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61st Annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
Thursday, October 16th, 2008 - Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Asheville Civic Center |
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October 16-19, 2008
It’s the 61st season of the bi-annual Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, October 16-19, 2008. The Craft Fair is an event where connoisseurs and novices alike come to craft a collection, connect with tradition, and invest in regional culture. The Craft Fair takes place in beautiful downtown Asheville at the Civic Center, 10am-6pm Thursday through Saturday, and 10am -5pm Sunday. Over two hundred craftspeople fill two floors with fine handcrafted items, while local musicians play live on the arena stage, and craft educators share their knowledge with children in hands-on projects.
Additional information about this event is available at 828-298-7928
The Fairs take place at the Asheville Civic Center, 87 Haywood Street, in downtown Asheville, NC. Hours are Thursday to Saturday, 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 10am to 5pm. Admission is $6 with children under 12 free with an adult. Group discounts are available.
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
10:00am-4:00pm
Wood Day is an event that brings together the woodworkers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild to demonstrate a wide range of woodworking techniques and skills. This event takes place at the Folk Art Center on Saturday, August 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Click "details" for information.
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Planning ahead? Click on the details button to see the 2008 schedule of events at the Folk Art Center.
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| Folk Art Center Main Gallery |
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Haywood Community College Graduate Show
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 - Sunday, September 28th, 2008
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The Southern Highland Craft Guild will host the Haywood Community College Graduate Show at the Blue Ridge Parkway’s Folk Art Center from May 24 – September 28. An opening reception with light refreshments will be held Saturday, May 24th from 3 to 5pm in the Folk Art Center’s Main Gallery. The public is welcome.
Graduates of Haywood’s Professional Crafts Program will showcase their talents in wood, clay, fiber, metal and jewelry. This exhibition continues the historical relationship between the Folk Art Center and Haywood, an Educational Center Member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild.
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2008 Main Gallery Schedule
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 - Sunday, January 11th, 2009
Folk Art Center |
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| Planning ahead? Click details to see the 2008 schedule of exhibitions in the Main Gallery at the Folk Art Center. |
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| Folk Art Center Focus Gallery |
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Jack & Linda Fifield and Marcia McDade
Friday, June 20th, 2008 - Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
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2008 Focus Gallery Schedule
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 - Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
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| Planning ahead? Click details to see the 2008 schedule of exhibitions in the Focus Gallery at the Folk Art Center. |
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Craft Traditions:
The Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection
An ongoing exhibition
This exhibit of approximately 200 works features the best of traditional woodcarving, textiles, furniture, basketry, pottery, dolls, and other crafts of Southern Appalachia, dating from 1855 to the late 20th century.
The Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection represents the historical crafts of southern Appalachia. Many pieces date from the 19th century and were collected in the Asheville area by Frances L. Goodrich, a founding member of the Guild. Goodrich came to the region in 1890 to do educational and organizational work as a volunteer for the Presbyterian Home Mission Board. She had not planned to work in the crafts field, but rather, the idea was thrust upon her in the form of an antique bedspread. |
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THE ROBERT W. GRAY LIBRARY COLLECTION
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The mission of the Robert W. Gray Library is to collect, preserve, and make available for research materials concerning the appreciation and knowledge about traditional and contemporary crafts - particularly the craft heritage of the Southern Appalachian region.
Library materials relate to craft work from around the world and in all media with historical background as well as "how-to" information. There are also materials on regional history and development.
The collection contains over 7,000 books and exhibition catalogs, 45 current periodical titles as well as many that have been donated and are no longer available. A recent addition is an audio-visual area where visitors may choose from over 100 craft-related videos.
While the resources do not circulate, the materials are available for use on site. There is a Xerox machine for photocopying materials for personal use.
The Library is open whenever the Folk Art Center is open- every day from 9-6 (5pm in winter). It is housed on the second floor, to the left of the receptionist desk. The collection catalog is available on the library's computer at all times and a librarian is present four day's a week( T-W-Th-F) to assist users. The staff is happy to work with you on research questions. |
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| The Craft Revival website, headquartered at Western Carolina University, has attracted hundreds of hits after just 18 months in operation, and the number of hits is expected to climb as more information is added to the growing, online collection at http://craftrevival.wcu.edu/ . Anna Fariello, leader of the state-funded project, says visitors to the site are finding the beginnings of a robust digital archive of materials from the Craft Revival of the late 1800s and early 1900s. “This was an important period for our region of the Southern Appalachians,” she says. “Without the Craft Revival, much of the work of the mountain crafts people would have been lost and their handcrafting skills might have died out. That means there would have been only a very limited foundation for today’s continuing craft activities.” Instead, the revival triggered the growth of handcraft guilds, weaving centers and folk schools, attracted tourists, scholars and artisans to the region; helped to promote the sale of traditional mountain crafts; and shaped the development of new craft forms as mountain tourism flourished. |
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| In this section you'll find web links to organizations affiliated with the Southern Highland Craft Guild - as well as a retrospective gallery of Guild Logos. |
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R T Taylor creates highly decorative and colorful ceramic wares using high-density white ware clay. Each piece is produced by hand. By throwing the individual pot on a potter’s wheel, using a hand building technique or some combination of both.
RT‘s ceramic career began in 1975 while attending college in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. RT became totally immersed in the process. The endless creation of ceramic work and advances in the technical and safety aspects of clay, it was only a natural progression to move from the subtle earth tones of stoneware to the bright and dynamic colors of underglazes. Thus, the eclectic creation of fun, bright and colorful ceramic art.
Notably RT ‘s work Running Man was purchased and resides in the Smithsonian’s Renwick Museum of American Craft.
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