The Smoky Mountain Bluegrass Festival is CANCELLED
We regret to inform you that the 4th Annual Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival, scheduled for October 12th at the Maggie Valley Fairgrounds, has been canceled due to the ongoing state of emergency caused by Tropical Storm Helene. The storm has severely impacted our area, and with the current lack of interstate connections between North Carolina and Tennessee, recovery efforts will take considerable time. We are still in the midst of rescue operations, and the full extent of the damage is not yet known.
Ticket holders have been emailed. Please be patient during this time!
Haywood Handmade Gallery
Gallery Hours: The gallery will operate on limited hours starting Thursday, October 10. Hours of operation will be Thursday – Sunday Noon – 5 pm. We will return to normal hours of operation on Monday, October 21.
Donations
As a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting local artists, we are reaching out to the community for donations to help Haywood County artists who the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene has severely impacted. The devastating effects of the hurricane have left many artists struggling to recover and rebuild their lives and livelihoods. Your donation will provide much-needed assistance to these talented individuals, enabling them to rebuild and create art that enriches our community. Together, we can make a real difference and show our support for the creative community in Haywood County during this challenging time. Thank you for your generosity and compassion towards those affected by Hurricane Helene.
HAPPENINGS
Artist of the Month: Allan Zacher
I’ve been interested in photography since I was 11 years old, about 1974. At that time I had my first camera, a Kodak box camera that would shoot 120 medium format black and white film. I taught myself to develop film in cereal bowls in my bedroom with the blinds drawn. You may have guessed this produced less-than-quality images, but persistence is as good as gold and I eventually had a darkroom set up in the basement with an enlarger and all the chemicals, trays, and equipment you sometimes see in the movies. I LOVED black and white photography. It was brilliant what you can do with it. I eschewed the digital age until 2000 for family snapshots but progressed to my first good digital camera in 2008. Many of the images featured in my work were taken way back in 2008 though I am still producing many images in the current era.
So, you see, I’ve always been interested in photography and am an avid photographer. I’ve lived in Haywood County since 2002 and absolutely love the landscape here. It is so wonderful to be able to capture it photographically and produce photos with the lush fall colors, the mist, the early morning sky colors, and of course the kaleidoscopic colors of evening sunsets.
Major Donors
Thank you for Voting Us Best in Haywood!
HCAC was proudly voted Best in Haywood in the following categories:
- Art Gallery
- Non-Profit: Arts & Culture
- Event/Festival, Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival