Curatorial Fellowship
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Curatorial Fellowship supports emerging craft curators in developing research and exhibitions that test new approaches to craft, foster professional growth, and explore craft’s role in community well-being.
Funder: Center for Craft
Due Dates (Anticipated): April 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $5,000 honorarium plus $8,000 exhibition budget; ten-month fellowship
Summary: Supports emerging craft curators in developing research and exhibitions that explore new curatorial approaches to craft.
Key Information: Applicants must be at least 21 and eligible to receive taxable U.S. income throughout the fellowship.
Description
The Center for Craft’s Curatorial Fellowship gives emerging craft curators a platform to test new ideas through research and exhibition development. Fellows develop an exhibition in the Bresler Family Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina, with guidance from an experienced staff curator and support from mentors or experts. The program recognizes emerging curatorial talent and promotes professional development, networking, experimentation, collaboration, and engagement across the curatorial field.
The 2026 theme, Craft and Community Vitality, examined how making, experiencing, and learning about craft contribute to personal, social, economic, and community well-being. Informed by Hurricane Helene and California wildfires, it invited historical, contemporary, and futurist perspectives on craft’s role in resilience and responses to climate change, natural disasters, immigration, and loneliness. The requirements below describe that cycle.
