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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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To mark our 25th Anniversary, the Center for Craft awarded twenty Windgate-Lamar Fellows with an additional unrestricted $10,000 to encourage continued practice in craft, in addition to participation in career consultation sessions and networking opportunities.

"Don't try so hard to figure it all out right now. Say yes to everything that comes your way."

"Don't try so hard to figure it all out right now. Say yes to everything that comes your way."
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This year’s recipients receive a total of $30,000

This year’s ten fellows receive a total of $150,000.

A visionary program dedicated to supporting scholarly craft research in the United States, the 2020 Craft Research Fund awarded 11 organizations, curators, scholars, and graduate students, who will receive a total of $94,310.04 to support research, exhibitions, catalogs, and projects in the field of craft.

Center for Craft and the University of North Carolina Asheville launch new regional grant program to consider craft’s role in healthy communities.

Center for Craft’s immersive art installation asks: What will Appalachia be in a post-major event future?

Graphics by Elephant in the Room
Twenty-one artists have received $10,000 and supportive connections.