The Folk Art Center
is the most popular attraction on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The Folk Art Center showcases the finest in traditional and contemporary crafts of the Southern Appalachians. It's the most popular attraction on the Blue Ridge Parkway and is only a stone's throw from downtown Asheville.
As the flagship shop and headquarters of the Southern Highland Craft Guild the Folk Art Center welcomes over 250,000 visitors each year. The Guild was formed in 1928 by a group of distinguished craft educators, including William Hutchins, President of Berea College, Dr. Mary Martin Sloop of Crossnore School, Mrs. John C Campbell from the Folk School and Lucy Morgan of the Penland School, to conserve and develop mountain crafts. To become a member in this organization an applicant's work must be accepted by a juried committee of peers, based on quality, design and craftsmanship. Membership in the Guild now totals over 900 and is limited to the nine states of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina.

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