Past Exhibitions
May 16 – July 27, 2016: Chatham Artists Guild Exhibition
March 14 – April 16, 2016: Exploring the Micro-World; Where Science Meets Art
February 1 – March 3, 2016: The Disappearing Frogs Project Art Exhibition
September 16 – October 30, 2015: The 7th Pinhole Camera Challenge Exhibition
August 18 – November 8, 2015: Mary Kircher – “The Marsh: Reflections on Place”
Summer 2015: Student Sculptures from the spring 2015 Sculptural Relief class
March 16 – April 28, 2015: Marina Bosetti – “Violently Happy”
September 22 – October 30, 2014: The 6th Pinhole Camera Challenge Exhibition
August 18 – November 1, 2014: Cheryl Weisz – “Peacefully Wild“
April 1 – June 7, 2014: The Trend of Life in the Foreign Land, an exhibition of portraits and landscapes by College of Design graduate student Zahra Zamani.
January 13 – March 28, 2014: A View to the Making: Portraits of North Carolina Craft Artists at Work
September 25 – November 1, 2013: The 5th Pinhole Camera Challenge Exhibition
August 21 – November 3, 2013: “I Did It My Way” – an exhibition of contemporary quilts and quilted objects by the Triangle Art Quilters guild
March 20 – June 16, 2013: Jennifer Siegel – “Turned On“
March 20 – June 16, 2013: Ellen Ko – Chinese Brush Paintings
January 14 – March 15, 2013: Who Let the Wolves Out!
September 4 – October 3, 2012: The 4th Pinhole Camera Challenge Exhibition
August 15 – Ocrober 3, 2012: Celebrating NC State University’s 125th anniversary, A Photo Exhibition of Works by Gary Knight and Jeannene Lang… and You Too
January 11 – March 2, 2012: Poetic Portraits of a Revolution
October 1 – October 28, 2011: The 3rd Pinhole Camera Challenge Exhibition
August 17 – October 30, 2011: Kirk Adam – Modern Abstracts
April 17, 2011: Windhover 2011
April 4 – April 29, 2011: A Very Special Challenge and Exhibition in Honor of John McElroy – an exhibition of pieces made from walnut and cherry wood donated by the McElroy family
March 14 – April 29, 2011: Nippon! Nippon! – an exhibition of photographic images of Japan, by NC State student Luis Zapata
January 31 – March 13, 2011: Show It Off! – works by Crafts Center students and studio members
January 24 – February 25, 2011: “RED” – an exhibition of photographs by the NC State Photo Club
December 10 – 16, 2010: The Feel of Dreams – the College of Textiles 2010 Cotton Inc. Fabric for Life Student Design Challenge Exhibition
October 11 – October 29, 2010: The 2nd Pinhole Camera Challenge Exhibition
September 21 – October 19, 2010: In Search of a State Treasure – a Tar Heel Gem and Mineral Club exhibition
August 18 – October 11, 2010: Quilting IS Art – an exhibition of contemporary quilts and wearable art by the Triangle Art Quilters guild
April 24 – June 13, 2010: Explorations in Woven Fibers – Woven work by Shelly King featuring three-dimensional designs and irregular surfaces
April 18, 2010: Windhover 2010
April 14 – June 13, 2010: Exhibition by the Triangle Potters Guild
March 1 – April 18, 2010: Style of NC State Photographers – Photographs by the NC State Photo Club
March 1 – April 9, 2010: Crafts Center Instructors Exhibition
January 13 – February 26, 2010: Exhibition by the Woodturners Guild of North Carolina
January 13 – February 26, 2010: North Carolina Landscapes – Watercolor Paintings by Laura Azzi
December 2009: Deep Green – the College of Textiles 2009 Cotton Inc. Fabric for Life Student Design Challenge Exhibition
October 12, 2009: NC State Through a Pinhole
August 24, 2009: Who We Are: The Works of Conrad Weiser and Jim Pressley
April 18, 2007: Windhover 2007
February 12 – March 21, 2007: A Show for Students
September 18 – October 22: Achieve! – Donald Corey, Marlow Gates, Lillian Jones, Janine Leblanc, Jim Lux, and Alison Overton
April 26, 2006: Windhover 2006
March 20 – April 21, 2006: Jean V. Wilk – Driven by Design
January 23 – February 26, 2006: Our Shop – A Retrospective in Wood
November 19, 2005: 21st Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 6 -October 30, 2005: Dan Finch, A Potter From Down East
April 25 – May 5, 2005: Windhover 2005
February 26, 2005: 40 Years in the Making! A Birthday Party!
