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Summary
The Craft Archive Fellowship advances archival research on underrepresented and nondominant craft histories in the United States, including feminist, queer, Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American and Pacific Islander, intersectional, and other communities and approaches that may not be specifically listed here.
The Fellowship supports a range of scholars—from independent artists to emerging and established researchers. Four Craft Archive Fellows receive honoraria of $5,000 each to conduct research in an archive of their choosing. They may engage in both conventional and innovative approaches to archival research.
Key Details
- Duration: September 2026 – September 30, 2027
Deadline: May 20, 2026
Eligibility
Proposals are welcome from a range of scholars, from emerging to established, including artist-researchers. Funding is intended to support independent research and is not intended to support research conducted on behalf of an institution, corporation, or nonprofit organization.
Archives are repositories for and collections of primary source materials where people can conduct research. However, the histories preserved and stored within institutional libraries and archives often reflect dominant cultural narratives, limiting the types of histories that can be told and accessed by scholars in the future. This fellowship takes an expansive understanding of what an archive is, to delimit what an archive can be. For the purpose of this grant, the Center for Craft understands archival craft research as, but not limited to:
- Digital and in-person archives: Recipients can direct their research towards a digital or site-specific archive, such as institutional archives that feature underrepresented craft communities. An in-person visit is not required.
- Objects as archives, the study of a new collection of materials, such as oral histories, community-created archives, site or place as an archive.
- Funding from this grant can be used to visit more than one archive, as funding and time permits. However, engagement with just one archive is all that is expected.
Applicants must be:
- 21 years of age or older
- Eligible to receive taxable income in the United States
Applicants cannot be:
- Disqualified persons, such as substantial contributors to or current employees, consultants, or board members of the Center for Craft, or immediate family members of such a person
Compensation
$5,000 award
About
Over the past three decades, the Center for Craft has invested $8.29 million and counting in grants and fellowships to craft artists, researchers, and organizations nationwide. Our programs have always responded to what the field needs next—lifting creative practice, expanding scholarship, and raising visibility for how and why craft matters.
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To apply for this job please visit www.centerforcraft.org.