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Craft and Community Vitality Grants

Craft and Community Vitality Grants will support six artists, artist collectives, or art organizations with $2,200 grants to use craft to engage with regional communities in Western North Carolina.

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WNC Center for Craft Artist-in-Residence

Each resident will receive a $10,000 honorarium, a $2,000 materials/professional development stipend, daily access to a 200 square foot studio space and shared studio resources, a Flex Desk Cowork pass in the Center for Craft’s National Hub, as well as monthly downtown parking or bus fare stipend.

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Altar: Offerings to Grief, 2021 Artist Fellow Macon Reed

Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship

Awards of $10,000 to advance, expand, and support the creation of new research and knowledge through craft practice.

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Teaching Artist Cohort

Twenty-one mid-career craft artists who teach will receive $10,000 grants and join an 8-month cohort experience that supports their artistic and career development with programs, mentorship, and peer-to-peer learning.

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Courtesy of Theju Nimmagadda

Windgate-Lamar Fellowship

Each year the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship awards $15,000 to 10 undergraduate seniors across the United States who demonstrate exemplary skill in craft - one of the largest awards offered nationally to art students.