Center for Craft 25th anniversary logo in red
Center for Craft 25th anniversary logo in red

News at the center

October 17, 2024

Most Recent News

Two women dressed in bright colors and sunglasses smiling and posing in front of a mural

September 22, 2020

News Article

Meet a Maker Monday: AVL Today

"Remember that when people say you’re weird, it’s always a compliment – even if they don’t mean it that way."

Read more
gif of textile screen up-close. Little trails of black fluid move through tubes that are woven into a textile to create a screen.

Soft Monitor

September 12, 2020

News Article

WATCH: Ask the Researcher with Victoria Manganiello and Julian Goldman

We spoke with the collaborators of Soft Monitor, who received the 2020 Materials-Based Research Grant.

Read more
2020 Curatorial Fellow Kayleigh Perkov smiling on a Zoom chat sitting in an office, wearing a pink blouse on "Ask the Curator" by Center for Craft

September 2, 2020

News Article

WATCH: Ask the Curator with Kayleigh Perkov

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).

Read more

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.

Read more

November 15, 2018

Press Release

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.

Read more

October 12, 2018

Press Release

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.

Read more

Archive

An opening reception on February 17 brings the fellows together for the first time

Read More

Since 2005, the Center for Craft has supported 223 projects in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia by distributing over $1,800,000 through the Craft Research Fund grant program.

Read More

ᏔᎷᏣ The Basket recenters Cherokee cultural expression in downtown Asheville

Read More

May 30, 2023

News Article

March 15, 2023

Press Release

September 21, 2022

Press Release

October 1, 2022

October 1, 2022

October 1, 2022

December 20, 2021

News Article

October 18, 2021

News Article

April 9, 2019

News Article

January 1, 2019

News Article

July 9, 2020

News Article

July 25, 2019

News Article

July 6, 2020

News Article

May 12, 2020

News Article

September 2, 2020

News Article

April 15, 2020

News Article

September 22, 2020

News Article

January 29, 2019

Press Release

September 23, 2020

News Article

November 12, 2018

News Article

October 20, 2020

News Article

May 19, 2020

News Article