Western North Carolina has a great lineup of festivals and special events scheduled in 2017, many of these events are long standing annual events, and some are “brand new”. Brand new includes two large show organizers bringing their festivals to Asheville this year: on May 20-21 Hotworks Fine Art Show will be in the US Cellular Center (this weekend coincides with two other big events locally); then on July 1-2 the Howard Alan Group will bring their show to Pack Place, Asheville, calling it the Downtown Asheville Festival of the Arts with Craft Marketplace. It will be interesting to see who shows up from around the country to exhibit their artwork in Asheville for these festivals!
Art and Fine Craft Events in Western NC - 2017
- February 17-19: National Arts & Crafts Conference at the Grove Park Inn; 30th anniversary
- March 4: Penland School Community Open House, 1pm-5pm
- March 9: New Exhibition opening at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery
- March 10: Asheville Art Museum, Art Break: The Art of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, 12pm
- March 17: Silver River Center for Chair Caning, Shaker Tape Weaving on a Chair Seat
- March 25: Black Mountain College Museum+Arts Center, 7th annual {Re}Happening, 3pm-10pm
- April 1: Glass & Metal Day, Folk Art Center, 10am-4pm
- April 8: Potters Market – Potters of Madison County at Marshall High Studios, 9am-4pm
- April 29: Fire on the Mountain, blacksmithing event, 10am-4pm, Spruce Pine
- April 29-30: Weaverville Art Safari, 10am-5pm
- May 4: New Exhibition opening at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery
- May 13-14: Fiber Weekend, Folk Art Center
- May 20: Grovewood Gallery 25th anniversary celebration, 2pm-6pm
- May 20-21: River Arts District Studio Stroll
- May 20-21: Asheville Fine Art Show, 10am-5pm
- June 2-4: Toe River Studio Tour
- June 10: Southern Highland Clay Fest, Folk Art Center
- June 10, 17, 24: Asheville Art in the Park
- June 17: Centennial Anniversary of Biltmore Industries, 12pm
- June 29: New Exhibition opening at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery
- July 1-2: Downtown Asheville Festival of the Arts with Craft Marketplace, 10am-5pm
- July 20-23: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
- August 5: Wood Day, Folk Art Center
- August 5-6: Biltmore Village Art & Craft Fair
- August 11-12: Penland School of Craft Annual Auction
- August 19-20: Come to Leicester Studio Tour
- September 16-17: Heritage Weekend, Folk Art Center
- September 29-October 1: Asheville Quilt Guild annual show at the NC Arboretum
- September 29-October 1: Fine Art and Craft Festival, Hendersonville.10am-5pm
- October 6-15: American Craft Week, national event with lots of WNC regional activities
- October 7, 14, 21: Asheville Art in the Park
- October 20-22: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
- October 28-29: Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair at the WNC Ag Center
