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- John C. Campbell Folk SchoolBrasstown
- Penland School of CraftPenland
- Pocosin ArtsColumbia
- Sawtooth School for Visual ArtWinston-Salem
Craft & traditional arts in North Carolina
Made by hand, from the mountains to the coast.
Potters, quilters, weavers, carvers and smiths, and the schools, guilds and fairs that keep their work going.
Browse by medium
Pieced by medium
Nine ways in, sewn into one quilt top. Each square is made of its own material, and each opens the studios, guilds and classes for that craft.
All craft listings- Pottery & ceramicsGlazed stoneware, with a dripOrange Street Pottery, Wilmington
- Fiber, weaving & quiltingNine-patch block, hand-quiltedCapital Quilters Guild, Raleigh
- Woodworking & carvingTurned bowl, carved spoonTriad Woodcarvers, Winston-Salem
- BasketryWhite-oak splint basket—
- Metal & blacksmithingAnvil, hammer and a hot barJewelry and Metal Artist Collective
- GlassLeaded stained glass—
- Jewelry & beadworkBeaded strand, silver setting—
- Instrument makingDulcimer, spruce top—
- Craft schools & guildsA guild’s maker’s markJohn C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown
- Guides for makersA cloth-bound field guideArts business guide
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Kiln openings, quilt shows, carving days and craft fairs. Studios and guilds post their own dates once they claim a listing.
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Craft centers and guild shops, working potteries, makerspaces and the schools where people come to learn a craft for a week or a lifetime.
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Makers & guilds
Potters’ and carvers’ guilds, metals collectives and artisans’ associations, plus quilt guilds that meet in nearly every corner of the state.
Find makers & guildsTowns strong in craft
Craft towns & trails
Ten stops worth the drive, from a folk school in the far west to decoy carving on the Core Sound. Each town page lists studios, shops and classes.
All towns- BrasstownJohn C. Campbell Folk School and its Fall Festival
- AshevilleSouthern Highland Handicraft Guild, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, and the Alliance for American Quilts
- PenlandPenland School of Craft, in Mitchell County
- WilkesboroBlue Ridge Artisans Association and Wilkes County Quilters
- Winston-SalemSawtooth School for Visual Art and Triad Woodcarvers
- SeagroveWorking potteries and the NC Pottery Center
- RaleighTriangle Potters Guild, Carolina Designer Craftsmen and Capital Quilters Guild
- ColumbiaPocosin Arts
- Harkers IslandCore Sound Waterfowl Museum and decoy carving on the coast
- WilmingtonOrange Street Pottery
For makers
Off the pegboard
Where to take a class, find bench space and kiln time, and get juried into a guild or a fair.
All maker resourcesLearning a family or community tradition? See Folklife Apprenticeships at the North Carolina Arts Council
North Carolina heritage
Seagrove, centuries in clay
“the centuries-old pottery tradition of the Seagrove region”
That is how the North Carolina Arts Council names one of the state’s traditions. On the coast it names another: “fishing, boatbuilding and duck decoy carving on the coast.”
- VisitNC Pottery Center, Seagrove
- VisitCore Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island
Quoted from the North Carolina Arts Council, Folk and Traditional Arts
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