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December 21, 2021

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Celebrating 25 Years of Investing in Craft Artists

To mark our 25th Anniversary, the Center for Craft awarded twenty Windgate-Lamar Fellows with an additional unrestricted $10,000 to encourage continued practice in craft, in addition to participation in career consultation sessions and networking opportunities.

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A white woman with brown hair sitting in a chair with her legs crossed smiling to the camera.

Courtesy of Hannah Lowman.

December 20, 2021

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Meet a Maker Monday: Hannah Lowman

"Don't try so hard to figure it all out right now. Say yes to everything that comes your way."

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Courtesy of Tessa Fontaine

October 18, 2021

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Meet a Maker Monday: Tessa Fontaine

"Don't try so hard to figure it all out right now. Say yes to everything that comes your way."

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Most Recent PRESS RELEASES

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

February 5, 2020

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Center for Craft Announces 2020 Awardees for Exhibitions, Projects, & Research in the Field

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.

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Lissa Shairer, picturing Harrington (left), LeRoy Grafe, picturing Luger (right).

January 21, 2020

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Expanding Research and Knowledge through Craft Process: Announcing the Inaugural Craft Research Fund Artist Fellows

The Center for Craft is thrilled to announce two inaugural awardees for the 2020 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship: BA Harrington and Cannupa Hanska Luger.

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Archive

An immersive “post-event Appalachia” will soon welcome explorers at the Center for Craft

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Applications are open now for the WNC Center for Craft Artist in Residence

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Center for Craft’s immersive art installation asks: What will Appalachia be in a post-major event future?

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Center for Craft and the University of North Carolina Asheville launch new regional grant program to consider craft’s role in healthy communities.

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Center for Craft Announces the 2023 Windgate-Lamar Fellows

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