Center for Craft

Center for Craft The Center for Craft believes that craft matters. The Center is offering free unguided visits and affordable tours of its exhibitions to the public.

Guests can reserve a 30-minute visit to see current exhibitions, learn more about the Center’s national impact in their Craft Research Fund Study Collection, and enjoy interactive activities. Open hours are currently on weekdays only, 11am - 6pm.

2026 Craft-Based Education Grantees!With the goal of extending the impact of our Teaching Artist Cohort, we are excited ...
09/02/2026

2026 Craft-Based Education Grantees!

With the goal of extending the impact of our Teaching Artist Cohort, we are excited to announce the inaugural recipients of our new Craft-Based Education Grants. Twelve Teaching Artist alumni will receive $5,000 and be matched with a mentor to document, develop, or improve an educational resource that carries craft forward. At the end of the grant program, their tools will be made available for free for other educators to use and share.

Meet the awardees:
Demetri Broxton
Dee Clements
Aspen Golann
Sarah Madeleine T. GUERIN
Hayden Haynes
Carrie Iverson
Margaret Jacobs
Lisa Merida-Paytes
Meryl Pataky
Alyssa Sakina Pheobus
Jacoub Reyes
Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder

Learn about the awardees and their mentors: https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/craft-based-education-grant

Announcing the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort! Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around th...
09/01/2026

Announcing the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!

Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the country selected for this year’s Teaching Artist Cohort.

Amara Abdal Figueroa (Amara Abd Fig)
Audrey An (Audrey An)
Nancy Ariza (Nancy Ariza)
Aliana Grace Bailey (art. design. love + wellness.)
Margot Becker (Margot Becker)
Jonathan Bolivar (Jonathan Bolivar)
Ariel Bowman (Ariel Bowman)
Joseph Buckley (Joseph Buckley)

Each artist will receive a $10,000 grant and participate in a six-month cohort experience designed to support their artistic and teaching career development.

Meet the whole cohort and see more of their work at the link in our bio.

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Cover slide image: Kim Harty, “Hyperemia,” 2026.

Meet the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the count...
09/01/2026

Meet the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!

Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the country selected for this year’s Teaching Artist Cohort.

Joyce Lin
Erica Lord
SunYoung Park
Kayla Powers
Nate Ricciuto
Jacquelyn Strycker
Emily Winter

We’re excited to support this group of artists as they continue their practices as makers and educators.

A special thank you to our 2026 selection panelists—Pilar Agüero-Esparza, Daniel Michalik, and Kara Tucina Olidge, PhD—for their time, expertise, and thoughtful consideration of this year’s applications.

Meet the whole cohort and see more of their work: https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/teaching-artist-cohort

Announcing our 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the...
09/01/2026

Announcing our 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!
Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the country selected for this year’s Teaching Artist Cohort.

Kimberly English
Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga
Michelle Glass
Julia Goodman
Brooks Harris Stevens
Kim Harty
Danielle Hatch
Dana Hemenway

Makers receive a $10,000 grant and the chance to participate in a six-month cohort experience as they develop a national network of support for craft education.

Meet the whole cohort and see more of their work: https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/teaching-artist-cohort

Meet the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the count...
09/01/2026

Meet the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!

Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the country selected for this year’s Teaching Artist Cohort.

Colby Charpentier
Tzu-Ju Chen
Bri Chesler
Ling Chun
Nicoletta de la Brown
Sabba Elahi
MiNHi England

In addition to receiving $10,000 grants, these artist-educators will connect with one another over the next six months for peer-to-peer learning, mentorship, and professional development.

Meet the whole cohort and see more of their work: https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/teaching-artist-cohort

Announcing the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort! Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around th...
09/01/2026

Announcing the 2026 Teaching Artist Cohort!

Introducing (a few at a time) the 30 mid-career craft artists from around the country selected for this year’s Teaching Artist Cohort.

Amara Abdal Figueroa
Audrey An
Nancy Ariza
Aliana Grace Bailey
Margot Becker
Jonathan Bolivar
Ariel Bowman
Joseph Buckley

Each artist will receive a $10,000 grant and participate in a six-month cohort experience designed to support their artistic and teaching career development.

Meet the whole cohort and see more of their work: https://www.centerforcraft.org/grants-and-fellowships/teaching-artist-cohort

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Cover slide image: Kim Harty, "Hyperemia," 2026.

