Becoming a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild is no easy task. The first criteria for membership is living in one of the mountain counties of the Southern Appalachians. The states represented follow the mountain range from Maryland to Alabama.
Once residence is established, the artist's work goes through a rigorous jury process. The work is critiqued by members of the Guild who are experts in their specific medium. Artisans are selected based on the high quality of design and craftsmanship reflected in their work.
The Southern Higland Craft Guild is an educational, non-profit organization founded in 1930 for the purpose of creating a network and market for mountain craftspeople. Today, Guild membership stands at more than 900 artisans.
The Legacy Continues represents the following fifty artists who have juried into the Guild from 2004 - 2009:
- Jason Anderson
- Jon Arsenault
- Barbara Ball
- Dianne Beil
- Maud Boleman
- Kyle B. Carpenter
- Bill & Tina Collison
- Chery Cratty
- Kri DuBois
- Suzanne Q. Evon
- Elizabeth Ann Garlington
- Laura Gaskin
- Bill Groce
- Judy Harwood & Melanie
- Cheryl Hevrdeys
- Gail Holt
- Paula B. Hotvedt
- Maggie & Freeman Jones
- Bobbie Kelsten
- Eric Knoche
- Jan Kransberger
- Susan Webb Lee
- Annie Fain Liden
- Becky & Steve Lloyd
- Steve Loucks
- Greg Magruder
- Barbara Merrell
- Marti Mocahbee
- Betsy Morrill
- Holden McCurry
- Valerie McGaughey
- Jean McGrew
- Phillip Nolley
- Erica Oursland
- Leslie Owens
- Jim & Shirl Parmentier
- Amy Putansu
- Joseph Race
- Emily Reason
- Laura Reese
- Kathie Roig
- Dea Sasso
- Judy Simmons
- Billy Ray Sims
- Ron Slagle
- Ray Snyder
- Jessica Van Neste
- Peter Werner
- Pat Williams
- Scott Woody
The exhibition will be on display in the Folk Art Center’s Main Gallery. The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in east Asheville, just off Hwy 70. For more information, visit www.craftguild.org or call 828-298-7928.
(Images provided by the Southern Highland Craft Guild.)
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