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April 16, 2025
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Unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 are available through Phase 2 of the Craft Futures Fund
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On Nov. 16, Center for Craft will celebrate the Building a Future for Craft campaign and the Grand Reopening of the National Craft Innovation Hub with Craft Futures 2099, an exhibition featuring 10 national and local multimedia artists envisioning craft as it might look 80 years from now. The exhibition will be open in the Center’s new Bresler Family Gallery through February 29, 2020.
On Saturday, November 16, the Center for Craft will celebrate its public grand reopening after nearly a year of renovations to its historic 1912 building at 67 Broadway in downtown Asheville.
The gallery will support emerging makers and foster talent with the help of local donors.
The Center selects three curatorial teams to fully develop and mount their proposed exhibition in the Center’s gallery, located in Asheville, North Carolina.
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"Creativity is at the foundation of what I do professionally and personally. It's a necessary outlet for me."
Lissa Shairer, picturing Harrington (left), LeRoy Grafe, picturing Luger (right).
The Center for Craft is thrilled to announce two inaugural awardees for the 2020 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship: BA Harrington and Cannupa Hanska Luger.
Soft Monitor
We spoke with the collaborators of Soft Monitor, who received the 2020 Materials-Based Research Grant.
Black Box Photography
The Center's past grant & fellowship recipients are conducting, participating in, and organizing virtual events. We've gathered them here.