Exhibitions | Center for Craft

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 and community image of "The Hospital Gown Project," 2025. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Feb 27, 2026

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Sep 27, 2026

Craft-itarianism: Community Action Through Craft

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Ruth Tamura and Helen Lee, "GEN 二 ," 2025, glass, sand, 7 x 7 x 1 ft. Photo credit: Jim Escalante.

Sep 12, 2025

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Feb 17, 2026

Archives in Practice

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Black Box Photography

Apr 11, 2025

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Aug 30, 2025

WNC Craft Futures: From Here

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

Jake Holler

Jul 26, 2024

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Mar 29, 2025

Max Adrian: RIPSTOP

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Amuleto no. 2 (soul retrieval), 2024 Gorilla Glue, Charcoal, Paper, Beads, Beeswax, Feathers, Glitter, and Found Objects

Jun 7, 2024

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Jul 26, 2024

2024 Artists in Residence Spotlight

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Courtesy of Dustin Chambers

Nov 17, 2023

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Jul 13, 2024

Handwork and Hope

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Susana Maria Gómez Gonzalez, Maria Gonzalez Guillén, and Anastacia Juana Gómez Gonzalez with their artworks in Zinacantán in Chiapas, México.

Image courtesy of Aram Han Sifuentes

Nov 17, 2023

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Jul 13, 2024

Preservers, Innovators, and Rescuers of Culture in Chiapas

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Photograph by Bowery Blue Makers

Feb 17, 2023

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Oct 28, 2023

Crafting Denim

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Sae Honda. Courtesy of the Artist.

Feb 17, 2023

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Oct 28, 2023

NEO MINERALIA

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J Diamond, “Pony II,” 2022. Courtesy of the Artist

Feb 17, 2023

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Oct 28, 2023

Something earned, Something left behind

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Response Patterns (Anette Millington and Travis Fitch), "Solar Simplex (Rendering)," 2022. Courtesy of the Artists.

Sep 30, 2022

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Jan 28, 2023

Material Reasoning

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Image courtesy of Related Tactics

Sep 30, 2022

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Jan 28, 2023

Disclosure: The Whiteness of Glass

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Photograph by Ginger Dunnill

Aug 29, 2022

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Jan 28, 2023

Mįhą́pmąk

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Brightly colored room with table and a book upon the table

Macon Reed, "These Are Not Fables" (Installation Detail), 2021. ©

Jul 29, 2022

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Sep 16, 2022

Hello Death, Where Have You Been All My Life?

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ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Mary W. Thompson, Hoot Eye, 2019. Courtesy of the Artist. Photograph by Alyssa Ruberto.

Jul 29, 2022

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Sep 9, 2022

ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ Mary Welch Thompson: Connecting Cherokee Culture and Innovation

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Still from "Weaving Connections" (2022), by ᏲᎾ Bear Allison.

Mar 14, 2022

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Jul 28, 2022

Weaving Real to Reel: Spotlight on ᏲᎾ Bear Allison

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A Cherokee handmade basket on a clean white surface, showing the fine detail of the piece.

ᏚᏍᏓᏯᎫᎾᏱ Gabriel Crow, "Eye of the Sacred Bird," 2020.

Dec 13, 2021

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Jul 15, 2022

ᎢᏛᏍᎦ ᏫᏥᏤᎢ ᎠᎵᏰᎵᏒ Weaving Across Time

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three images of works from Black in Black on Black Exhibition at the Center for Craft

(Left) "He," Ann Miller Woodford, 2020, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches. (Center) "Missing Mama," Viola Spells, 2004, 10 x 12 inches. (Right) "Purel," Ronda Birtha, 2008, digital photograph.

Sep 6, 2021

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Jan 7, 2022

Black in Black on Black: Making the Invisible Visible

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Graphics by Roque Strew

Jun 24, 2021

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Nov 26, 2021

Suite Américaine

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Jun 4, 2021

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Aug 20, 2021

ROLODEX. Craft a Conversation

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Gabriel .A. Maher, Technologies for Seductive Criticism, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.

Feb 5, 2021

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May 28, 2021

Desire Paths

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(Left) Virginia Derryberry, Celo, 2018; (right) Marcia Goldenstein, Women Activists in Stitches: Maya Angelou (top) and Joan Baez (bottom), 2020. Images courtesy of the artists.

Mar 26, 2021

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May 14, 2021