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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)