GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Our grant program legitimizes the study and practice of craft by providing resources, fostering craft studies, exhibitions, and conferences. The Center is the only organization in the United States functioning as a catalyst for scholarly research in craft.
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Our grants and fellowships for makers are an investment we believe necessary to build a future for craft.
Growing the field of craft by supporting and expanding curatorial work.
In colleges and universities across the country, the history of craft must be documented, written, and shared.
featured recipients
After studying weaving techniques at Penland and the Jacquard Center and narrative capabilities of weave structures at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian, I will establish a studio to complete a body of woven poems for exhibition and organize a workshop for writers and weavers interested in crafting literary cloths.
See the workSupport for a dissertation research about government-funded basketry, pottery, and woodworking craft workshops in the 1960s-70s among the Florida Seminole, Mississippi Choctaw, and North Carolina Cherokee.
Support for thesis research about the neglected history of indigenous women potters in San Marcos Tlapazola, a small pueblo in Oaxaca, Mexico and how different types and geographies of knowledge can dialogue in a modern craft context.
In order to increase the value and relevance of craft to society, the Center works to advance the understanding of craft in higher education, museums and cultural institutions, and across disciplines. Field building strategies include convening thought leaders, creating, documenting and disseminating research, and launching innovative leadership initiatives. We provide grants and fellowships to emerging and established craft artists, curators, and scholars in order to build a future for the field of craft.
Recognizing that Asheville and the surrounding area has been a bastion for craft in the United States dating back to the Cherokee, the Center is actively working to preserve and advance the craft legacy of Western North Carolina through the development of our property in downtown Asheville, North Carolina and through a series of exhibitions and community-focused initiatives.
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