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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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Watch our interview with both artists from our exhibition, "Shapeshifters."

Virtually explore Center for Craft while physical distancing.

The Center for Craft is excited to be working with the Asheville-based design firm Shelter Collective on an immersive reading lounge within the National Craft Innovation Hub.
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Two major craft organizations make a landmark transfer to foster the preservation of craft history

Grant honors 10 graduating college seniors for excellence in craft

Participants awarded $600,000 in grants to help rebuild region's craft community

"Remember that when people say you’re weird, it’s always a compliment – even if they don’t mean it that way."

Salvador Jiménez-Flores, "The Resistance of the Hybrid Cacti" (Detail), 2017.
Six contemporary artists of color use humor to interrogate social issues in the latest Curatorial Fellows exhibit

Left to right: "Response Patterns," Work Sample: Millington, Fitch, Zhang. // "Knit Structure Exploration, Short Row in Cashmere and Monofilament” Photo credit: Melissa Conroy. // “C O M P U T E R 1.0” - 2019 (MAD Museum) Photo by Kelly Vigil.
We asked this year’s awardees to tell us how previous research informs their current studies and what they are excited about for the future.

Screenshot from Swinney Creative 3D Tour
Virtually explore Center for Craft while physical distancing.