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"Creativity is at the foundation of what I do professionally and personally. It's a necessary outlet for me."
We asked this year’s awardees to tell us how previous research informs their current studies and what they are excited about for the future.
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An immersive “post-event Appalachia” will soon welcome explorers at the Center for Craft
Center for Craft and the University of North Carolina Asheville launch new regional grant program to consider craft’s role in healthy communities.
Center for Craft’s immersive art installation asks: What will Appalachia be in a post-major event future?
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."