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April 16, 2025
The JRACraft One-of-a-Kind Award honors the Center’s extraordinary support of craft
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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).
Jake Holler
Max Adrian’s playful interrogations of queer identity explore infrastructure, surveillance, and desire
Most Recent PRESS RELEASES
A new grant supporting creative responses to COVID-19 for craft communities.
This year’s recipients receive a total of $30,000
This year’s ten fellows receive a total of $150,000.
Courtesy of Liz Anupama
"Do what you want to do right now -- don't wait for someone to hold your hand. The universe is a magical place. You will always be taken care of."
Teri Graves, Khoiye-Goo Mah, 2004. Cut beads, silver lined seed beads, found tennis shoes. Museum of Arts and Design; purchase with funds provided by the Collections Committee, 2004
A visionary program dedicated to supporting scholarly craft research in the United States, the 2020 Craft Research Fund awarded 11 organizations, curators, scholars, and graduate students, who will receive a total of $94,310.04 to support research, exhibitions, catalogs, and projects in the field of craft.
A new show pairs two regional multimedia artists investigating culture, material, and masks in the American South