Several months back, Foxfire staff members met with Dr. Trey Adcock (Cherokee Nation) and Gilliam Jackson (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians) to learn about their work in the Snowbird Community, near...
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...
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,...
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...
What a whirlwind 2021 has been! Foxfire had a record year for attendance and engagement and we are looking forward to bringing you more great programming and content in 2022. Here are some...
We are pulling more excerpts from A Foxfire Christmas, and taking a look at handmade decorations, holiday foods, and other special traditions here in the mountains. Take a listen to Huell &...
As we come to the end of fall, we’re looking at ways to make the year’s harvest last through the winter. Listen to excerpts from interviews with Andy and Bashey Webb, Granny Gibson, Mrs....
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