Center for Craft
Asheville, North Carolina
828-785-1357
www.centerforcraft.org
Center for Craft amplifies how and why craft matters by increasing access to resources that catalyze makers and thinkers nationwide. Proudly based in Asheville, it has been at the center of the conversation about craft since 1996.
Each year, the Center provides grants and fellowships to makers, scholars, and curators while also producing exhibitions and public programs that shed light on the role of craft in the 21st century. It invests in the people and ideas behind the objects that shape our lives.
North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, North Dakota
701-777-4195
ndmoa.com
The North Dakota Museum of Art is nationally recognized for its ground-
breaking human rights exhibitions, involvement with international artists, the commissioning of landmark works of art anchored in the Northern Plains and the strength of its exhibition program. Three galleries house exhibitions of regional, national and international art. On permanent display is late New York City artist and
collector Barton Benes’ apartment that includes his collection of African art and oddities from around the world. Other museum features are concerts, guest lectures and kids’ activities, plus a gift shop and weekday cafe.
The Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield, Ohio 419-522-2644 www.mrps.org
Perhaps best know as "Shawshank State Prison," the Ohio State Reformatory is a defunct prison, turned movie-star, turned museum. Construction began on The Ohio State Reformatory in 1886, with the first 150 inmates arriving in 1896. The prison remained in operation until 1990 when its' doors were shuttered for keeping inmates in cruel and inhumane conditions. Offering guided and self-guided tours year-round, The Ohio State Reformatory houses 3 separate museums in one building - the Ohio Corrections Museum, the Shawshank Museum, and the North Central Ohio Industrial Museum.