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Thank you for celebrating 20 years with us!
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On Thursday, August 11, CCCD celebrated its 20th Anniversary. Over 350 craft enthusiasts joined us from around the country to enjoy interactive Back to the Drawing Board projects, local food and drink, and more.
Thanks to our host committee led by Libba Evans and Robyn Horn, volunteers, dedicated sponsors and supporters, we raised nearly $100,000 to support CCCD programs, exhibitions, and operations.
Check out our Back to the Drawing Board videos from the event below by recent Warren Wilson College graduate Nadia Marti and take a look inside the creative process with featured artist Brice Garrett (Brooklyn, NY) and collaborative team
Jay Fox
and
Ellie Richards
(Penland, NC).
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Back to the Drawing Board: Brice Garrett
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The Future of Fixing opens at Benchspace
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The Future of Fixing
On view:
September 2, 2016 - January 7, 2017
Opening Reception
Friday, September 2, 6 - 8 pm
The future needs a new relationship with making. A forward-thinking, backward-looking, sideways-stepping kind of making. A making born of the imaginative use of skills. Something like fixing.
The Future of Fixing is an open source exhibition and program that promotes engagement with making and repair. It is a call for integrating fixing in our day to day life and for reflecting on attitudes to fixing in the future.
The exhibition will feature sixteen international and national design studios and artists whose work addresses the concept of repair, either through fixing things, materials, process, systems, or attitudes. CCCD's gallery will also include a Maker Library and a hands-on Fixshop.
Selected works by:
A Parede (Berlin, Germany),
Amy Twigger Holroyd
(Leeds, UK),
Fixperts
(London, UK),
Hans Stofer
(London, UK),
Humade
(Amsterdam, Netherlands),
Micaella Pedros
(London, UK),
Michael Swaine
(Seattle, Washington, USA),
Nathan Lynch
(San Francisco, California, USA),
Re-do Studio
(Paris, France),
ReKindle
(Christchurch, New Zealand),
Studio Swine
(London, UK),
Sugru
(London, UK),
The Great Recovery
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Royal Society of Arts
(London, UK),
The Polyfloss Factory
(London, UK),
Unfold
(Antwerp, Belgium),
Woolfiller
(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Upcoming events
(free and open to the public)
photos: Ole Jensen
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Wednesday, September 28, 6:30 pm
Ceramist and designer
Ole Jensen provides insights into his process
transforming everyday materials into contemporary forms.
Ole Jensen is a ceramist and designer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is educated from The Arts and Crafts College in Kolding and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Since 1985, Jensen has taught at several design schools, exhibited his works in museums including Designmuseum Denmark, Victoria and Albert Museum, Indianapolis Museum of Art, among others.
He is the recipient of a number of design grants and awards including a Life-long Honorary Grant from the Danish Arts Foundation and has been involved in numerous product design collaborations, such as
Royal Copenhagen, Normann Copenhagen and Muuto.
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North Carolina Arts Council awards CCCD Statewide Arts Resource Grant
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NCAC Executive Director Wayne Martin makes a special announcement at CCCD's 20th Anniversary
We are proud to announce that
North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC) has awarded CCCD with a
FY 17 State Arts Resources Grant, providing
significant operational and programming support over
three years.
The award is designed to support mature arts organizations that, over time, have produced consistently strong arts programs and services and demonstrated strong management and financial accountability.
Thank you NCAC for supporting the arts in our state!
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Meet the newest members of the CCCD team
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Mike Marcus
Assistant Director, Property Development & Creative Placemaking
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Mike Marcus joins the CCCD team following a 15-month contract position with CCCD. He is responsible for leading the organization's property development initiative, The Hive AVL and its related programmatic element, the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship.
Mike developed a passion for integrating craft, design and historic properties at an early age. He was raised in his mother's weaving studio, part of a vibrant arts district located on a decommissioned military base in Benicia, California (Bay Area). His career has been focused on the intersection of urban planning, the arts and entrepreneurship. Mike holds a graduate certificate in Creative Placemaking from The Ohio State University, Columbus and a Bachelor's Degree in City & Regional Planning from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California.
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Erika Kofler
Operations Coordinator
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Erika Kofler
joins the CCCD team following a fourteen-year career in hospitality and private club management. After living in Asheville for six years, her desire to become more involved and make a contribution to the Asheville community spurred her to make a career change.
Seeking out a new educational experience,
Kofler spent this past year learning the science and craft of beer in AB Tech's Brewing, Distillation, and Fermentation program. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Hospitality Management from the University of Central Florida and looks forward to utilizing her hospitality and operations management skills to assist with CCCD's growth and the community of creators and makers that it supports.
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Current grant opportunities at CCCD
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Graduate Research Grant Application Deadline: September 17, 2016
Exhibition Research and Project Grant Application Deadline: October 21, 2016
Grants up to $15,000 available to support research for projects, exhibitions, theses, dissertations about craft in the United States.
Application Deadline: October 30, 2016
Grants for up to $1,000 are available to support travel to present a craft focused paper at any scholarly conference. (bi-annual review)
The Craft Research Fund program is administered by The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design and supported by the Windgate Fund at the Community Foundation of Western North Carolina.
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The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design advances the understanding of craft by encouraging and supporting research, critical dialogue, and professional development in the United States.
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