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28930
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The John C. Campbell Folk School teaches the crafts, techniques, and tools that people used in western North Carolina. The school was started by Olive Dame Campbell and Marguerite Butler who believed the quality of life could be improved by education.
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NC Arts (NoCar Oversize NX 1 N22x), Vol. 14 Issue 3, Summer 2000, p6-7, por
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29752
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Western North Carolina has a longstanding appreciation for traditional arts and crafts, and creative learning opportunities abound. The John C. Campbell Folk School offers a wide range of classes in blacksmithing, jewelry, music, woodworking, cooking and writing. Other schools provide workshops and training in marbling, arts entrepreneurship, pottery, and letterpress.
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29744
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A series of workshops offered this spring and summer by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of North Carolina, Asheville will highlight the crafts of the Appalachian Mountains. Some of these crafts include handmade brooms, corn shuck dolls, basketry and blown glass.
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37613
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Works of art produced by the Quilt Trail Project are partly utilitarian; within these decorative squares are stories of people from a region. Six Western North Carolina counties host over two hundred quilt blocks whose stories reflect the history of towns as well as individuals. Examples include a block of an open door, which hangs in a Burnsville bank. The bank’s significance lie in being the only one to stay open in that area during the Great Depression.
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2440
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The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee contains over 10,000 items pertaining to folk songs and dance, handicrafts, and oral traditions of the Southern Appalachian region.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 55 Issue 2, July 1987, p8-9,36, il
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