This is one of the five educational events hosted throughout the year at the Folk Art Center. As the country’s second oldest, non-profit craft organization, the Guild brings awareness to the endangered process of handmade craft through their free, educational events. Makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild are preparing for the launch of their 2020 special event programming at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, with the fifth annual Glass & Metal Day. Posted in Art Demo, Arts Education, Asheville NC Visual Arts, NC Visual Arts, WNC Visual Arts | Comments Off on Southern Highland Craft Guild Offers Free Craft Demonstrations to Visitors to Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC For the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing, and conservation of craft, the Guild educates the region and arts community on the importance of craft and its ability to impact the local creative economy.įor further information call the Guild at 828/298-7928 or visit ( Tags: Asheville NC, Carolina Arts, Folk Art Center, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Visiting Asheville NC, Visiting North Carolina This is a free opportunity provided by the Southern Highland Craft Guild and its volunteering members. Viewers are invited to discuss craft, ask questions, and learn the importance of preserving these practices while visiting the Folk Art Center. Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase a piece from the demonstrators, and walk away with fine craft that came to life by the hands of its maker. These free educational events are open to the public. Every day from 10am-4pm, two artists of differing medias will explain and demonstrate their craft with informative materials displayed at their booth. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.įor further information e-mail Millie Davis at Southern Highland Craft Guild invites visitors to experience daily craft demonstrations at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, from March through December 2021. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1930 to cultivate the crafts and makers of the Southern Highlands for the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing and conservation. Headquarters to the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the Center also houses three exhibition spaces, a library, a craft shop and a Blue Ridge Parkway information desk and bookstore. The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of the Highway 70 entrance in east Asheville, NC. Admission to the Folk Art Center is free. ![]() Contemporary quilts can be found throughout the Folk Art Center in the shop and second floor galleries. Throughout the 3 days Brown will be demonstrating hand quilting skills. The display, “Imaginary Friends” will feature quilt designs like Sunbonnet Sue, Colonial Lady, and others with human-like characteristics. ![]() A special display of antique quilts will be in the lobby Mar. Brown will also answer questions about care, storage, display, appraisal services, repair, and whether to quilt and finish an antique top. This is a wonderful opportunity to find out the age, pattern, and other interesting facts about their family heirlooms. 18, 19, and 20, 2021.īetween 10am and 4pm on Friday and Saturday (March 19 and 20) visitors are invited to bring in their antique or vintage quilts to have quilt historian, Connie Brown analyze them. Guild member, quilt-maker and quilt historian Connie Brown will be demonstrating in the lobby of the Folk Art Center on Mar.
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