Our Friends
Alliance of Artist Communities
Believing that the cultivation of new art and ideas is essential to human progress, the Alliance’s mission is to advocate for and support artist communities, to advance the endeavors of artists.
Arts North Carolina
Uniting people and communities to strengthen and celebrate a creative North Carolina.
Blue Ridge National Heritage Area (BRNHA)
Including Blue Ridge Craft Trails and Blue Ridge Music Trails
The mission of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area is to protect, preserve, interpret, and develop the unique natural, historical, and cultural resources of Western North Carolina for the benefit of present and future generations, and in so doing to stimulate improved economic opportunity in the region.
blueridgeheritage.com
Carolina Foothills Chamber of Commerce
To provide leadership in developing business and economic opportunities that enhance the quality of life in our community.
North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM)
The North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM) Association® began in the 1980s in Florida when a small group of museums decided they would like to offer their members extra benefits… Today, there are more than 1,000 member institutions in five different countries for people with NARM level benefits to explore. The NARM Association boasts an array of top-notch institutional members from arts and history museums to botanical gardens, children’s museums, science centers, and more.
North Carolina Artist Blacksmith Association of North America
NC ABANA is the North Carolina Affiliate of the Artist Blacksmith Association of North America, an organization of men and women who are practicing and preserving the skills of blacksmithing. The organization includes hobbyists, farriers (people who shoe horses), blade smiths (knife makers), architectural fabricators, sculptors, museum interpreters, furniture makers, and other artists and craftsmen who utilize the traditional skills of the blacksmith to create useful and beautiful objects.
North Carolina Center for Nonprofits
The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits’s mission is to educate, connect, and advocate for North Carolina nonprofits.
NC Arts Council
The mission of the Arts Council is to make North Carolina a better state through the arts.
ncarts.org
Southern Highland Craft Guild
Chartered in 1930, The Southern Highlands Craft Guild would grow to become one of the strongest craft organizations in the country. Second in age only to the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, the Guild now represents over 900 craftspeople in 293 counties of 9 southeastern states. Realizing our common goals of encouraging and preserving the quality and traditions of hand crafting, Tryon Arts and Crafts School became an Education Center Member of the Guild in 2012.
southernhighlandcraftguild.org
Tryon Downtown Development Association
TDDA, in partnership with local business owners, individual members and the Town of Tryon, strives to enhance retail and commercial opportunities in a pedestrian-friendly environment, and to promote economic development via innovative thinking, creative promotion and a celebratory attitude about that which makes our community unique and Nearly Perfect. Always Tryon.
Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC)
Theater /Photography/Music
34 Melrose Ave Tryon, NC 28782
Phone: 828/859-8322
tryonarts.org
Tryon Painters and Sculptors (TP&S)
Tryon Painters and Sculptors was organized in 1968 and became a nonprofit organization in 1972. It is an affiliate of Tryon Arts and Crafts along with other art-related organizations.
tryonpaintersandsculptors.com