Center for Craft 25th anniversary logo in red
Center for Craft 25th anniversary logo in red

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April 16, 2025

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Center for Craft Receives Historic National Award

The JRACraft One-of-a-Kind Award honors the Center’s extraordinary support of craft

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April 2, 2025

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Now Hiring: Development & Marketing Coordinator

The Center for Craft is hiring a full-time Development & Marketing Coordinator.

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January 30, 2025

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Now Hiring: Materials Research Fellow

The Center for Craft is hiring a Materials Research Fellow.

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Photo courtesy of artist

March 28, 2024

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Alumni Highlight - Jason McDonald

Jason’s work, commitment, and career success demonstrate the power of investing in emerging artists through impactful programs like the Windgate-Lamar Fellowship.

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three black and white photos side-by-side including old photos of crafters with baskets, carving wood, conversing and laughing

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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The Windgate Museum Internship program provides $5,000 stipends to undergraduate or graduate students who work under the direction of curators or directors. Five host institutions are seeking interns this year.

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NCECA Recap

Apr 1, 2021

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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.

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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.

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The Center selects three curatorial teams to fully develop and mount their proposed exhibition in the Center’s gallery, located in Asheville, North Carolina.

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