Heritage – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Penland Gallery and Visitors Center

Penland School of Craft is an internationally celebrated center for education in contemporary and traditional...

It is rare to find an event that’s been around for an entire century, but...

Graham County is home to the Snowbird Community, which is part of the larger Eastern...

The annual Mountain Heritage Day serves as a community and campus celebration of Southern Appalachian...

The Rickman Store is located in the heart of the Cowee-West’s Mill Historic District in...

Saunooke’s Mill in Cherokee has been a fixture on the Qualla Boundary since 1975. The...

Inspired by the North Carolina mountains and local pottery traditions, potter and author Rodney Leftwich...

Hewing a legacy in native wood over the generations The Brasstown Carvers can trace their start to...

Chair-making magic passed down through generations The Woody family started making handcrafted "mule-ear" chairs in Mitchell...

The great beauty of mountain leaves and flowers, hammered into silver A native of Brooklyn,...

See new artists create on banks of world's oldest river As a bustling artist enclave...

Appalachian Women's Museum features the home arts The sprawling house that dominates the Monteith Farmstead was once the...