Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed will examine different aspects of late 20th and early 21st century Cherokee carving. It will include vintage photographs, ritual objects, functional wares and pieces designed to be sold to tourists and collectors. The exhibition will include both stone and wood carvings and focuses on artists working in Western North Carolina today. Artists in Cherokee Carvers: Tradition Renewed will include Davy Arch, Ronnie Bradley, Irma and James Bradley, Bill Crowe, Jr., Gilbert Crowe, Virgil Crowe, John Dugan, John Grant, Virgil Ledford, William Lossiah, Dewey Owle, Freeman Owle, Lloyd Carl Owle, Joel Queen, Bud Smith, Stan Toon, Jr., Earl Wallace and Fred Wilnoty.

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