News at the center
April 16, 2025
The JRACraft One-of-a-Kind Award honors the Center’s extraordinary support of craft
Most Recent News
Virtually explore Center for Craft while physical distancing.
The Center for Craft is excited to be working with the Asheville-based design firm Shelter Collective on an immersive reading lounge within the National Craft Innovation Hub.
Establishing an Experimental Weaving Residency to Bridge Art and Engineering
Jake Holler
Max Adrian’s playful interrogations of queer identity explore infrastructure, surveillance, and desire
Most Recent PRESS RELEASES
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?
Twenty-one artists have received $10,000 and supportive connections.
The inaugural event on October 18 features Tan France and other luminaries in a wholly new benefit model, supported by national watch parties
The Center for Craft is excited to work with several partner organizations across 26 counties in Western North Carolina to invest in and grow the capacity, strength, and sustainability of our region’s creative manufacturing economy.