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# Excavating Craft Histories Through Archives
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/excavating-craft-histories-through-archives/
- Published: 2026-09-11T14:29:59.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-11T14:29:59.000Z
- Description: The 2025 Craft Archive Fellows will present their research on underrepresented craft histories in an online event hosted by the Center for Craft and moderated by Hyperallergic associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin.
- Author: Center for Craft
- Tags: Art, Center for Craft, Craft Archive Fellowship, Craft Archive Fellowship 2026, Event Announcement, Events

**Craft Archive Fellowship Virtual Program: Archives in Action**  
Wednesday, September 23 from 5 to 6:30pm (EST)

Please join us for Archives in Action, a virtual panel discussion celebrating the recently published research of our 2025 Craft Archive Fellows on *Hyperallergic*.

Research projects explore Hanji, the tradition of Korean papermaking; the contributions of George Washington Carver and other formerly enslaved individuals to natural dyeing and pigment making; “fannuh” basketry, one of the oldest Gullah Geechee agricultural tools; Black blacksmiths and the Sankofa ironwork tradition; Mexican migrant traditions of altar-making in South Chicago; and *costureros*, (im)migrant-led embroidery and knitting circles in Queens, New York.

Through these projects, craft is positioned as a means of cultural continuity and a way to preserve culture and identity. The documentation of these craft histories sheds light on how traditions are maintained and kept alive, focusing on the people and communities within these making practices. As Fellow Robert Choe-Henderson emphasizes, archival research can ensure “that communities most affected by that history don’t become invisible while the material knowledge survives.” 

Join Fellows Teju Adisa-Farrar, Robert Choe-Henderson, Amalia Uribe Guardiola, Crystal Vance Guerra, Trelani Michelle, and Bilphena Decontee Yahwon in conversation with Mellanee Goodman, the Center for Craft’s program director, curator, and material specialist, and *Hyperallergic* associate editor Lakshmi Rivera Amin to learn about their personal connections and work in recovering and documenting craft histories, as well as the people and places they collaborated with during their research.

Archives in Action is free and open to the public. Be sure to read the articles on *Hyperallergic* before attending the program. 

The Craft Archive Fellowship is supported, in part, by the Ayumi Horie Award, the Sara Clugage Award, and the Gallaher Family Award. 

[Register](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/archives-in-action-2025-craft-archive-fellows-tickets-1998970565773?aff=oddtdtcreator&ref=hyperallergic.com)

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### **Featured Craft Archive Fellows:**

[**Teju Adisa-Farrar**](https://www.centerforcraft.org/recipient/teju-adisa-farrar?ref=hyperallergic.com), Atlanta*The Colors All Around Us: George Washington Carver and the Missing Archive of Natural Dyes*

[**Robert Choe-Henderson**](https://www.centerforcraft.org/recipient/robert-choe-henderson?ref=hyperallergic.com), Warne, North Carolina*Decolonizing the Tongue: Hanji in Kozo Patches*

[**Amalia Uribe Guardiola**](https://www.centerforcraft.org/recipient/amalia-uribe-guardiola?ref=hyperallergic.com), New York*Costureros as Living Archives: Craft and Care in Latina Immigrant Communities*

[**Crystal Vance Guerra**](https://www.centerforcraft.org/recipient/crystal-vance-guerra?ref=hyperallergic.com), Chicago*Deliberately Habitual: Altar-making within American Craft*

[**Trelani Michelle**,](https://www.centerforcraft.org/recipient/trelani-michelle?ref=hyperallergic.com) Savannah*Forged in Memory: Tracing Black Ironwork Lineage*

[**Bilphena Decontee Yahwon**](https://www.centerforcraft.org/recipient/bilphena-decontee-yahwon?ref=hyperallergic.com), Baltimore *Fanning Rice: Tracing Windward Coast Basketry in the Lowcountry*

### **About the Partnership** 

Through a partnership with *Hyperallergic* — a leading voice in contemporary perspectives on art, culture, and more — research by the Center for Craft’s Craft Archive Fellows is available for free online. The collaboration reduces physical and economic barriers to archival research, increasing the visibility and appreciation of craft scholarship in the United States.

Learn more at [centerforcraft.org](http://centerforcraft.org/?ref=hyperallergic.com).