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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
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.
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The gallery will support emerging makers and foster talent with the help of local donors.
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