Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands Returns This Weekend

Now in its 71st year, the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands returns to downtown Asheville’s U.S. Cellular Center to provide the community access to some of the region’s finest artists.

Filling both the concourse and arena levels of the venue, makers exhibit a variety of craft ranging from contemporary to traditional in works of clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media, and jewelry.

This year’s featured maker is woodworker Steve Noggle from Morganton, NC. A degree in forestry landed him in the Pacific Northwest as a timber cruiser. Shortly after, he discovered the art of crafting fine, wooden furniture. While engineering new designs, Steve began to turn wood on a lathe. In 2004, Steve juried into the Southern Highland Craft Guild as a master of woodturning. Today, each of his pieces is spun from a chunk of wet, green wood into a bowl or vessel with a satin finish that is pleasing to the eye. Celebrate his talent with us this year at the Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands!

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Steve will be joined by hundreds of other makers and artists. A full list of the exhibitors is available online via PDF. A map of the exhibit floor is also available.

Fair hours are 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Friday and Saturday as well as 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on Sunday. General admission is $8 per person; children under twelve may enter for free. Please call 828-298-7928 or visit Ticketmaster if you would like to purchase in advance.