We're excited to present "Center For Craft: 20 Years of Supporting Craft Research and the Community Library and Archives...
08/28/2026

We're excited to present "Center For Craft: 20 Years of Supporting Craft Research and the Community Library and Archives" at the Southern Highland Craft Guild's Third Annual Craft Conference: Making & Thinking.

This conversation will explore two decades of our Craft Research Fund, which helped establish craft research as a serious field of study in the United States. With the recent acquisition of the American Craft Council Library and Archives, the Center is reflecting on lessons learned—and looking ahead to our forthcoming Community Craft Library and Archives.

Join Mellanee Goodman, Program Director, Curator & Material Specialist, and Anita Mechler, Program Director, Archives & Special Collections, for a conversation about the innovative interdisciplinary research supported by the Craft Research Fund, the Center's growing library and archives, and where future craft research can go from here.

Catch the session Saturday, September 5 from 1:30 pm–2:15 pm at the Folk Art Center in Asheville. Browse the full conference lineup and get your tickets through the link: https://southernhighlandguild.org/news-stories/southern-highland-craft-guilds-3rd-annual-craft-conference/

As part of their residency experience, our 2026 Virginia A. Groot Material Exploration artists-in-residence traveled to ...
08/21/2026

As part of their residency experience, our 2026 Virginia A. Groot Material Exploration artists-in-residence traveled to Charlotte for a day of visits with organizations and artists working across craft, museums, and creative practice.

The day began at the Industrial Commons () in Morganton, where Savannah Little welcomed the residents for a tour of the organization’s work and spaces. From there, the group headed to Charlotte, where they met Mint Museum () curators Annie Cariano and Rebecca Elliot. The curators led residents through the Mint Museum Uptown, offering a closer look at its collections and exhibitions.

The afternoon continued at McColl Center (), where residents toured the space and met with artist and Center for Craft alum Nastassja Swift (, 2023 Craft Research Fund—Artist Fellowship) to learn more about her practice and experience working within the residency environment.

Thanks to everyone for their wonderful insights and connections!

As part of the 2026 Virginia A. Groot Material Exploration Residency, residents map out field trips to institutions acro...
08/20/2026

As part of the 2026 Virginia A. Groot Material Exploration Residency, residents map out field trips to institutions across the region that engage with craft in different ways. First stops: and —two of WNC's most storied craft institutions.

At John C. Campbell, Program Director Darcy Holdorf welcomed the residents and Executive Director Bethany Chaney shared the school's deep history before a shared meal with staff. Founded on the belief that education works best when rooted in community—a philosophy held for over a century—the school's 270-acre campus still carries the marks of the people who built it. Blacksmithing & Metals Coordinator Elizabeth Belz led residents through the studios, where handmade light fixtures, benches, and sign posts made by students and instructors over the years caught everyone's eye.

Later, residents visited the new artist studio and gallery space in Spruce Pine, NC to spend time with Jamie Karolich and Craft Futures Fund alum Rachel Meginnes.

At Penland, Gallery Director Kathryn Gremley led a tour of their current exhibition, "Now Is the Time to Understand More." Residents also got time in the iron studio before a studio visit in The Barns with current Penland Core Fellow and CFC alum Luis Álvaro Sahagún Nuño.

Field Trips Part II to come later!

We're excited to present the second iteration of "Teaching Artists as Time Benders" at American Craft Connects, the 2026...
08/07/2026

We're excited to present the second iteration of "Teaching Artists as Time Benders" at American Craft Connects, the 2026 ACC Conference and Awards.

This conversation will explore how craft teaching artists are "time benders" who carry memory, material knowledge, and cultural imagination into the spaces where they make and teach. This panel explores archetypes as a framework for understanding how teaching artists collapse boundaries between past, present, and future—clearing pathways for what craft can become.

Moderated by Leia Lewis, the Center's Craft Education Fellow, (), the conversation will feature regional craft teaching artists and Center for Craft Teaching Artist Cohort alumni Ursula Hargens (, 2023 Teaching Artist Cohort), Elnaz Javani (, 2023 Teaching Artist Cohort), Nicole Havekost (, 2025 Teaching Artist Cohort), David King (, 2025 Teaching Artist Cohort), and Juliane Shibata (2025 Teaching Artist Cohort).

Browse the full conference lineup and get your tickets at the link: https://craftcouncil.org/american-craft-connects-2026-presentations-panels/ -benders_jump

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