Congratulations to the 2020 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellows!

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Craft Education Fellowship

The Craft Education Fellowship is a two-year program that seeks to increase the impact of craft education in community spaces nationwide, with a particular focus on working with the Center’s Teaching Artist Cohort.

The Craft Education Fellowship is a two-year full-time position created to extend the impact of the Center’s Teaching Artist Cohort through enriched professional development curricula and the creation of a new craft-based education grant opportunity for current and former Teaching Artists.

Fellowship Goals

Understanding

Understand issues and needs facing teaching artists

Impact

Activate the Center for Craft’s network of teaching artists to support craft-based education projects that increase their impact in community spaces nationwide

Connection

Increase opportunities for Teaching Artist Cohort members past and present to connect with and learn from their peers

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Craft Education Fellow

The Craft Education Fellow is a full-time member of the Center for Craft team who will oversee the planning, implementation, and facilitation of expanded programming and convenings for the Center’s Teaching Artist Cohort, as well as the development of a new craft-based education grant for current and former Teaching Artists. The aim is to deepen the community vitality of the Teaching Artist program at the local and national levels.

Leia Lewis

Shreveport, LA

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Funding for this program is provided by generous support from the Windgate Foundation

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