Handmade Wonders, Crafted With Passion
Promoting the Work of Our Southern Artists and Craftsmen-Original Art & Craft
Original Art by Cathy Cooper, Franklin ,N.C.
Promoting the Work of Our Southern Artists and Craftsmen-Original Art & Craft
Original Art by Cathy Cooper, Franklin ,N.C.
Promoter Doris Hunter works tirelessly every year to bring you top notch Art and Craft shows. Both feature a variety of original, hand made crafts to ensure a wonderful shopping experience.
Our 2024 date of the "Hard Candy Christmas " will be November 29-30, the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving. Hours are 10
Mountain Artisans " SUMMERTIME ARTS & CRAFTS SHOW
JUNE 28-29 2024
(WCU) RAMSEY CENTER
CULLOWHE, N.C.
Featured Artist will be Regenia Ford, "Mountain Memories" of Hartford, TN.
She hand-paints her favorite subjects of our beautiful mountains on rustic barn boards and antique windows. She also creates original Christmas ornaments.
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The Mountain Artisans Art & Craft Shows started in Macon County ,N.C. in 1987. Only 8 artisans exhibited at the first Christmas show in Franklin, NC.
"We never imagined that, down the road, we would be headed to the wonderful Ramsey Center on the Western Carolina University campus in Cullowhee, North Carolina! (92 Catamount Rd, Cullowhee, NC 28723)
It is a dream come true. As the years have flown by, more and more artisans wanted a good place to sell their handwork and joined us. The southern craftsman is alive and well in this area. Many of us are descendants of the first settlers in this area. We grew up using heritage crafts and sleeping under quilts our Mothers made. The older generation inspired us with sewing, pine needle baskets, clay art, and primitive furniture.
We are hoping to preserve and share with you these vanishing crafts.
If you are visiting this magical area, we have an amazing Jackson County Chamber www.mountainlovers.com. They will promptly guide your plans to visit us."
Mountain Artisans' Art and Crafts Shows provide a marketplace for customers and artisans to meet. It is an amazing collection under one roof. You would have to visit dozens of shows to find what I have gathered in one place.
Cullowhee, North Carolina, is home to Western Carolina University.(Cullowhee is the Cherokee name for 'Valley of the Lily ) On the campus is the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center arena that boasts 18,000 square feet of climate-controlled comfort for everyone. It is home to the Catamount's basketball games, but two times each year, they move over for our craft shows. A great setup crew makes it all look easy for me.
Quaint Cullowhee Valley nestles off Highway 107 that runs up to Cashiers, North Carolina, from Sylva. It is a stop off of the Southern Highroads Trail Highway. All around are big, soft mountains. A footbridge crosses Cullowhee Creek to get to the show from the parking lot. It is peaceful to your soul just to be here. Click on the map to see how to get to Cullowhee, NC, from Asheville, Cherokee, and Atlanta.
Notes from the Show Promoter - contact me: Doris Hunter (828) 524 3405. (828) 421-8181
2024 'Summertime " EXHIBITORS
Stay tuned as the 'Summertime " Show fills .
Outside Artists: The sidewalk and surrounding area leading up to the big Catamount door entrance has a sample of the quality artisans inside. Look for the following exhibitors:
James E Mills Raven Fork Rods Fly Rods Designer and maker
New! Homer Franklin Combat Veteran Wood Working Wood American Flags
Bobby Bearden Metal Yard Art
Andrew is a Senior at Toccoa Falls College. He is preparing to graduate Pre Med but has found a love for turning mountain hardwoods into tables. He is helping work his way through school. The Mountain laurel turns into table legs, and the fine Black Walnut is perfect for tops. Many trees he cuts and cures himself. His fascination with nature may have come honestly, as he is the Grandson of show producer Doris Hunter. He can be reached at his web site :www.huntershandicrafts.com
Patty Medic Fish and Bird Folk Art
Katie Wall Sourwood Honey and More
Jim Humphrey Giggles and Grins : Caricatures
COMING AT "HARD CANDY CHRISTMAS ":
Sandy DeNiear :Christmas Paintings
Ronnie Evans:
There will be live guitar music floating from the fingers of Macon County's own.
He will be selling his CDs to enjoy all year and signing copies of his latest historical book from Macon County, NC family.
