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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."
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
Funding supports a sustainable, diverse future for craft
This campaign was launched in 2017 to fortify and expand the Center.
The Computer Pays its Debt explores the connection between technology and textiles
The Center selects three curatorial teams to fully develop and mount their proposed exhibition in the Center’s gallery, located in Asheville, North Carolina.
Warren Wilson College MA in Craft Studies Program
In January, graduate students from Warren Wilson College’s MA in Critical and Historical Craft Studies program were in residence at the Center for Craft in downtown Asheville, NC. Housed in the Center for Craft’s lower level “Ideation Lab,” the winter residency inspired productive conversations that reflected the students’ physical surroundings; ideas were built collaboratively starting at a ground-level.
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.
This January, graduate students from Warren Wilson College’s Critical and Historical Craft Studies program will be in residence at Center for Craft.
Black Box Photography
The Computer Pays its Debt explores the connection between technology and textiles