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September 22, 2020

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Meet a Maker Monday: AVL Today

"Remember that when people say you’re weird, it’s always a compliment – even if they don’t mean it that way."

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gif of textile screen up-close. Little trails of black fluid move through tubes that are woven into a textile to create a screen.

Soft Monitor

September 12, 2020

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WATCH: Ask the Researcher with Victoria Manganiello and Julian Goldman

We spoke with the collaborators of Soft Monitor, who received the 2020 Materials-Based Research Grant.

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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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Most Recent PRESS RELEASES

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Southern Highland Craft Guild Archives

July 21, 2020

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“Crafted Roots” Exhibition to Open at Center for Craft

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.

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May 6, 2020

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Center for Craft Introduces Craft Futures Fund

A new grant supporting creative responses to COVID-19 for craft communities.

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Archive

An opening reception on February 17 brings the fellows together for the first time

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Since 2005, the Center for Craft has supported 223 projects in 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia by distributing over $1,800,000 through the Craft Research Fund grant program.

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ᏔᎷᏣ The Basket recenters Cherokee cultural expression in downtown Asheville

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