This is the nonfiction story of 5 generations of the Peek-Evans clan that includes the legend of cousin William Comer Peek, aka "Panther Bill Peek."
(He killed the panther with an ax to save his dogs)
Wife, Jean Gregory Evans, will be selling her latest signed Children's book.
"Who Knew the Llama Knew"?
Dogwood Crafters will be selling samples from their unique store and demonstrating vanishing arts.
They feature quality mountain handcrafts from their shop in Dillsboro, NC.
BRENDA ANDERS info@dogwoodcrafters.com
Arena :
Elain Hyatt Nature / Plaster Casting will be at Summertime "
The pottery artisans will be back for Christmas
Bob & Jean Mitchell Clay Art ( Will return for 'Hard Candy Christmas " 2024 )
Jessica Henderson UNTIL EDEN POTTERY
Christie Walker, WOODLAND FARMS POTTERY
Amanda Janes Home Cooked Pottery
using Mountain Botanicals as patterns
Cory Plott POTTERY is a Christmas artisan.
Wendy Converse Converse Creation Pottery is a Christmas artisan .
Mallory Hartman Handmade Pottery /Jewelry
SOURWOOD HONEY
Honey by K and K
Katie Wall
NEW !! Handmade Chocolates and Gifts
Wendy Sorrell
GW Watts: Sauce Boss Handcrafted Gourmet Sauce and Seasonings
Terry Cook Delightful Dips
A perennial favorite with her homemade dips, mixes, and southern meat rubs.
Chuck and Amy Ney: Homemade in Haywood Canned goods and Mountain Toys will be back for CHRISTMAS
FB Homemade in Haywood
Bill Reed Freedom Farms :goat milk soap is retiring
Kelli Hubbs Mountain Soap Box Soap Box cold press will be at 'Summertime " www.mountainsoapbox.com
Joanna Ormond Goat milk Hand soap / Kids toy soap /luxury lotion
will be back for Christmas
Kaiti Blythe Turquoise Tortuga Pure Soy Candles -Crafts
New! Mark & Holly Begley "2 Krazy Krafters " Hand painted Patio Pavers
And Refinished recanned Chairs /Stools
Bonnie and Denny Wallace, Greasy Creek Crafts presenting their CHRISTMAS decorations for your home.
Denny has wood turnings, too.
Fran LeRoy: handcrafted wreath collection will be at 'Summertime "
Lori Reimer Candles n Glassware
Leanna Sain Southern Suspense Novels
Lin and J.L. Stepp Mountain Hill Press: Regional Novels and Guidebooks
www.linstepp.com will be back for Christmas
Pamela L..Valpert
Author MY BOOK
'THE TRIBES of the LITTLES
Kathy Murray Kathy Murray Designs Lighted Glass Pieces
Susan Gasperson with Diamond Dot Painting
Appalachian Baskets : will be demonstrating at 'Summertime "
Junetta Pell/Charles Paine111/Andrew Beck
Baskets ,Chairs Bottoms, Fine Art
Heather Seaman, Pine Needle Basket Weaving, and Demonstration
Mary Nutter 'Scentsy"products
Martha Dobson :"Encouraging the Nations " Items from Uganda Missions
Jill Province Gnomes,Magic Wands
Tommy Hill, quality leather work
He has made the perfect gift for someone special.
Joy Young Pirate Industries
Fun Jewelry ,teas, Ornaments
David Pruitt, Another Place In Time, will present his 'Summertime " collection of Appalachian Churches
His wife, Silvia Pruitt, will have her hanging kitchen towels, coasters, and star ornaments.
Jeanne Mack JeanneMack Originals will be at ''Summertime "Southern Paintings always has new customers for her southern paintings and charming feline art.
Kathy Cooper Mountain Watercolors
instagram@saltcreekstudioarts
April Lizzy Animal Art /Photography
Regenia Ford ' Mountain Memories '
Featured Artist
Jessica Bean Designs Original Greeting Cards
Welcome Back Nina Hutchins "Knot Just Country "
Aprons ,Dolls, Knitted Items
Katherine Parker Handstitched Quilts
Sharon Blaine Turner Art Dolls will return Christmas 2024
Mary Wilkinson Rhinestone Ladies T's
Mark and Susan Kennedy: Susan's Hand Quilted Purses and Mark's Photograph
will return for Christmas .
