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 500 artists and groups.
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R.G. Absher
Bluegrass and oldtime musician
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Backstep
Oldtime band
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Cynthia Hall
Quilter
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Matt Jones
Potter
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Virgil Ledford
Virgil Ledford carves animal and human figures out of walnut, cherry, buckeye, and cedar.
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Jerry Wolfe
Cherokee storyteller
Find an Artist
Browse
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- by Cherokee
- Any Cherokee
- 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 Craft
- Any Craft
- Basketmaking
- Bed Canopy Making
- Blacksmithing
- Broom Making
- Chair Seat Weaving
- Chairmaking
- Clockmaking
- Cornhusk Crafts
- Crochet
- Doll Making
- Dyeing
- Embroidery
- Frontier Skills
- Gunsmithing
- Instrument Making
- Leatherworking
- Metalworking
- Needlework
- Pottery Making
- Quilting
- Rug Making
- Spinning
- Stonecarving
- Toymaking
- Weaving
- Woodcarving
- by Craft
Living Artists
Historic Artists (Deceased)
Artist News
Sights & Sounds
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- Cherokee Potters Guild
- Cherokee potters
- Morris Brothers
- String band musicians
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- Benton Flippen
- Fiddle player
- John Turner
- Dancer
Music & Craft Attractions
Penland School of Crafts
Penland School of Crafts, in Penland, NC, is a national center for education in contemporary and traditional craft. The school offers instruction by world-renowned teachers in a variety of media.
