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The Gallery Guild of Henderson County, North Carolina Our Mission To Connect Creativity and Community with Commerce. The Gallery Guild was created to showcase The Best Art Destinations in Western North Carolina. Products & The Who's Who of Art Thousands of works of Original Art and Fine Crafts are offered by the Gallery Guild artists, many of whom are also members of other organizations such as The Southern Highlands Craft Guild. Several of our artisan-owners are instructors at Penland School of Crafts and other prestigious schools. Most are active with the Arts Council of Henderson County and other community organizations. We are also members of the North Carolina Arts Council and Handmade in America. All of our members are devoted to the ART of living and making a living from ART. Founded May 2008 A core group of 14 Gallery and Studio owners created The Gallery Guild of Henderson County in order to better serve our art community. That summer we printed our first, Gallery Guide and are planning our second printing late this summer. Living and working in Henderson County, NC on a daily basis-- there is so much darn inspiration around these parts -- we feel compelled to share our experience and inspirations with you. If you cannot find something in one shop- chances are that shop owner will point you in the right direction. We work together and know one another's products and services. Where are we again? Our galleries are located in the heart of gorgeous Western North Carolina and surrounded by ancient mountains-- we have always been a true "ARTS DESTINATION." We are also close to other top art destinations: |
| The Gallery Guild of Henderson County Best Art Destinations in the Heart of Western North Carolina |
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 | Asheville , NC - 30 minutes | |
| Greenville, SC - 40 minutes | |
| Charleston, SC- 5 hours | |
| Atlanta, GA- 4 hours | |
| Pisgha National Forest range as viewed looking North from Grandview Road, off Old Haywood Road (Hwy 191) in Northern Henderson County |
| Links to all the galleries of The Gallery Guild of Henderson County in Alphabetical Order: Arts Council of Henderson County Gallery Studio B Hand In Hand Gallery McCarter Gallery MONA! Mountain Song Gallery Narnia Studios Oliver's Southern Folk-Art Red Step Artworks The Conn-Artist Studios & Art Gallery ThePortraitSource WICKWIRE fine art/folk art Welcome to New Members ::The Center for Craft, Creativity, & Design :: Honeysuckle Hollow :: ::Silver Fox Gallery & Interiors :: Transformation Glass:: The (R)evolving Arts Gallery:: Thank you to the William Gordon Gallery (now closed) who we look forward to seeing in a new space in 2011! |
| The Open Studio Artists & Galleries wish to THANK OUR SPONSORS and The Arts Council of Henderson County for their support of the Annual Open Studio Tour. THANK YOU all! |
| You'll Love our Easy-to-Use Location Map On Your Way to Visit Henderson County- Consider creating a memorable Art-Journey along the way... Since the nature of our business is to showcase and sell art-- we want to make it easy for you to find our participating galleries and studios. Click on our ART TOUR MAP page to print out our locations. Here are some more links to the arty places we enjoy: If you love art-- you may have already visited one of our neighbors nearby: the Asheville River-Arts District is home to bi-annual shows that have created nationwide attention, recently making Asheville one of the TOP-TEN Art Destinations in the country! Many of those studios are open on Fridays throughout the year. Greenville, SC has transformed their river front that winds through a charming downtown to an arts destination with wonderful walking parks complete with waterfalls. "Artisphere" is the annual highlight show, filling the park with hundreds of participants. Spartanburg, SC has an appealing downtown square, home to galleries where a number of Henderson County artists also show their work. Columbia, SC, along the interstate in the piedmont is growing an exciting group of artists. Columbia, NC has grown into an artistic gateway into the majestic North Carolina Outer Banks area. Along the Carolina coast -- you may have fallen in love with Charleston, South Carolina. So have we! In fact, we have had a historical and mutual "love affair" with that great city for several centuries! Every summer for the last two hundred years or so, Charlestonians have flocked to our own Flat Rock to escape the tropical weather and enjoy the cool mountain air. The Flat Rock Village center is home to our own, "little Rainbow Row," where four galleries in our group are located. Since we are close to all these wonderful art filled areas-- please add us to your, "short list" of Art Towns to visit. We are happy to help you plan your art journey. We wouldn't mind giving you the "inside scoop" of where we like to stay and go too! To make it easier for you to find galleries and types of art you may be interested in, we have complied a list of all our galleries on, you guessed it, our ART GALLERY GUIDE page. A map of how to reach our galleries is located on our TOUR MAP page. Welcome and Enjoy Western North Carolina- From the Members of the Gallery Guild of Henderson County |
| Who are we and Where are we? The Gallery Guild of Henderson County, NC is a collection of Fine Art & Folk Art Galleries, Open Working Artist Studios, plus One-of-A-Kind Special Artisan Owned Shoppes. |