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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).
Most Recent PRESS RELEASES
The Center for Craft is proud to launch a named donor tile appeal in conjunction with the installation of Ian Henderson and Shae Bishop’s Liminal.
On Nov. 16, Center for Craft will celebrate the Building a Future for Craft campaign and the Grand Reopening of the National Craft Innovation Hub with Craft Futures 2099, an exhibition featuring 10 national and local multimedia artists envisioning craft as it might look 80 years from now. The exhibition will be open in the Center’s new Bresler Family Gallery through February 29, 2020.
On Saturday, November 16, the Center for Craft will celebrate its public grand reopening after nearly a year of renovations to its historic 1912 building at 67 Broadway in downtown Asheville.
A new show pairs two regional multimedia artists investigating culture, material, and masks in the American South
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.
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