Traditional Artist Directory
The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area's Traditional Artist Directory is a guide to many of the finest traditional craft artisans, musicians, dancers, and storytellers in the North Carolina mountains and foothills. The directory contains listings for more than 400 artists and groups.
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Virgil Ledford
Virgil Ledford carves animal and human figures out of walnut, cherry, buckeye, and cedar.
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Browse
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- by Cherokee
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- Arrrowhead Making / Flint Knapping
- Basketmaking
- Beadworking
- Blowgun and Dart Making
- Consulting
- Dance
- Doll Making
- Drum Making
- Fingerweaving
- Flute
- Gourd Carving
- Language
- Mask Making
- Medicinal Plants
- Native American Dress
- Painting
- Plant Lore
- Pottery Making
- Rivercane
- Silversmithing
- Stonecarving
- Storytelling
- Tour Guide
- Traditional Songs
- Woodcarving
- by Cherokee
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- by Crafts
- All
- Basketmaking
- Bed Canopy Making
- Blacksmithing
- Chair Seat Weaving
- Chairmaking
- Clockmaking
- Cornhusk Crafts
- Crochet
- Doll Making
- Dyeing
- Embroidery
- Gunsmithing
- Instrument Making
- Leatherworking
- Metalworking
- Needlework
- Pottery Making
- Quilting
- Rug Making
- Spinning
- Stonecarving
- Toymaking
- Weaving
- Woodcarving
- by Crafts
- Browse all artists alphabetically
Music & Craft Attractions
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
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- At the Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee, NC, you can step inside the world of an eighteenth century Cherokee village and see a dugout canoe under construction, pottery and baskets being crafted, and a blow gun demonstrated.
- Attractions Directory
Sights & Sounds
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- Dan Isaacs
- Bluegrass and oldtime musician
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- Lena Jean Ray
- Ballad singer
- Hazel Pendley
- Quilter
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- M.L. Walker
- Fiddle maker and woodworker
- Chester McMillian
- Guitar player and oldtime musician
