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Interweaving: Creative Fabrication

Interweaving: Creative Fabrication

On view

Nov

10

Dec

23

Through

Nov

10

Dec

23

When

Nov 10, 2020

Dec 23, 2020

Image of "Equal but Different", steel, waterjet cut and hand-forged sculpture, by Courtney Starrett and Susan Reiser.

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Current Exhibition

UPcoming Exhibition

past Exhibition

On View 

Interweaving: Creative Fabrication

On view

Nov

10

Dec

23

Through

Nov

10

Dec

23

When

Nov 10, 2020

Dec 23, 2020

Image of "Equal but Different", steel, waterjet cut and hand-forged sculpture, by Courtney Starrett and Susan Reiser.

Photo credit:

Current Exhibition

UPcoming Exhibition

past Exhibition

On View 

Interweaving: Creative Fabrication

On view

Nov

10

Dec

23

Through

Nov

10

Dec

23

When

Nov 10, 2020

Dec 23, 2020

Image of "Equal but Different", steel, waterjet cut and hand-forged sculpture, by Courtney Starrett and Susan Reiser.

Photo credit:

FRONT & CENTER

Front & center

Interweaving: Creative Fabrication features recent sculptures and data materializations made by students and faculty from UNC Asheville and Texas A&M University. These works explore the intersection of time and identity in relation to key issues and current events, including Covid-19, Racism, Gender, and the 2020 Election. Each sculpture is realized through digital and traditional fabrication methods such as laser cutting, water jet cutting, 3D printing, hand-finishing, forging, forming, casting, embroidery and sewing, wood working, and welding. Additionally, several of the designs were generated by working through a novel creative process or workflow, developed by the faculty, called data materialization. 

The data materialization begins by researching and identifying trustworthy datasets. The data may be imported into one of several custom scripts, which in turn generates a pattern. The designs are further customized by the artists and produced as both 2D patterns, as in Sophie Lee’s Into the Social Fabric, and 3D as in Julia McAulty and Tate Folds’ Instability. The goal of this process is to produce works utilizing data as a raw material to produce meaningful forms. 

Form, Installation, and Environment, is a course in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University. MFA/MS candidates investigate connections between meaning, material, form, the body, space, and installations while keeping in mind the Visualization program’s mission of connecting art, science, and technology. Creative Fabrication: Art Meets Engineering is an elective course in UNC Asheville’s Engineering Program that satisfies the university’s general education requirement for the arts. In the class, students design and create sculpture that communicates a thematic message through data.

How To View

In-Person

The Center is offering free, unguided visits and affordable tours of its exhibitions to the public. Guests can reserve a 30-minute visit to explore the current exhibitions, learn more about the Center’s national impact in their Craft Research Fund Study Collection, and enjoy interactive activities. The Center is open to the public Tuesday-Friday, 11 am -5 pm. Hours of operation may be subject to change.

Center for Craft is monitoring the effects of COVID-19 on the community and following the instruction of federal, state, and local health departments. Our top priority is always the health and safety of our staff, coworkers, and visitors. At this time, the Center can only allow a maximum of five guests in its public space at once and will require the use of masks or face coverings by all visitors, including children. The Center reserves the right to refuse entry to any visitor that will not comply.

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OPENING RECEPTION

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Where

Center for Craft, John Cram Partner Gallery

67 Broadway St., Asheville NC 28801

ARTISTS

Matthew Hurley

ARTISTS

EasterN Band Cherokee Exhibiting Artists

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CURATed By

Susan Reiser and Courtney Starrett

Selected by CFC Partner Gallery Faculty Advisory Committee:

Suzanne Dittenber, Assistant Professor of Art

Lei Han, Professor of New Media

Jackson Martin Associate Professor of Art

Jonathan King Assistant Professor of Music

Dr. Leah Mathews, Professor of Economics

Lise Kloeppel, Associate Professor of Drama

Dr. Leisa Rundquist, Professor of Art History and University Curator 

Brent Skidmore Associate Professor of Art and Public Arts & Humanities Chair 

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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

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Interweaving: Creative Fabrication

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Fellow

Susan Reiser and Courtney Starrett

Selected by CFC Partner Gallery Faculty Advisory Committee:

Suzanne Dittenber, Assistant Professor of Art

Lei Han, Professor of New Media

Jackson Martin Associate Professor of Art

Jonathan King Assistant Professor of Music

Dr. Leah Mathews, Professor of Economics

Lise Kloeppel, Associate Professor of Drama

Dr. Leisa Rundquist, Professor of Art History and University Curator 

Brent Skidmore Associate Professor of Art and Public Arts & Humanities Chair 

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organized

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the

Center

for

Craft.

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.

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2023

Curatorial

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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.

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Center

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supported

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division

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Department

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Natural

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for sponsoring Hammer 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.

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

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Department

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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.

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

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

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