January 31 – February 26, 2005: 40 for the 40th
January 12 – 23, 2005: Art & Design Class Critique
November 20, 2004: Holiday Fair & Sale 20/20 (20th Annual)
October 1 – November 7, 2004: Making Craft in a Big Way
August 30 – September 26, 2004: Triangle Black & White Photography Group Exhibition
April 19 – May 6, 2004: 2004 Windhover Tenth Annual Exhibition
March 4, 2004: “The Triplets Are up for Adoption” Fundraiser
February 9 – March 28, 2004: Triangle Potter’s Guild: New Works
November 22, 2003: Nineteenth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 8 – November 2, 2003: Reflections & Altered Surfaces – Edge Barnes, Charlie Cawlie, Lyric Kinard, Leon Harkins
April 7 – May 8, 2003: 2003 Windhover Ninth Annual Exhibition
February 14 – March 30, 2003: The Crafts Center Members Exhibition
November 23, 2002: Eighteenth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 9 – November 3, 2002: Carolina Designer Craftsmen New Members Exhibition
April 29 – May 5, 2002: 2002 Windhover Eighth Annual Exhibition
February 22 – April 7, 2002: College of Design Student Art Exhibition
November 17, 2001: Seventeenth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 10 – November 2, 2001: The Crafts Center’s Intructors’ Triennial Exhibition
April 20 – May 10, 2001: 2001 Windhover Seventh Annual Exhibition
March 19 – April 22, 2001: The Crafts Center Members Exhibition
January 29 – March 4, 2001: Triangle Art Quilters
January 22 – March 23, 2001: Case Exhibition: Teapots from the Collection of Walton Weiser
November 18, 2000: Sixteenth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 13 – November 18, 2000: From These Hands (Portraits of potters and pots)
April 24 – May 11, 2000: 2000 Windhover Sixth Annual Exhibition
March 6 – April 9, 2000: Wood Fired Pottery by Peter Callas
January 24 – February 27, 2000: The Triangle Woodturners of North Carolina
November 20, 1999: Fifteenth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 13 – November 5, 1999: The Legacy of Dino Read (winners of CDC show award named after Dino Read)
April 26 – May 6, 1999: 4th Annual Windhover Exhibition [reception April 30, 5-7 p.m.]
March 22 – April 19, 1999: NUNAVUT: Our Land
February 1 – March 5, 1999: The Peterson Collection – Southwest Native American Artwork [reception February 5, 5-7 p.m.]
November 21, 1998: 14th Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 14 – November 1, 1998: Crafts Center Instructors Biennial Exhibition [reception September 18, 5-7 p.m.]
