The Southern Highland Craft Guild’s latest exhibit, “The Power of Distinction,” features selected works from our 5,700-piece Permanent Collection covering a variety of media from regional to international arts and artifacts. The exhibit samples work from each of the Collection’s seven categories: Guild, Fine Art, Regional, Historical, Tools, National, and International.
The oldest piece on display is a fragment of a Peruvian Tapestry, donated to the Permanent Collection by former Guild Director Robert Gray and his wife, Verdelle. This Pre-Columbian weaving dates back to 1000-1450 AD and was originally double in size.
Many of the Guild’s historical, national, international, and early regional works were donated to the Guild in 1938 by Frances L Goodrich, a founding member of the Guild. A major portion of her donation focuses on the traditional Southern Appalachian region represented in the Permanent Collection Gallery located on the second level of the Folk Art Center.
“The Power of Distinction” is open now through May 5, 2020. Admission to the Folk Art Center is free. The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in east Asheville. Headquarters to the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the Center also houses three galleries, a library, a craft shop and a Blue Ridge Parkway information desk and bookstore.
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