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
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," Victoria Manganiello and Julian Goldman
This year’s recipients receive a total of $30,000
Juliana Barton, photo by Sarah Milinski
Introducing ACLS Leading Edge Fellow: Juliana Barton
The Center for Craft received a $5.7 million gift from the Windgate Charitable Foundation of Little Rock, Arkansas to endow the Center’s longstanding fellowship programs. Named after celebrated wood sculptor Stoney Lamar, the Stoney Lamar Craft Endowment Fund supports the perpetual offering of fellowships to emerging artists and curators.
Asheville Citizen-TImes
The gallery will support emerging makers and foster talent with the help of local donors.