April 27 – June 26, 1998: 1998 Windhover Fourth Annual Exhibition
March 16 – April 19, 1998: The Crafts Center Members Exhibition
January 23 – March 1, 1998: Triangle Basket Weavers Exhibition
November 22, 1997: Thirteenth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
October 15 – November 13, 1997: Turned for Use – The First Juried Show of the American Association of Woodturners
August 25 – October 5, 1997: Baltic Ceramics: 1996
April 21 – June 25, 1997: 1997 Windhover Third Annual Exhibition
March 17 – April 20, 1997: Triangle Potter’s Guild Exhibition
January 27 – March 6, 1997: My Art Is a Meditation – Works by Dennis Paul Williams
November 23, 1996: Twelfth Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 16 – November 12, 1996: The Crafts Center’s Instructors’ Biennial Exhibition
April 26 – May 3, 1996: 1996 Windhover Second Annual Exhibition
March 4 – April 21, 1996: Carolina Designer Craftsmen – New Members Exhibition
December 4, 1995 – February 25, 1996: Textile Traditions of West Africa
November 18, 1995: Eleventh Annual Holiday Fair & Sale
September 18 – November 5, 1995: Raised in Clay: The Southern Pottery Tradition
April 28 – May 4, 1995: 1995 Windhover Exhibition
March 20 – April 23, 1995: Creative Fibers – The Diverse Wake Weavers Guild
January 17 – March 5, 1995: Selected Carvings from Rick Hanery, Master Woodcarver
January 17 – March 5, 1995: Cajun Music & Zydeco Photographs of the Artists in Their Communities
November 19, 1994: Tenth Annual Holiday Crafts Fair & Sale
October 19 – November 13, 1994: Domestic Icons – Teapots from the Anderson Collection
September 6 – October 9, 1994: The Crafts Center’s Instructors’ Biennial Exhibition
March 21 – May 1, 1994: “Jazz Babies!” – The Age of Art Deco
January 18 – February 27, 1994: The NCECA 1993 Clay National Exhibition
November 20, 1993: Ninth Annual Crafts Fair & Sale
October 11 – November 14, 1993: The 1993 Caricature Carvers of American Exhibition featuring Additional Pieces by Tom Wolfe
September 7 – October 3, 1993: Clay: Art’s Versatile Language – Triangle Potters’ Guild Exhibition
March 19 – April 25, 1993: Carolina Designer Craftsmen
January 11 – February 26, 1992: African Images in American Crafts
November 21, 1992: Eighth Annual Crafts Fair & Sale
October 16 – November 15, 1992: Studio Glass – The Anderson Collection
September 8 – October 8, 1992: The Crafts Center Instructors’ Biennial Exhibition
March 15 – April 15, 1992: Textiles from Seian University, Kyoto, Japan –featuring: Fujimoto Tetsuo, Kubota Shigeo, Kusama Tetsuo, Takada Tetsuo, Takada Yuko, Yoshida Teruyoshi
January 13 – February 23, 1992: The 1991 Juried Traveling Exhibition (National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts)
November 23, 1991: Seventh Annual Crafts Center Fair
September 30 – October 25, 1991: Needle Expressions – Traveling Show of National Council of American Embroiders
August 21 – September 23, 1991: Three Photographers – Marshall Clayton, Lewis Downey, Nona Short
April 5-26, 1991: The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts Traveling Exhibition (1990)
March 11-31, 1991: Wake Weavers Guild
January 7 – February 15, 1991: Rude Osolnik – Retrospective of Turned Wood – Organized by the Southern Highlands Crafts Guild
November 17, 1990: Sixth Annual Crafts Center Fair
October 19 – November 13, 1990: Raleigh Art Guild Exhibition
September 7 – October 11, 1990: Crafts Center Instructors: Update at the Crafts Center, A Celebration of Personal Style
September 7 – October 7, 1990: Pottery of Marie Woo
March 19 – April 30, 1990: Ribs, Rods, and Splits: An Exhibition of Baskets from Appalachia
March 15 – April 8, 1990: Pottery Exhibition by Gerry Williams
January 16 – February 28, 1990: P.H. Polk, Southern Photographer
