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Black Box Photography

November 18, 2020

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Virtual Events With Center for Craft Grant Recipients

The Center's past grant & fellowship recipients are conducting, participating in, and organizing virtual events. We've gathered them here.

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Courtesy of Liz Anupama

September 23, 2020

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Meet a Maker Monday: 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."

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Most Recent PRESS RELEASES

January 18, 2019

Press Release

Center for Craft Announces 2019 Craft Research Fund Recipients

The Center for Craft is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 Craft Research Fund grants. This year 11 organizations, curators, scholars, and graduate students will receive a total of $98,771 to support craft-centered research, exhibitions, catalogs, and projects in the United States.

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November 15, 2018

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Center for Craft Announces Public Phase of Comprehensive Campaign Building a Future for Craft

Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority $975,000 grant brings campaign to 90 percent.

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October 12, 2018

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Arts Market Study Reflects Significant Demand for Affordable Housing

The Center for Craft and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce are pleased to share the Asheville Arts Market Study, an analysis of the Art Market Survey conducted in Winter/Spring 2018 to assess affordable housing and space needs for Asheville’s creatives, including artists, makers, performers, musicians, writers, designers, etc.

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Archive

The Center for Craft received a $5.7 million gift from the Windgate Charitable Foundation of Little Rock, Arkansas to endow the Center’s longstanding fellowship programs. Named after celebrated wood sculptor Stoney Lamar, the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund supports the perpetual offering of fellowships to emerging artists and curators.

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May 30, 2023

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January 29, 2019

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