The Folk Art Center is open for business after a snowy weekend. Even though the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed you can still get to the Folk Art Center from Hwy 70 in east Asheville. The road, parking lot and walkways have all been cleared for visitors.Snowy footprints on the Mountains to Sea Trail beside theFolk Art Center - a beautiful day for a winter hike. One of the Christmas trees ...
Today, Nikki and Jackie went to the WNC Farmer's Market and purchased a gorgeous Spruce Pine tree for the Folk Art Center lobby. This afternoon we decorated it, marveling at all the ornaments that have been donated by Guild members through the years as we trimmed the tree. The last image is the tree topper made by Jan Morris of Swannanoa. Come on by and take a look! Happy Thanksgiving ...
On Thursday, members of the Guild's Annual Meeting Committee met at the Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, NC for a tour and to begin planning next year's meeting. The Blue Ridge Assembly will be a perfect locale for the meeting: filled with natural beauty and a history as rich as the Guild's own. The committee is excited about encouraging more members to attend so be sure to mark ...
The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands is well underway at the Asheville Civic Center featuring demonstrations, live music and the work of over 200 craft artists.Detail of Micheal Hughey's calligraphy demonstration at the Craft Fair. Here he is preparing to add gold to the surface of a compass rose.Detail of Susan Sorrell's fiber art demonstrationEarth 2 Art Pottery: Making and playing ...
Here are a few glimpses of Wood Day 2009 which took place earlier today at the Folk Art Center.First Image: Walt Cottingham makes shingles for his rustic birdhouses on a shaving horse.Second Image: Helen Gibson carves an angel.Third Image: Mike Fiantaca of the Carolina Mountain Woodturners instructs a visitor on how to use a lathe to turn wood.Fourth Image: Jayton Gates is a great helper ...
Lynn Stanley, the manager of Cumberland Crafts is busy this week getting ready for the shop's Craft Heritage Days, July 23-26. A full line-up of traditional artists will be there to entertain and enlighten the crowd. Pictured above are Peggy Whitted of Sevierville, TN and Bill Henry of Oak Ridge, TN. They will be there weaving and whittling. They will be joined by Dale Liles (spinning), ...
There is a great diversity of fine crafts represented among the 200 exhibitors at the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. The snapshots above are a small sampling of what visitors to the event can see. The Craft Fair continues tomorrow at the Asheville Civic Center from 10am to 5pm.Top to bottom:Wood art by David DatwylerWood carvings by John C Campbell Folk SchoolFiber art by Sondra ...
The Asheville Civic Center has been bustling with activity this weekend as thousands of visitors have made their way through the concourse and arena levels to view the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. The images above are just a few glimpses of the fair.Outside, Guild artists demonstrated natural dyeing and spinning, sunpainting and blacksmithing. Inside the Civic Center over 200 ...
Here are a few images of demonstrations from the Craft Fair today. The top picture is of Sandra Rowland sun painting or leaf printing outside the Civic Center. The next two pictures are of David Edgar's Plastiquarium. He spent the day at the Fair making fish pins out of detergent bottles. The final shot is of Dea Sasso's book restoration demonstration. Other demos were: Kathy Seely, ...
For the past few weeks we have been busy promoting the Craft Fair by distributing posters all across Asheville. We are grateful for the kindness and support that so many businesses have shown by letting us display a poster in their window or on a bulletin board. The pictures above are of Cafe Azalea on Tunnel Rd. You will find the posters in bookstores, cafes, galleries, movie theaters, ...
Friends and members of Southern Highland Craft Guild have shared their favorite recipes to create the brand new book, Artful Eating. The result is an inspiring collection of dishes including appetizers, entrees, salads, soups, breads and desserts.The cookbook will be ready this Fall. It is now available for purchase at a pre-order discount of $16.95 plus tax. To buy your copy, call the ...
As a non-profit organization the Southern Highland Craft Guild is grateful for the work of volunteers in fulfilling its mission. Members of the community share their time and talent with the Guild in many ways including working in the main gallery at the Folk Art Center. Volunteers also play a vital role at the Craft Fairs held at the Asheville Civic Center each July and October. The Guild is now seeking volunteers to help out at the upcoming Craft Fair, July 16-19.Some tasks volunteers can ...
It's been a busy week at the Folk Art Center! Guild curator Nikki Josheff has been giving the Permanent Collection Gallery some TLC. She has been cleaning, painting, and most importantly, updating the Modernism exhibition in the show. The new pieces she has added include work by Vivian Dai and Barbara Grenell.Nikki is shown in the top picture above with Guild member and permanent collections ...
