Featuring artists on weekends throughout the summer, the Folklife Demonstrations highlight art forms indigenous to this region. Designed to emphasize the process, rather than the product, this program celebrates distinct areas of Tennessee folklife including, domestic arts – these are expressions practiced within and around the home and include quilting, textile production, rug hooking and woodcarving; occupational arts – “tricks of the trade” found through jargon, dress and technical skills; and traditional music and instrument makers – Tennessee music consists of traditional Native American, Anglo American and African American musical forms, as well as imported forms from Europe, Asia and Latin America. |
| July 14-15 |
Bruce Plante, caricature artist |
| July 21-22 |
Bud Ellis, carousel animal carving |
| July 28-29 |
Helen Cargile, cornshuck dolls |
| August 4-5 |
Larry Rogers, woodcarving |
| August 11-12 |
Joe Ridolfo, mountain dulcimerand Limber Jack (dancing doll)
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| August 18-19 |
Frances Rogers, tatting |
| August 25-26 |
Chattanooga Woodcarvers Association |
| September 1-3 |
Steve Wixson, bone player |
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