Feature Articles


July Issue 2002

Center for Craft, Creativity and Design Features Exhibit Highlighting Craft Heritage Trails of WNC

Ever taken one of those trips through the western North Carolina Mountains? Been surrounded by the gorgeous scenery and glimpsed the most incredible pieces of contemporary and traditional crafts available today? "The Craft Heritage Trails of Western North Carolina, published by HandMade in America makes such a trip a little bit easier. Separating WNC into seven geographic trails, the book lists every open studio, bed and breakfast or heritage site one could possibly hope to fit into an adventure. The book features the fourth largest concentration of craft artists in the United States throughout 23 NC mountain counties.

The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC, is hosting an exhibition of works by artists found along these trails entitled, Craft Heritage Trails Exhibition, on view through Sept. 20, 2002. Brought together in one spot, the show features a wide variety of artists and mediums, including: Molly Sharp (jewelry maker), John Ellenbogen (clay artist), Cynthia Bringle (clay artist), Edwina Bringle (textile artist), Tommy Williams (clay artist), Brent Cole (glass artist), John Geci (glass artist), John Hagy (clay artist), Genevieve Grundy (quilter), and Kathy Triplett (ceramic sculptor).

This wide-arrange of artists and media represents the very best of contemporary and traditional American Craft. The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design invites you to immerse yourself in all the Craft Heritage Trails has to offer all in one place!

For further information check our NC Institutional Galery listings or call the center at 828/890-2050 or on the web at (www.craftcreativitydesign.org).

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