Description of mission and details of Folk Art Center in Oldest building in Valle Crucis NC that presents the Traditional Folk Arts of the Mountain People including music and dance in addition to visu
April 29, 2004 (Press Release) --
The Valle Crucis Folk Art Center in the North Carolina Mountains will give visitors an opportunity to explore the High Country's rich history of folk arts.
Featured artists at the center can teach, sell, or teach and sell
their crafts, allowing visitors to bring home authentic goods and a
bit of knowledge.
Basically, if we can find a folk artist to teach it, we will offer
it.
The house which houses the Folk Art Center is
considered to be the oldest in Valle Crucis, located across the way
from Mast General Store.
It was also the first house to feature closets and indoor plumbing
in
the community.
The Goldsmith shop will have as on of its featured items will be a handcrafted gold
cross with "Valle Crucis" engraved.
There'll be a variety of all kinds of stuff that'd be in a traditional farmhouse kitchen including items such as sauerkraut and jellies.
A "folk music historian" will be on the premises at all times and a room full of traditional instruments.
Many of the venues will feature workshops or classes, such as a mountain dulcimer workshop with award-winning dulcimer
maker and performer Joe Collins who will also perform a concert at the folk
center's outdoor stage.
"We'll get some picnic tables out there, and We encourage people to
just come out and listen to music,"
A local orchard is considering opening shop in the house's side
building for a "Goodness Grows in North Carolina" apple and cider
outlet. In regards to fresh goods, the center will feature a
Saturday
morning "tailgate market" for local farm products, arts, crafts,
antiques and collectibles.
The grounds are filled with lush greenery, and are suitable for the
center's Heirloom Garden Club, which will grow and develop display
herb gardens, along with transplanting native plants and flowers to
the landscape.
The greenery surrounds a gazebo, ideal for weddings, and adjacent to a pond filled with bass and sunfish. Come October,
visitors can tread through a pumpkin patch.
In December, wreath-makers and Christmas tree growers will plant
their roots at the center, providing seasonal offerings for
visitors.
The primary difference between the Folk Art Center
and other mountain emporiums is that the center will solely sell
homemade, local products…with the exception of a few sundry items in
the gift shop, such as drinks, film, batteries and postcards.
The center is currently seeking folk artists and
crafters "in all mediums" to participate in the galleries or venues,
or to teach classes.
For more information, call 828-262-0006 or 828-729-3606.
Featured artists at the center can teach, sell, or teach and sell
their crafts, allowing visitors to bring home authentic goods and a
bit of knowledge.
Basically, if we can find a folk artist to teach it, we will offer
it.
The house which houses the Folk Art Center is
considered to be the oldest in Valle Crucis, located across the way
from Mast General Store.
It was also the first house to feature closets and indoor plumbing
in
the community.
The Goldsmith shop will have as on of its featured items will be a handcrafted gold
cross with "Valle Crucis" engraved.
There'll be a variety of all kinds of stuff that'd be in a traditional farmhouse kitchen including items such as sauerkraut and jellies.
A "folk music historian" will be on the premises at all times and a room full of traditional instruments.
Many of the venues will feature workshops or classes, such as a mountain dulcimer workshop with award-winning dulcimer
maker and performer Joe Collins who will also perform a concert at the folk
center's outdoor stage.
"We'll get some picnic tables out there, and We encourage people to
just come out and listen to music,"
A local orchard is considering opening shop in the house's side
building for a "Goodness Grows in North Carolina" apple and cider
outlet. In regards to fresh goods, the center will feature a
Saturday
morning "tailgate market" for local farm products, arts, crafts,
antiques and collectibles.
The grounds are filled with lush greenery, and are suitable for the
center's Heirloom Garden Club, which will grow and develop display
herb gardens, along with transplanting native plants and flowers to
the landscape.
The greenery surrounds a gazebo, ideal for weddings, and adjacent to a pond filled with bass and sunfish. Come October,
visitors can tread through a pumpkin patch.
In December, wreath-makers and Christmas tree growers will plant
their roots at the center, providing seasonal offerings for
visitors.
The primary difference between the Folk Art Center
and other mountain emporiums is that the center will solely sell
homemade, local products…with the exception of a few sundry items in
the gift shop, such as drinks, film, batteries and postcards.
The center is currently seeking folk artists and
crafters "in all mediums" to participate in the galleries or venues,
or to teach classes.
For more information, call 828-262-0006 or 828-729-3606.
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