Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17
Cassie Dickson demonstrates spinning and dyeing at a past event
The Mountain Heritage Center, a museum of Appalachian culture at Western Carolina University, will hold a crafts demonstration and music performance from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 17.
The event will be held on the lawn between the Forsyth and Killian Annex buildings. The event is free and open to the public.
Among the scheduled performers are traditional musician Sarah Elizabeth Burkey. Crafters include Cassie Dickson with flax culture and weaving. Mattie Davenport with weaving, Windy Gordon with Scottish tartans and discussing historical influences, and Richard Tichich showing quilting and old-time sewing machines.
Members of Dogwood Crafters in Dillsboro will demonstrate bead work and basketry while Mountain Heritage
WCU beanie
Center staff will show Western Carolina College鈥檚 old beanies and lead participants in making corn shuck dolls.
This festival is similar to the style of Mountain Heritage Day, now known as Mountain Heritage Days, which will be held this year on Saturday, Sept. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., culminating a week-long celebration of newly added programming such as evening faculty-led lectures with hands-on involvement, heritage demonstrators on the plaza, and a Friday night concert at Bridge Park in Sylva.
During the July 17 event, the Mountain Heritage Center will be open, with its exhibit 鈥淎 Stranger No More: George Masa and His Art鈥� which introduces the life and photography of George Masa and focuses attention on an under-recognized yet impactful voice in early conservation efforts of the Smoky Mountains. The Center is located in the Hunter Library building and the exhibit is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday until Aug. 15.
The event is sponsored by the Mountain Heritage Center, the Office of Mentoring and Persistence to Success, and Hunter Library.
For more information, contact the Mountain Heritage Center at 828-227-7129.