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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Virgil Ledford
Virgil Ledford carves animal and human figures out of walnut, cherry, buckeye, and cedar.
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Find an Artist
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
- 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 Crafts
Living Artists
Historic Artists (Deceased)
Artist News
Sights & Sounds
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- Tony Deal
- Old-time musician
- Darin Gentry
- Oldtime and bluegrass musician
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- Clarence Greene, Sr.
- Old-time musician
- Sam Queen
- Dancer
Music & Craft Attractions
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
A perfect place to begin exploration of Cherokee heritage and traditions is the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, NC. Visitors are greeted at the entrance by a 20-foot hand-carved statue of Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee alphabet.
