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April 9, 2025
Participants awarded $600,000 in grants to help rebuild region's craft community
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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).
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Participants awarded $600,000 in grants to help rebuild region's craft community
Unrestricted grants of up to $10,000 are available through Phase 2 of the Craft Futures Fund
The inaugural event on October 18 features Tan France and other luminaries in a wholly new benefit model, supported by national watch parties
Graphics by Elephant in the Room
Twenty-one artists have received $10,000 and supportive connections.
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.