April’s podcast episode is continuing the conversation on craft and community. Quilter Zak Foster stopped by the Foxfire Museum to take a look at our textile collection and talk about his...
Join us this year for our first series of public lectures! Held at the Rabun County Public Library, these monthly talks will feature a variety of topics, from moonshining and quilting to Cherokee...
We are continuing are exploration of weaving in the southern mountains with this look back at what the craft looked like during the first half of the twentieth century. In the 1970s and early 1980s,...
Our favorite summer event returns! Come celebrate all things Appalachia at this two-day event, full of demonstrators, crafts, food, and music. Tickets available at the door. Additional parking and a...
Host Kami Ahrens and Foxfire weaver Sharon Grist take a field trip to the John C. Campbell Folk School to meet with Allie Dudley, the school’s new resident artist and a flourishing young...
“Nature Happens Here”We are kicking off Season 4 of It Still Lives with an interview from with art lover, gardener, and author Mignon Durham to talk about her passion project Devotion...
Community dye days are back! Bring a plain white article that is 100% cotton such as a t-shirt, bandana, or tote bag. Drop it off in our indigo pot at the beginning of your self-guided tour. When...
Community dye days are back! Bring a plain white article that is 100% cotton such as a t-shirt, bandana, or tote bag. Drop it off in our indigo pot at the beginning of your self-guided tour. When...
Foxfire’s mission is to preserve and develop the public’s appreciation for Southern Appalachian history – its history, people, and traditions – through artifacts, oral history, and programs that interpret, document and celebrate the region, and fosters self-directed, community-based classroom instruction following the Foxfire Core Practices.