Art
Historic Courthouse Beal Center First Anniversary Celebration
Historic Clay County Courthouse/Beal Center 25 Herbert Street, Hayesville, NC, United StatesThe Historic Courthouse Beal Center is celebrating its first anniversary and invites everyone to enjoy food, drink, and a fabulous silent auction featuring amazing items from local artisans and vendors. The fundraiser will be on Saturday, July 27 from 6 - 9 pm and all proceeds will benefit the CCCRA (Clay County Communities Revitalization Association). […]
Brews, Blues and BBQ Festival
Downtown Marion 11 N Main Street , Marion, NC, United StatesNothing says North Carolina like blues music, barbecue, and craft beer. On Saturday, August 17, the inaugural Brews, Blues and Barbecue Festival will bring all three of those things together in downtown Marion from 4:30 – 9:30 p.m. Visitors to the event can enjoy dishes from 10 different food vendors, beer from eight regional craft […]
Fall Exhibition Celebration
Our seasonal Exhibition Celebrations are some of our biggest gatherings of the year! Three times a year—winter, summer, and fall, the Museum hosts a reception to celebrate our latest changeover of exhibitions in the galleries. Hors-d'oeuvres, drinks, and music are offered throughout the evening. You'll have the chance to meet museum staff, exhibiting artists, featured […]
Fines Creek Heritage Fair and Music Festival
Food, Exhibits, and much more! Hotdog Plate $5 Hamburger Plate $6 (Both include chips, baked beans, dessert and drink) Exhibits and Live Demonstrations with Sunset Cruisers, Ole Smoky Antique Tractor Club, Blacksmithing, Weaving, Farm Animal Exhibit, Knife Fabricating, Local History Narrated by: Louise K. Nelson-Author and others, Bushcraft and Survival, Sustainability, Handmade Soaps, Local Art, […]
Fines Creek Heritage Fair and Music Festival
Food, Music, Exhibits, and much more. Food offered: Hotdog Plate $5 Hamburger Plate $6 (Both include chips, baked beans, dessert and drink) and Saturday at 5 pm: Poor Man’s Supper: $8 Music from 4:00-11:00 pm (Bring a chair): Big Creek Band, David Teague and Kelsey, Jamie Gann & the Longshot Band, Rewind, Running Wolfe and […]
Fines Creek Fair and Music Festival
Food, Exhibits, and much more. Food offered: Hotdog Plate $5 Hamburger Plate $6 (Both include chips, baked beans, dessert and drink). Exhibits and Live Demonstrations by: Sunset Cruisers, Ole Smoky Antique Tractor Club, Blacksmithing, Weaving, Farm Animal Exhibit, Knife Fabricating. Local History Narrated by: Louise K. Nelson-Author and others, Bushcraft and Survival, Sustainability, Handmade Soaps, […]
Coffee with the Curator: Southern Strands Exhibition
Take a walk through the galleries with the Curator and get a behind-the-scenes look into the Southern Strands: North Carolina Fiber Art an exhibit made possible by a grant from the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area Partnership. Afterward, guests are invited to converse and pose questions while enjoying complimentary coffee and cookies (courtesy of Appalachia Cookie Company) with […]
Spruce Pine Potters Market
Cross Street Commerce Building 31 Cross Street , Spruce Pine, NC, United StatesThe Spruce Pine Potters Market is a unique gathering and sale of our region’s greatest potters and clay artists. Purchase beautiful handmade pottery from 30 artists and enjoy wonderful wood-fired pizza from Fresh/Asheville on a colorful autumn weekend. Admission is free and lunches are available for purchase on site.
Valle Country Fair
Valle Crucis Conference Center Fair Grounds Highway 194, Valle Crucis, NC, United StatesCome early, stay late and enjoy live music in the big tent from 9 to 4 pm in a beautiful and historic mountain setting. More than 160 top quality, juried art and craft exhibitors from the Southeast. Food Galore – Hot Coffee/Tea and breakfast items available early, Brunswick Stew, Chili, BBQ, Sausage Factory, Burgers and […]
Appalachian Folk Festival at Vance Birthplace
Vance Birthplace State Historic Site 911 Reems Creek Road, Weaverville, NC, United StatesThis event will celebrate the traditions and cultures of the people who called the North Carolina mountains home in the early 1800s! Visitors can tour the site’s pioneer mansion and 1790s slave cabin. See and smell the open-hearth cooking in our 1795 fireplace, make your own candle, and discover how everyday life has changed over […]
Crafty Historian at Smith-McDowell House
Smith-McDowell House 283 Victoria Road, Asheville, NC, United StatesCome join the Crafty Historian and try your hand at paper quilling. Quilling is the art of curling strips of paper into interesting designs. The craft got its name from from the way paper strips were curled around bird quills (a feather's center backbone). Colonial artists decorated candle holders and tea trays with pretty quilling. […]
Halloween Open House: Creepy Crafts
Bring the little goblins to the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum for some "creepy crafts" on Saturday, October 26th from 2-3 pm! Join us for Halloween-themed hands-on activities for the family! Free and open to the public.
