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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

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.