World Class
Handmade Creations
Working artists have been setting up shop in Asheville and calling it home for more than a century. As a result, the area has come to be recognized as a national center for arts and crafts. To see a lot of local crafts in a short time try these hot spots: • Kress Emporium and Woolworth Walk are each packed with booths presenting the works of different artists. • The River Arts District is home to more than 200 artists with working studios in 23 former industrial buildings. • The Refinery Creator Space comprises 10 resident artists and exhibitions in three galleries. • The Folk Art Center houses a historical archive of regional craft and maintains a rotating set of exhibits and demonstrations. • The Center for Craft contains two galleries and a new National Craft Innovation Hub. • North Carolina Glass Center, The Village Potters and the Odyssey Clayworks offer classes, demos and open galleries. • Or, if you catch the right weekend and want to go for a drive through the country, various nearby locales host self-guided craft studio tours (Weaverville Art Safari, Leicester Studio Tour and Henderson County Open Studio Tour among them). Or take a daytrip to Penland School of Crafts or John C. Campbell Folk School; both are nationally renowned institutions located within a couple of hours’ drive of Asheville.
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FIELD GUIDE TO ASHEVILLE
2020
