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May 13, 2025
Grant honors 10 graduating college seniors for excellence in craft
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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.
David Huff Creative
Unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 are available through Phase 2 of the Craft Futures Fund
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Twenty-one artists have received $10,000 and supportive connections.
An opening reception on February 17 brings the fellows together for the first time
Since 2005, the Center for Craft has supported 223 projects in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia by distributing over $1,800,000 through the Craft Research Fund grant program.
John C. Campbell Folk School
We followed up with Betsy Skinner, the Center for Craft's 2018 Raffle recipient
The Center for Craft is excited to be working with the Asheville-based design firm Shelter Collective on an immersive reading lounge within the National Craft Innovation Hub.
Black Box Photography
The Computer Pays its Debt explores the connection between technology and textiles
The Center for Craft and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce are pleased to share the Asheville Arts Market Study, an analysis of the Art Market Survey conducted in Winter/Spring 2018 to assess affordable housing and space needs for Asheville’s creatives, including artists, makers, performers, musicians, writers, designers, etc.