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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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This January, graduate students from Warren Wilson College’s Critical and Historical Craft Studies program will be in residence at Center for Craft.

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.
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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

Black Box Photography
The Center's past grant & fellowship recipients are conducting, participating in, and organizing virtual events. We've gathered them here.

Visitors to downtown Asheville could soon get a new view of the cityscape at the intersection of Broadway and Woodfin Avenue.

Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority $975,000 grant brings campaign to 90 percent.

Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives
A new exhibit is set to open at the Center for Craft. “Crafted Roots: Stories and Objects from the Appalachian Mountains,” is curated by Michael Hatch, MA in Critical Craft Studies, Warren Wilson College, Class of 2020. The exhibit is Hatch’s final Practicum Project towards degree completion. Hatch is the owner of Asheville-area glassblowing studio and gallery Crucible Glassworks.