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from watercolors and plein aire painting
to alcohol inks. There are also artist
exhibits throughout the year.
Steeped in Danish tradition, the
John C. Campbell Folk School in
Brasstown, NC, offers week-long and
weekend classes in arts, crafts, music,
dance, cooking, gardening, nature
studies, photography and more. Musical
performances and contra dancing
are open to the public.
TAKE A WALK BACK IN TIME
You can relive the “old ways” through
a variety of events, museums and
attractions that embrace our mountain
culture. First stop is the CCC
Museum at Vogel State Park. It celebrates
FDR’s New Deal project that put
young men to work during The Great
Depression. Next door, the Reece
Farm showcases the life of Georgia’s
“Farmer Poet,” Byron Herbert Reece,
with early 1900s buildings and exhibits
that capture rural life in Appalachia.
Walk the Poetry Trail, visit Reece’s
writing studio and picnic along Wolf
Creek. There’s also a new petting farm
and a walking path that connects the
farm to Vogel State Park.
Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places, the Historic Union
County Courthouse is the crown
jewel of Blairsville’s Town Square and
is home to a museum supported by
the Union County Historical Society.
The courthouse also comes alive on
Friday evenings from May through
October with performers who play
and sing in the Appalachian style.
A block south of the Square, The
Mountain Life Museum hosts the
Mountain Heritage Festival, an
annual event celebrating history, lifeways
and folk traditions.
In April, the two-day Georgia
Mountain Storytelling Festival provides
visitors a chance to learn about
Appalachian tradition and history
through storytelling, workshops, a
quilt display and other programming.
Each fall, the Georgia Mountain
Fair celebrates mountain life with
reenactments, food, and arts & crafts
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booths. It’s only one of many events
held at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds
on the shores of Lake Chatuge.
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