Community Vitality
WNC Craft Futures Fund
Windgate-Lamar Fellowship
Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship
Teaching Artist Cohort
Craft-Based Education Grant
Craft Education Fellowship
Virginia A. Groot Material Exploration Residency
Research & Ideas
Craft Research Fund Grant
Craft Archive Fellowship
Curatorial Fellowship
Materials Research Fellowship
Grant Recipients Archive
Alumni Network
Alumni Network
Grant Recipient
Emily Robison is a textile artist whose work incorporates place and cultural experience. Building upon their work with byssus fiber, a textile fiber produced by clams and traditionally used throughout the Mediterranean, Robison will research 18th and 19th century published descriptions of byssus production and the feasibility of adapting these techniques to North American pen clams.
Location
Vega Alta, PR
EDUCATION
MEDIUM
MATERIAL EXPLORATION
Grant amount
$10,000
Selected works
The shells of a species of pen clam that produce fiber in the Americas. Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
Raw clam fiber. Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
American sea silk thread, handspun by me. Photo credit: Benjamin Weinberg
Also Awarded...
meet more recipients
To learn more, please download Craft Matters, the Center for Craft’s strategic direction for 2023-2027.
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT
→
Get closer to the Center. Sign up for our newsletter.
67 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 785-1357 | info@centerforcraft.org
Gallery Hours: Mon–Sat, 10 am–6 pm Get more info >>
Center for Craft is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
EIN: 56-2096677
67 Broadway St, Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 785-1357 | info@centerforcraft.org
Gallery Hours: Tues–Sat, 10–6 get more info
Gallery Hours: Closed — Reopening Fall 2019
.jpg)
