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April 21, 2026
A two-year Mellon Foundation grant will preserve craft histories for new generations
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Position leads strategic grantmaking operations supporting artists, researchers, curators, and organizations nationwide
Anita Mechler joins the Center as our new Program Director, Archives & Special Collections
Nearly 2,000 boxes later, an archive arrives at the Center
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Participants awarded $600,000 in grants to help rebuild region's craft community
Max Adrian’s playful interrogations of queer identity explore infrastructure, surveillance, and desire
ᏔᎷᏣ The Basket recenters Cherokee cultural expression in downtown Asheville
Position leads strategic grantmaking operations supporting artists, researchers, curators, and organizations nationwide
Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), Hospital Gown, 2025, glass and plastic beads, synthetic sinew, 45 x 73 x 2 in. Courtesy of the artist and Bockley Gallery. Photo credit: Emmanuel Figaro/Center for Craft.
Show celebrates nonprofits and artists using craft to heal, stabilize communities
the American Craft Council
Two major craft organizations make a landmark transfer to foster the preservation of craft history
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