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May 13, 2025
Grant honors 10 graduating college seniors for excellence in craft
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"Do what you want to do right now -- don't wait for someone to hold your hand. The universe is a magical place. You will always be taken care of."
"Remember that when people say you’re weird, it’s always a compliment – even if they don’t mean it that way."
We spoke with the collaborators of Soft Monitor, who received the 2020 Materials-Based Research Grant.
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Spotlighting internationally renowned ceramicist Magdalene Odundo and Craft Futures Award Honoree Michael Sherrill
The Center for Craft annually grants $135,000 to academic researchers, scholars, and curators writing, revising, and reclaiming the history of craft through the Craft Research Fund Grants.
Nine artists map longing and transformation in the latest Curatorial Fellowship
Warren Wilson College MA in Craft Studies Program
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.
Lara Nguyen, Connective Contours (Lara, Steven, Sather, Jess), Digital illustration. Image courtesy of the artist.
Warren Wilson College has organized a new exhibit, “Mirror/Mentor,” now on view at the Center for Craft’s John Cram Partner Gallery.
Colin Knight, "With Changing Tides," 2020.
This year’s ten fellows receive a total of $150,000.