Online Artist Directory

With a creative community of juried members spanning over nine states, the Southern Highland Craft Guild fosters opportunities for makers to build, market, and maintain their creative livelihood through continuing education, retail outlets, and mentorship. We are invested in helping members achieve their goals and providing them with the resources to refine and sell their craft. Membership is open to craftspeople living in the specified counties of the Southern Appalachian mountains: of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

COUNTIES WITHIN SOUTHERN HIGHLAND CRAFT GUILD REGION

ALABAMA: Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Jackson, Jefferson, Madison, Marshall, Morgan, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Walker, Winston

GEORGIA: Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Dade, Dawson, Fannin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Lumpkin, Murray, Pickens, Polk, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, Walker, Whitfield, White

KENTUCKY: Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay, Clinton, Elliott, Estill, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, McCreary, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe

MARYLAND: Alleghany, Frederick, Garrett, Washington

NORTH CAROLINA: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Surry, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

SOUTH CAROLINA: Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg

TENNESSEE: Anderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carroll, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, Decatur, Dekalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Hawkins, Henderson, Henry, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Macon, Marion, Marshall, Maury, McMinn, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Polk, Putnum, Rhea, Roane, Robertson, Rutherford, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Trousdale, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, Wayne, White, Williamson, Wilson

VIRGINIA: Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bland, Bedford, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Clarke, Craig, Dickenson, Fauquier, Floyd, Franklin, Frederick, Giles, Grayson, Greene, Highland, Lee, Loudoun, Madison, Montgomery, Nelson, Page, Patrick, Pulaski, Roanoke, Rappahannock, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Russell, Scott, Shenandoah, Smyth, Tazewell, Warren, Washington, Wise, Wythe

WEST VIRGINIA: The Entire State

Zan Barnes – 2024

Mary Nichols – 2025

Katherine Caldwell – 2026

Ray Jones – 2024

Tamela Wells – 2025

Lee Entrekin – 2026

Jude Stuecker – 2024

Peter Werner – 2025

Mark Traub – 2026

Officers:

President – Jude Stuecker

Vice-President – Zan Barnes

Treasurer – Peter Werner

Secretary – Katherine Caldwell

EDUCATION PROGRAM
COMMITTEE
2023

Amy Brandenburg, Chair – 2018/2021
Pat Bauman – 2015/2018
Valerie Berlage – 2017/2020
Meghan Bernard – 2018/2021
Paula Bowers – 2015/2018
Lynn Jenkins – 2018/2021
Susan McDonough – 2018/2021
Lin Oglesby – 2018
Amanda Taylor – 2021
Susan Taylor – 2017/2020

Board Rep: Mary Nichols

Staff Reps:
Nikki Josheff
Janet Wiseman

Demonstration Subcommittee:
David Alberts
Ronnie McMahan
Susan Taylor

Education Centers Subcommittee:
Ilene Kay – Chair
Judi Harwood

Education Outreach Subcommittee:
Heidi Bleacher – Chair
Judy Brater
Eileen Hallman

Heritage Subcommittee:
Cindi Lemkau – Chair
Pat Bauman
Tom Bauman
Debbie Littledeer
Dede Styles
Janet Wiseman

Mentoring Subcommittee:
Teresa Brittain – Chair
Meghan Bernard
Paula Bowers
Amy Brandenburg
Amanda Taylor
Joanna White
Susan Link