November 18, 1989: Fifth Annual Mini Fair
September 9 – October 9, 1989: Raku Pottery Exhibition by Andy Smith
September 5 – October 12, 1989: Pieceworks II – Southern Arts Federation
May 22- June 28, 1989: The International Turned Objects Show
March 28 – April 28, 1989: Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts – Photography Fellowship Recipients Exhibition
January 20 – March 1, 1989: Clay Diversities – Pottery collection of Lisa & Dudley Anderson(curated by Lisa Anderson)
January 15 – February 12, 1989: Pottery Exhibition by Clyde Gobble
November 19, 1988: Fourth Annual Mini Fair
October 7 – November 15, 1988: Crafts Center Instructors Exhibition
August 29 – September 16, 1988: New Wood, New Ways – Southern Arts Federation
May 30 – July 14, 1988: Carolina Designer Craftsmen New Members Exhibition from 1987 and 1988 Juries
March 22 – May 1, 1988: Wake Weavers Guild Membership Exhibition
January 15 – February 15, 1988: Icons and Images
November 21, 1987: Third Annual Mini Fair
October 16 – November 15, 1987: Sander Blondeel [Flat Glass Artist from Belgium]
September 15 – October 25, 1987: Pottery Exhibition by Michael Simon
August 31 – September 30, 1987: New Wood, New Ways – Southern Arts Federation
April 18 – May 8, 1987: Southern Arts Federation/National Endowment for the Arts: Crafts Fellowship Recipients Traveling Exhibition
February 16 – March 31, 1987: Looking Back at NCSU – The Centennial Exhibition (curated by James V. Pressley, Jr.)
January 12 – February 12, 1987: The National Council on Education in Ceramic Arts Traveling Exhibition
January 12 – February 8, 1987: Pottery Exhibition by Sally Bowen Prange
November 22, 1986: Second Annual Crafts Center Mini Fair
November 7 – December 9, 1986: Six Directions in Paper: The Pyramid Prints and Paperworks, an Exhibition of Paper as an Art Form
October 3-28, 1986: Asian Standards/American Artists: Rosemary KimBal (sumi-e) & Richard Bennett (pottery)
September 2-30, 1986: The Penland Craft Show
June 30 – July 27, 1986: Fresson Photographs – Southern Arts Federation
May 26 – June 26, 1986: Functional Ceramics – College of Wooster & North Carolina Potters
April 4 – May 4, 1986: Spotlight ’85 – Southern Arts Federation
February 21 – March 31, 1986: Kimono, The Outer Garment (Dr. John Kelly Collection)
January 13 – February 9, 1986: Big Shots
November 23, 1985: First Annual Mini Fair
November 22 – December 13, 1985: Crafts Center Instructors Show
October 18 – November 17, 1985: Southern Studio Glass – Southern Arts Federation
September 6-29, 1985: National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Traveling Show
June 3-27, 1985: Arte Vivo, Folk Art of Mexico
March 15 – May 3, 1985: Carolina Designer Craftsmen
February 15 – March 10, 1985: Lanugage of Mississippi Choctaw Crafts – Southern Arts Federation
November 26 – December 14, 1984: Ansel Adams Photographs
October 26 – November 19, 1984: Crafts of Japan: Artisan & Artist
October 3-21, 1984: The Shopping Bag (graphic art)
June 26 – July 29, 1984: Wake Weavers’ Guild Exhibition
June 26 – July 29, 1984: Southeastern Regional Crafts Competition, Southern Arts Federation
May 23 – June 21, 1984: Jewelry (Jane Ferree)
April 13 – May 12, 1984: 100 Gloves
March 1984: Photographs (Jerry Uelsmann)
February 21 – March 25, 1984: Ferrous Finery
January 13 – February 15, 1984: Ben Owen Introduces Ben Owen III
October 28 – November 20, 1983: Functional Ceramics ’83
October 15-29, 1983: Photographs by Judy Dater
September 22 – October 14, 1983: Carolina Designer Craftsmen Traveling Exhibition
May – August 15, 1983: Summer Crafts Seminar Instructors Exhibition
April 15 – May 4, 1983: Kyoto Metals, Contemporary Japanese Metalworks (grand opening)
Summer 1982: Watercolor (Keith Rose)
Summer 1982: Porcelain (Sally Prange)