Weaving Institute Group Photograph, 1936

Weaving Institute Group Photograph, 1936

Appalachian School (Penland, N.C.)

Handicraft

Penland School of Crafts

Penland School of Handicrafts

This group photograph by Bayard Wootten was taken in August 1936 on the steps of the Edward F. Worst Craft House, adjacent to the campus of the Appalachian Industrial School near Penland, North Carolina. Pictured are students, instructors, staff and visitors involved in the summer weaving institute sponsored by the Penland Weavers and Potters. The Worst Craft House was built in 1935 and was named after Penland's first weaving instructor, Edward F. Worst. From 1923 to 1938 the Appalachian School served as the umbrella institution under which the Penland Weavers and Potters were organized and the Penland School of Handicrafts (now Penland School of Crafts) was established.

Appalachian Industrial School

Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959

Bayard Wootten Photograph Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1936

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Appalachian Region, Southern

8" x 10"(dimension)

Craft Revival