Pottery Traditions:
Southern Highland Craft Guild and the Folk Art Center, Asheville
With so many competing craft production centers operating in the 1920s, craft leaders decided to form a cooperative marketing organization to promote regional crafts collectively. Originally founded as the Southern Mountain Handicraft Guild in 1930, today's makes its home in the , located on the
Blue Ridge Parkway just north of Asheville. The guild serves nine states with artist-members exhibiting and selling a variety of crafts, including pottery. Since 1948, the guild has sponsored the , a major event held each July and October in Asheville.
Folk Art Center, Blue Ridge Parkway
milepost 382, Asheville; 828-298-7928
