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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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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.
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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
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.
Courtesy of Tessa Fontaine
"Don't try so hard to figure it all out right now. Say yes to everything that comes your way."
Spotlighting internationally renowned ceramicist Magdalene Odundo and Craft Futures Award Honoree Michael Sherrill
Gabriel .A. Maher, Technologies for Seductive Criticism, 2016. Image courtesy of the artist.
Nine artists map longing and transformation in the latest Curatorial Fellowship
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