Mountain Made in Asheville, N.C., creating poetry in the mountains for ACW2020

 

A long time supporter of American Craft Week, Mountain Made in Grove Arcade, Asheville,  N.C., has great ideas for ACW2020... they'll be hosting a graffiti painting project and doing a book of poetry & thoughts on 'The Year of 2020.' The book will eventually be published and sold with profits going to charity. How cool is that? Be sure to check out their website for more information. And if you're in the area, definitely attend their events. They're going to be such fun  ... don't forget your mask!😊

The Village Potters Clay Center rocks!

It is always a delight to welcome The Village Potters Clay Center back to American Craft Week! They throw a grand event filled week every time, so inspiring! Located in the fabulous Asheville River Arts District in the Western North Carolina mountains, they are creative, fun and share their joy of pottery whole heartedly. There are 6 resident potters, they hold workshops, have a Scholarship fund and so much more. Be sure to bookmark their website and Facebook page so you don't miss out on their events and news. If you're in the area, be sure to stop by.
ACW can't wait to see what their plans are for the week of fun, 2-11 October, this year.

Image courtesy of The Village Potters Facebook page

Be inspired

Joining us for American Craft Week is easy and we want you to have fun. We ask you to arrange one event at least during the week. This can be a demonstration of throwing pots on a wheel, an artist talk to an elaborate multi-media group exhibit. You can get a number of arts related businesses near you to join up and throw an arty party for a weekend with studio tours, gallery events and performance art. Whatever works for you, the activities help the chorus of voices to highlight how important our crafts are to the quality of life and the economy of our communities.

So, now you've signed up to join us in 2018 and you need some ideas to get the creative juices going? Try checking out what previous participants have done.
A fabulous example for an exhibit during American Craft Week is North Carolina's Asheville Area Arts Council. They were the winner of the 2017 Star Award for "The Perfect ACW Exhibit." Check out all our Star Award winners AND other participants...they're all are fabulous!

Western North Carolina Joins Together for the 4th Year

Collaboration has been the key for the Western NC participants in American Craft Week. Since 2010, representatives of area galleries, studios and craft organizations meet monthly and work as a group to promote the whole regions’ ACW events.

Together WNC participants plan a kick-off event, invite a guest speaker to come to the area, highlight events on a regional postcard or rack card, and plan area media promotions.

Individual participants can represent a single gallery, an artist studio, or an organization comprised of over 900 artist members in the case of the Southern Highland Craft Guild. WNC proudly brings an average of 40+ participant listings to ACW every year…so many they’ve managed their own page of events on the ACW website and their own Facebook page!

Finally Western NC has seen the value of sponsoring ACW to strengthen the overall national effort and outreach. This year six of the national sponsors are Western NC participants! Thank you Western NC!