Bev Bordchardt
presents her 'Summertime" collections of Quilts, Wall hangings and Hand towels.
Olivia Perkins: DeForest Designs
Nicki Russo: Mountain Life Will be back at Christmas .
Katie Stovall Crocheted Stuffed Animals
Judy Tobias Housekeeping Accessories
Randy Tobias Pottery Face Jugs
Santa will be at this booth for Christmas .
Christina Grubbs Face Book Two Sisters Fiber Art
Member of Toe River Arts Council will be back for Christmas
Margaret Downs Downs Sisters will be back for Christmas
Magical Fairies and other special Things
Debra Bell Quilts, Table Runners and more
New ! Brock Family Woodcraft
Lathe Turned Crafts & Decor
Jeff Price Originals
Native Wood Burning and Wood Working
Keegan Watson Furniture and Turned Bowls
Jay Nelson Wood Bowls and misc.
Kate Kedzierski Creative Path
Small Wood Trinket Boxes
www.creativepathworkshopetsy.com
David Byers ''Riverwilde Wood Designs"
Hand-Turned Wood & Resin Bowls
www.riverwildewooddesigns.weebly.com
David S. Hedrick Wooden Toys will be back for Christmas
Betty Rickman Kitchen Boards by Betty will be back in 2025
Kevin M
cKinney Wood Turner and Jean Molnar Artist
MM Artistic Production will be back at Summertime
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Janet Anderson, Wild Fired Glass, is a favorite artist in glass,
She is returning for 'Summertime "
Dates for the 2024 "Hard Candy Christmas" are Nov 29-30.
Thank you for making it your first stop for original arts and crafts at great prices! Our area American artists and craftsmen are still making beautiful things with our hands and our hearts just for you! Come, have a mountain apple, a piece of hard candy, and shop from the best area artisans. You are sure to catch the Christmas Spirit.
In October, I will make my way over the mountain to visit Barber's Orchard in Waynesville, NC. I will reserve bushels of mixed apples. They will rest in the cooler until the week of the show. My favorite Cameos, Delicious Galas will be piled into the big basket on the ticket table to share with our customers. Peppermint pieces and mixed sweets will be in the antique candy jar to enjoy, too. It is my way of preserving and sharing our mountain Christmas tradition.
MEMORIES: The smell of freshly cut evergreens brings me back home when I was small. Then, my big sister led the way to bring home the family Christmas tree. It was always a cedar scrub tree picked from a neighbor's sagebrush field. She and I struggled through the briars and over the creek with our treasure. I fondly remember the year my brother came home from the War and brought bubble lights! Wow! Decorating that annual tree was unforgettable. No matter how lean the year had been, we got a stocking with an apple, orange, and, of course, Hard Candy. The name of my show is centered around the tradition of our mountain Christmas of celebrating Jesus' birth, it is truly the most wonderful time of the year, sincerely, Doris Cruse Hunter, your show producer
Mountain Artisans Shows "Where all the good artists are!"
The Mountain Artisans shows are famous for featuring just the biggest selection of authentic handcrafted art and craft in this area.
Mountain Artisans promotes two events each year. The "Summertime" show is held the last week of June The "Hard Candy Christmas," a Mountain Christmas Tradition, is always the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Both events are held inside the Western Carolina University Ramsey Center in scenic Cullowhee, North Carolina.
It is centrally located only 45 miles southwest of Asheville, just minutes from The Great Smoky Mountains.
Each exhibitor at these shows is carefully screened to be the best in their field.
You can purchase original art and meet the artist who made it!
There is a wide selection of heritage crafts. Several of the old-time quilters still make them one at a time just for you. Goat milk soap
pine needle baskets and skilled woodworkers are here every show.
Some of the most skilled doll craft, leather craft, and master jewelers around exhibit with us. Many of the gourd artists have won awards in competitions.
Shoppers love Folk Art, one-of-a-kind birdhouses, and designer fabric purses. We have just the best artists in pottery and clay art.
Ronnie Evans is our live guitar strummer. He plays the songs we remember courting to. At Christmas, he brings good memories with carols that we do not hear much anymore.
It is worth the drive to get here.
You will understand why everyone who attends our shows just says: "Wow" when they attend and plan to come back next year!
Mountain Artisans
155 North Womack St., Franklin, North Carolina 28734
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