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News at the center

April 16, 2025

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Center for Craft Receives Historic National Award

The JRACraft One-of-a-Kind Award honors the Center’s extraordinary support of craft

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Most Recent News

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

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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).

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Portrait of man standing in front of a brick wall, looking away from camera, showing the side of their face. Man is wearing white shirt with black abstract design.

Courtesy of Reggie Tidwell

July 6, 2020

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Meet a Maker Monday: Reggie Tidwell

"Creativity is at the foundation of what I do professionally and personally. It's a necessary outlet for me."

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Most Recent PRESS RELEASES

January 18, 2019

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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

This January, graduate students from Warren Wilson College’s Critical and Historical Craft Studies program will be in residence at Center for Craft.

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June 10, 2019

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January 29, 2019

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