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October 15, 2025
Two major craft organizations make a landmark transfer to foster the preservation of craft history
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In January, graduate students from Warren Wilson College’s MA in Critical and Historical Craft Studies program were in residence at the Center for Craft in downtown Asheville, NC. Housed in the Center for Craft’s lower level “Ideation Lab,” the winter residency inspired productive conversations that reflected the students’ physical surroundings; ideas were built collaboratively starting at a ground-level.
The Center for Craft received a $5.7 million gift from the Windgate Charitable Foundation of Little Rock, Arkansas to endow the Center’s longstanding fellowship programs. Named after celebrated wood sculptor Stoney Lamar, the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund supports the perpetual offering of fellowships to emerging artists and curators.
2017 Windgate Fellowship recipient and ceramicist Breana Hendricks used her $15,000 grant to travel, expanding her historical research, while further developing her skills in making.
Most Recent PRESS RELEASES
Applications are open now for the WNC Center for Craft Artist in Residence
An immersive “post-event Appalachia” will soon welcome explorers at the Center for Craft
Center for Craft and the University of North Carolina Asheville launch new regional grant program to consider craft’s role in healthy communities.
The Center for Craft is hiring a full-time Head of Archives and Special Collections to lead the establishment and day-to-day management of the Community Craft Library & Archives
the American Craft Council
Two major craft organizations make a landmark transfer to foster the preservation of craft history
David Huff Creative
Unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 are available through Phase 2 of the Craft Futures Fund
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