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"Remember that when people say you’re weird, it’s always a compliment – even if they don’t mean it that way."
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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 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.
Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority $975,000 grant brings campaign to 90 percent.
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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.
In total, the 2022 Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship, Exhibition Grant, and Project Grant awarded $137,135 to eleven organizations, scholars, and makers in support of craft research, exhibitions, catalogs, and projects in the United States.
ᏚᏍᏓᏯᎫᎾᏱ Gabriel Crow, "Eye of the Sacred Bird," 2020.
Cherokee basket makers interweave lineage and innovation
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.
Courtesy of Hannah Lowman.
"Don't try so hard to figure it all out right now. Say yes to everything that comes your way."
Courtesy of 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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