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Weaving Across Time: Contemporary Cherokee Basket Making, Land, and Identity

Center for Craft Broadway Street, Asheville, NC, United States

Weaving Across Time features a recent resurgence of contemporary Eastern Band Cherokee artists who are creatively building on a centuries-old practice of basket making. Learning from mothers, grandmothers, and mentors, these […]

Welcoming 2022 with the WNC Fibers / Handweavers Guild

Folk Art Center Milepost 382, Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville, NC, United States

The Southern Highland Craft Guild will open its first Main Gallery exhibition of the 2022 year on Saturday, January 22. Featuring members of the Western North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild, a […]

Quilts: The Stories They Tell

Mountain Heritage Center Hunter Library, 176 Central Drive, WCU, Cullowhee, NC, United States

Twenty-five quilts from the Mountain Heritage Center's extensive collection featuring Album, Crazy, and Patchwork quilt styles. Stories of makers, families, and community members as well as local and national patterns, […]

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2nd Annual Turned and Carved Wood Bowl Exhibition and Sale

Foundation Woodworks 17 Foundy Street, Suite 10, Asheville, NC, United States

During the month of April, Foundation Woodworks will feature work from a dozen local and regional wood turning and hand carved wood artisans. In conjunction with the show, the Gallery […]

Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture

Transylvania Heritage Museum 189 West Main Street, Brevard, NC, United States

The Transylvania Heritage Museum's new exhibit, Mountain Legacies: Exploring Appalachian Culture, is now on display. This exhibit shows how early settlers made their way into the Appalachian Mountains and made […]

Weaverville Art Safari Spring Studio Tour 2022

The Weaverville Art Safari is one of the original studio tours in the Asheville Area. It is a self guided free event that offers a unique look at the artist’s […]

Encore Presentation of Moonshine History Film!

As a result of the enthusiastic response to last year's world premieres, the Center for Cultural Presentation is proud to announce an encore presentation of its new moonshine history film […]

May Day Parade at John C. Campbell Folk School

John C. Campbell Folk School One Folk School Road, Brasstown, NC, United States

May Day Parade hosted by the Brasstown Morris Dancers Join Folk School students, staff, and community for our annual English tradition of the May Day Parade and Maypole Dance. If […]

FREE

Spring Craft Market

Old Rock School 400 Main Street West, Valdese, NC, United States

Enjoy browsing unique, handcrafted items from over 50 vendors at our Spring Craft Market!

Fire on the Mountain Blacksmith Festival

Spruce Pine Main Street 165 Locust Street, Spruce Pine, NC, United States

Fire on the Mountain is an annual celebration of the art of the blacksmith, held the last Saturday in April in downtown Spruce Pine, NC. The event is a partnership […]

Nina Simone Tribute Concert

Rogers Park Amphitheater 55 W. Howard Street, Tryon, United States

A joyous, free, community celebration of the inimitable High Priestess of Soul in the town of her birth, featuring multiple musical artists from across the Eastern Seaboard. "Bring a chair; […]

FREE

We welcome submission of Western North Carolina events focused on our heritage themes of mountain music, crafts, foodways, outdoors and Cherokee culture. Please submit two weeks in advance.

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