Western North Carolina has another great lineup of artsy happenings and special events scheduled in 2018! Many of these events are long standing annual events, and some are new and in the planning stages. New for this year includes lots of Glass Art events!
Asheville's Summer of Glass will be taking place from late May - early October 2018. This site will be populated soon with details, so check back regularly!
Art and Fine Craft Events in Western NC - 2018
- March 1: New Exhibition Opening at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery
- March 3: Penland School Community Open House, 1pm-5pm
- March 3: Silver River Center for Chair Caning, Laced Caning,11a-2p
- March 10: Asheville Art Museum, Crafting Abstraction New exhibition opening.
- March 23-24: Grovewood Gallery, Spring Sip & Shop
- March 31: Black Mountain College Museum+Arts Center, 8th annual {Re}Happening, 3pm-10pm
- April 7: Glass & Metal Day, Folk Art Center, 10am-4pm
- April 7-23: Grovewood Gallery, Spring Awakening, pediatric patients’ exhibition to benefit Arts For Life
- April 14: Potters Market – Potters of Madison County at Marshall High Studios, 9am-4pm
- April 28: Fire on the Mountain, blacksmithing event, 10am-4pm, Spruce Pine
- April 28-29: Weaverville Art Safari, 10am-5pm
- May 3: New Exhibition opening at Blue Spiral 1 Gallery
- May 5: Silver River Center for Chair Caning, Paper Rush Weaving, 11a-2p
- May 12-13: Fiber Weekend, Folk Art Center
- May 17: Chihuly at The Biltmore exhibition opens
- May 19: Silver River Center for Chair Caning, Laced Caning, 11a-2p
- May 19: Cloth Fiber Workshop, Hand Dying Embroidery Thread with Plant Dyes, 10-4
- May 19-20: Asheville Fine Art Show, 10am-5pm
- May 19: Montford Arts & Music Festival,10a-7p
- June 1-2: Kick-off for Summer of Glass
- June 1-3: Toe River Studio Tour
- June 2: Cloth Fiber Workshop, Abundant + Local + Natural: Spring Dye Plants, 10a-4p.
- June 9: Southern Highland Clay Fest, Folk Art Center
- June 16, 23, 30: Asheville Art in the Park
- July 7-8: Downtown Asheville Festival of the Arts with Craft Marketplace, 10am-5pm
- July 20-22: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
- August 3-4: Mt Mitchell Crafts Fair, Burnsville
- August 4: Wood Day, Folk Art Center
- August 4-5: Biltmore Village Art & Craft Fair
- August 10-11: Penland School of Craft Annual Auction
- August 18-19: Come to Leicester Studio Tour
- September 8: Caldwell Co. Sculpture Show, Lenoir
- September 15: Weaverville Art in Autumn
- September 15-16: Heritage Weekend, Folk Art Center
- September 28-30 : Asheville Quilt Guild annual show at the WNC Ag Center
- September 29-30: Art on Main, Hendersonville.10am-5pm
- October 5-14: American Craft Week, national event with lots of WNC regional activities
- October 6, 13, 20: Asheville Art in the Park
- October 19-21: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands
