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Help us increase access to craft by empowering and resourcing artists, educators, and communities.

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Give to the Campaign

Now through June 2024, first-time donations are doubled thanks to a generosity of an Anonymous donor. Dollar-for-dollar, the Center for Craft will steward your gift to the area of greatest need. Already a supporter of the Center for Craft? Consider increasing your largest gift by $1 or more to participate in Match What Matters.

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Building a Future for Craft Campaign

The Center’s first comprehensive campaign, currently at 96% of an $11 million goal, provides for a 21st-century visitor experience, free public programming, and a prestigious national grants program endowed in perpetuity. You can make a one-time, recurring, or multi-year gift by visiting our donate page. (can we link here?) See below for ways your gift can go even further.

Ways to Give

Annual Fund

Annual Fund contributions of any size provide vital support where it’s needed most. From giving emerging craft leaders critical resources to offering innovative programming and exhibitions, your gift will strengthen the field of craft today.

Corporate Sponsorship and Giving

Align your brand with the Center for Craft through exhibition, program, reception, and event sponsorship! With a growing regional and national audience, we provide a range of opportunities and benefits to best suit your company.

Legacy Giving

Craft your legacy and increase your giving potential both now and in the future through planned giving. Please consult your personal legal, tax, and/or financial advisor to see if this might be the right option for you.

Become a Member

Give to the Campaign

With just $30 a year, or $2.50 a month, you can join a network of support across the United States.

Your membership helps us do what we do best—bringing together voices in craft and moving the field forward.

When you become a member, you’ll also:

Gain access to monthly updates

Gain access to monthly updates

Receive members-only content such as early grantee notifications

Receive members-only content such as early grantee notifications, advanced access to reports, and a behind-the-scenes look into Center for Craft

Attend members-only virtual programs

Attend members-only virtual programs

Discounted merchandise and Date Night event tickets

Discounted merchandise and Date Night event tickets

Become a Center for Craft member today!

BECOME A MEMBER

Building a Future for Craft Campaign

The Center’s first comprehensive campaign, currently at 96% of an $11 million goal, provides for a 21st-century visitor experience, free public programming, and a prestigious national grants program endowed in perpetuity. You can make a one-time, recurring, or multi-year gift by visiting our donate page. (can we link here?) See below for ways your gift can go even further.

We are grateful for the support of our members.

What people are saying about the CEnter

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“The support of makers through the Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship is forward-thinking at a crucial time when the ideology of craft has the ability to promote sustainability and the building of community.”

BA Harrington, 2020 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellow

"This is the perfect opportunity for me to continue having a ceramics practice after undergrad and will let me travel to the country of my roots (Dominican Republic) to learn more about my family, history, culture, and self."

Sydnie Jimenez, 2020 Windgate-Lamar Fellow

“In 2012, I was the recipient of a Windgate-Lamar Fellowship…which allowed me to build my studio. I don’t think I’d be able to do the work I do today without the generous support of the Center for Craft and the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship.”

Brian Fleetwood, 2012 Windgate-Lamar Fellow

[I am a] step closer to finishing my book project that started many years ago when the Center for Craft supported my dissertation. I’m very grateful for all the mentorship and support that I've received from the community. The Center's support is meaningful to me and I appreciate it. Thank you!

Kayleigh Perkov, Independent Scholar

Impact

We envision a culture where communities celebrate and embrace the centrality of craft in everyday life.

Center for Craft building with blue overlay and Center for Craft logo.

2022 Annual Report coming soon

Questions?

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Moore, Executive Director at smoore@centerforcraft.org.

The Center for Craft and our programming are supported in part by many generous individuals, partners, and funders including the Windgate Foundation, John and Robyn Horn Foundation, Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority, UNC Asheville, Warren Wilson College, Cherokee Preservation Foundation, Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources, The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, AARP, Mountain Region North Carolina, as well as

Buncombe County Government, and

a division of the

Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

It’s the generosity of our supporters that allow the Center for Craft to advance the understanding of craft by encouraging and supporting research, critical dialogue, and professional development in the United States.

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