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
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.
Jake Holler
Max Adrian’s playful interrogations of queer identity explore infrastructure, surveillance, and desire
Most Recent PRESS RELEASES
This campaign was launched in 2017 to fortify and expand the Center.
The Computer Pays its Debt explores the connection between technology and textiles
A new exhibit is set to open at the Center for Craft. “Crafted Roots: Stories and Objects from the Appalachian Mountains,” is curated by Michael Hatch, MA in Critical Craft Studies, Warren Wilson College, Class of 2020. The exhibit is Hatch’s final Practicum Project towards degree completion. Hatch is the owner of Asheville-area glassblowing studio and gallery Crucible Glassworks.
Soft Monitor
We spoke with the collaborators of Soft Monitor, who received the 2020 Materials-Based Research Grant.
Black Box Photography
The Center's past grant & fellowship recipients are conducting, participating in, and organizing virtual events. We've gathered them here.
Visitors to downtown Asheville could soon get a new view of the cityscape at the intersection of Broadway and Woodfin Avenue.
Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority $975,000 grant brings campaign to 90 percent.