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Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts Program Graduate Exhibition – May 21 – September 7, 2022
HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL CRAFTS PROGRAM MAY 21- Sept 7 MAIN GALLERY EXHIBIT Featured Artists: Patrick Allison Annah Bible-Sullivan Mitchell Burselson Evan Dent Julianna Englander Leslie Jill Howell Shannon Lucas Amy Pike Kelly Riek Daniel Robinson Susan Spies Shannon Swing Folk Art Center showcases Haywood Community College’s Professional Crafts Program: Graduating Class of 2022…
Read MoreBeautiful Mystery in the Focus Gallery
FEBRUARY 19-MAY 24, 2022 Featured Artists: Judi Harwood (clay), Colin Richmond (clay), Cori Saraceni (mixed media), Lyn Lyndall (leather), Lauren Faulkenberry (paper) Asheville, NC – The Southern Highland Craft Guild will open its first member-focused show of 2022 with Beautiful Mystery on Saturday, February 19. Located on the second level of the Folk Art Center, the Focus Gallery will be…
Read MoreWestern North Carolina Fibers/Handweavers Guild
WNC FIBERS/HANDWEAVERS GUILD JAN 22-MAY 15 MAIN GALLERY EXHIBIT Welcoming 2022 with the WNC Fibers/Handweavers Guild Location: Second Level of the Folk Art Center, Main Gallery Exhibition Dates: January 22, 2022 – May 15, 2022 Main Gallery Exhibition, Handweavers Guild of Western North Carolina Asheville, NC – The Southern Highland Craft Guild will open its…
Read MoreNatural Direction, Focus Gallery Exhibit
NATURAL DIRECTION NOVEMBER 13 – FEBRUARY 15, 2022 Hollis Fouts – wall textile Amy Brandenburg – jewelry Sue Grier – clay Tina and Bill Collison – wood Amy Goldstein Rice – clay A Mad Tea Party Chaos Rules! $850.00 Add to cart A Sea Horse of Course $1,200.00 Add to cart Back on Solid Ground…
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AUGUST 28 – JANUARY 16, 2022 Featured Artists: Sandy & Ann Batton Valerie Berlage Joan Berner Darla Beverage Gerogia Bonesteel Norma Bradley Pam Brewer Cynthia Bringle Edwina Bringle Connie Brown Bill Capshaw Lorraine Cathey Christine Clark-Chiwa Brandy Clements Kathryn Cogar Ruthie Cohen & David Alberts Bill & Tina Collison Buzz Coren Walt Cottingham Tina Curry…
Read MoreGuild’s Latest Member-Focused Show Sparkles at the Folk Art Center
SPARKLE AUGUST 7 – NOVEMBER 9, 2021 Featured Artists: Dawn Hinsley-Jones (glass) Erin Janow (pottery) Jason Janow (jewelry) Robin Ford (fiber) Teresa Hays (fiber) The Southern Highland Craft Guild will open its newest member-focused show “Sparkle” on Saturday August 7. On the second level of the Folk Art Center in the Focus Gallery, the work…
Read MoreGraduate Show 2021: Haywood Community College Professional Crafts Program
GRADUATE SHOW 2021 HAYWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL CRAFTS PROGRAM ON DISPLAY MAY 15- AUGUST 22 MAIN GALLERY EXHIBIT Featured Artists: Graduating Class 2021 of Haywood Community College of Professional Crafts
Read More“Magic is in the Air” at the Folk Art Center
MAGIC IS IN THE AIR ON DISPLAY MAY 1- AUGUST 3 FOCUS GALLERY EXHIBIT Featured Artists: Cindy Billingsley – clay Sharon Gordon – wall textile Jane Cole – quilts Jeanne Rhodes – Moen – jewelry Lisa Besler – leather Asheville, NC – The Southern Highland Craft Guild will open its member-focused show “Magic is in…
Read MoreWorking Together: Barbara & Hugh Webb
WORKING TOGETHER: BARBARA & HUGH WEBB by Janet Wiseman Barbara Webb started her career in craft up-cycling found driftwood from the shores of Lake Superior to make buttons and painted pins. When her husband Hugh retired in the late 1960s from working at a phone company, he became her craft partner. Hugh prepares the…
Read MorePop-up Mini Fair at the Folk Art Center
OUR FIRST EVER MINI FAIR The Southern Highland Craft Guild will host its first-ever Mini Pop-up Fair in the lower level parking lot of the Folk Art Center Saturday, May 8th. From 10am-4pm twenty booths will fill the parking lot featuring a variety of media crafted by members of the Guild. Disciplines represented include bladesmithing,…
Read MoreIn honor of Judith Duff, Guild Potter
JUDITH DUFF: GUILD POTTER ’93 by Janet Wiseman IN MEMORIAM- Judith Duff: Potter Judith Duff, internationally known ceramicist and SHCG member since 1993, passed away March 4, 2021. Judith was born in Macon, Georgia and grew up in Atlanta. She majored in Painting and Biology at Wesleyan College in Macon, where she worked with clay…
Read MoreHonoring Craftswomen for International Women’s Day
WOMEN OF THE GUILD Our History of Promoting Women’s Crafts During the Great Depression, opportunities for women in the South were mainly limited to farm work or mill labor, with hardly any economic equality or security. The Southern Highland Craft Guild was a unique entity that helped rural women achieve independence through their craftwork and contributed to…
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