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Connecting to Place: Blue Ridge Craft Trails Invitational 2026

Free

As Georgia is known for its peaches and New Orleans for its jazz, so too is Western North Carolina known for its high-quality craft. What makes WNC a center of craft is the artists’ knowledge of natural materials and their connection to the place that provides them. Their hand skills and imagination nurture both innovative and traditional handcraft practices that exist side-by-side in a thriving creative economy.The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts and the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area w