, the Center for Creative Works (CCW) has been a professional arts program serving adults with intellectual disabilities. CCW has studios with day-service programs in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia that provide materials, equipment, and open spaces for neurodiverse artists to explore their craft—a place to call an artistic home.

ARTIST BIO

Since 2010, the Center for Creative Works (CCW) has been a professional arts program serving adults with intellectual disabilities. CCW has studios with day-service programs in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia that provide materials, equipment, and open spaces for neurodiverse artists to explore their craft—a place to call an artistic home.

Firebird Community Arts with Laura Donefer and Firebird youth artists

WEBSITE

→

INSTAGRAM

→

Located in Chicago’s East Garfield Park, Firebird Community Arts is a nonprofit glass studio and community arts center founded by Artistic Director Pearl Dick for youth to be physically creative in a supportive community space. ProjectFIRE is Firebird’s flagship glassblowing venture. Beginning in 2015, with the partnership of Dr. Brad Stolbach, a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescent trauma, Dick created a program that combines healing and glass art training with national and international artists.

ARTIST BIO

Located in Chicago’s East Garfield Park, Firebird Community Arts is a nonprofit glass studio and community arts center founded by Artistic Director Pearl Dick for youth to be physically creative in a supportive community space. ProjectFIRE is Firebird’s flagship glassblowing venture. Beginning in 2015, with the partnership of Dr. Brad Stolbach, a clinical psychologist specializing in adolescent trauma, Dick created a program that combines healing and glass art training with national and international artists.

People's Pottery Project

WEBSITE

→

INSTAGRAM

→

The People’s Pottery Project’s (PPP) established its mission in 2019 to employ and empower formerly incarcerated women and trans and nonbinary individuals through paid job training, access to a healing community, and meaningful employment in a collective nonprofit business. One of the first steps in joining this artistic community is learning the ins and outs of ceramic fabrication—both wheel throwing and hand building. Through their studio, PPP connects participants to others to share their stories and ultimately transform dominant narratives about those who have experienced incarceration.

ARTIST BIO

The People’s Pottery Project’s (PPP) established its mission in 2019 to employ and empower formerly incarcerated women and trans and nonbinary individuals through paid job training, access to a healing community, and meaningful employment in a collective nonprofit business. One of the first steps in joining this artistic community is learning the ins and outs of ceramic fabrication—both wheel throwing and hand building. Through their studio, PPP connects participants to others to share their stories and ultimately transform dominant narratives about those who have experienced incarceration.

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe)

WEBSITE

→

INSTAGRAM

→

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe; born Minneapolis, 1989; resides St. Paul, Minnesota) is a multimedia artist who incorporates textile techniques, including beadwork, into large-scale and fine art wearables inspired by her Ojibwe heritage and contemporary Native American experiences. Her most recent visual projects transform familiar garments into participatory works with community members.

ARTIST BIO

Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe; born Minneapolis, 1989; resides St. Paul, Minnesota) is a multimedia artist who incorporates textile techniques, including beadwork, into large-scale and fine art wearables inspired by her Ojibwe heritage and contemporary Native American experiences. Her most recent visual projects transform familiar garments into participatory works with community members.

about the curator

Alyssa Velazquez

Alyssa Velazquez, writer, curator, and creative director, was awarded the Center for Craft’s 2026 Curatorial Fellowship for her exhibition titled Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft. The exhibition celebrates nonprofits and artists who believe in—and actively practice—the power of craft to support and empower individuals and communities.

The Center for Craft Curatorial Fellowship supports emerging craft curators in their areas of research—promoting experimentation, collaboration, and engagement across the curatorial field. The 2026 Fellowship welcomed proposals exploring themes of craft and community vitality.

Learn More

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

North Carolina Arts Council

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✕

,

a

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources

division

and

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

close

✕

The Center for Craft Curatorial Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund. This exhibition was funded, in part, by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
‍
Center for Craft receives funding from the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. Support also comes from the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.

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

is

supported

in

part

by

the

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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,

ArtsAVL

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

,

a

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources

division

and

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

close

✕

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

North Bennet Street School

close

✕

and the

Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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 Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

the N.C. Arts Council,

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The

Center

for

Craft’s

John

Cram

Partner

Gallery

presented

in

collaboration

with

UNC Asheville

close

✕

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.

Learn more

→

and

Warren Wilson College

close

✕

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

Learn more

→

.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

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

is

supported

in

part

by

the

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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,

ArtsAVL

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

,

a

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources

division

and

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

close

✕

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

North Bennet Street School

close

✕

and the

Foundry Hotel

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✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

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✕

Learn more

→

,

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 Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

the N.C. Arts Council,

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The

Center

for

Craft’s

John

Cram

Partner

Gallery

presented

in

collaboration

with

UNC Asheville

close

✕

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.

Learn more

→

and

Warren Wilson College

close

✕

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

Learn more

→

.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

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

is

supported

in

part

by

the

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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,

ArtsAVL

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

Center

for

Craft

is

supported

in

part

by

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

,

a

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources

division

and

The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

close

✕

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

North Bennet Street School

close

✕

and the

Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

N.C. Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

,

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 Foundry Hotel

close

✕

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

the N.C. Arts Council,

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

the

North Carolina Arts Council

close

✕

Learn more

→

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

The

Center

for

Craft’s

John

Cram

Partner

Gallery

presented

in

collaboration

with

UNC Asheville

close

✕

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.

Learn more

→

and

Warren Wilson College

close

✕

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

Learn more

→

.

This

exhibition

is

supported

in

part

by

the

Cherokee Preservation Foundation,

close

✕

the

National Endowment for the Arts,

close

✕

and

AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina.

close

✕

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

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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

is

supported

in

part

by

the

N.C. Arts Council

,

a

division

of

the

Department

of

Natural

and

Cultural

Resources.

2023

Curatorial

Fellow

A special thanks to

North Bennet Street School

and the

Foundry Hotel

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 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 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 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 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.