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May 13, 2025
Grant honors 10 graduating college seniors for excellence in craft
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"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.
This conversation allowed for a deeper investigation of the exhibition's themes and history as intended by 2020 Curatorial Fellow Kayleigh Perkov, supplemented by the additional perspectives of guests Elissa Auther (MAD), Bobbye Tigerman (LACMA), and Lisa Nakamura (U-M LSA).
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Unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 are available through Phase 2 of the Craft Futures Fund
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The inaugural event on October 18 features Tan France and other luminaries in a wholly new benefit model, supported by national watch parties
Max Adrian’s playful interrogations of queer identity explore infrastructure, surveillance, and desire
Applications are open now for the WNC Center for Craft Artist in Residence
Visitors to downtown Asheville could soon get a new view of the cityscape at the intersection of Broadway and Woodfin Avenue.
Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority $975,000 grant brings campaign to 90 percent.
Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives
A new exhibit is set to open at the Center for Craft. “Crafted Roots: Stories and Objects from the Appalachian Mountains,” is curated by Michael Hatch, MA in Critical Craft Studies, Warren Wilson College, Class of 2020. The exhibit is Hatch’s final Practicum Project towards degree completion. Hatch is the owner of Asheville-area glassblowing studio and gallery Crucible Glassworks.