The 9th annual Carolina Craft Day, held at the North Carolina Arboretum on Saturday, Sept. 26, features work in fiber, paper, clay, metal and wood. There were also be traditional music and craft demonstrations.
Press release from event organizers:
The North Carolina Arboretum will celebrate traditional and contemporary Southern Appalachian art and craft at its Carolina Craft Day on Saturday, September 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arboretum’s Education Center. In its ninth year, the 2015 Carolina Craft Day will feature artists working in fiber, paper, clay, metal, and wood as well as traditional music and informational craft demonstrations. All participating artists have been juried in and represent some of the excellent work from the region. Artists’ work will be available for purchase during the fair.
“Western North Carolina is known worldwide for its botanical beauty and diversity as well as for its vital artistic industry with strong roots in traditional Southern Appalachian craft,” said Beth Ross Johnson, adult education coordinator at The North Carolina Arboretum. “The North Carolina Arboretum’s Carolina Craft Day showcases the region’s craft heritage, and demonstrates the close relationship between craft and the plants used as materials and as inspiration in the works themselves.”
Carolina Craft Day will feature more than a dozen vendors exhibiting ceramics, books, jewelry, wood, and architectural and wall pieces. Visitors are also encouraged to explore the Arboretum’s Heritage Garden, a demonstration garden that showcases many of the plants used in the multi-million-dollar craft industry of western North Carolina, including some of those used for handmade paper and brooms, baskets and dyes.
For more information on Carolina Craft Day and a list of participating artists, please visit www.ncarboretum.org.
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