Here are some popular art galleries and fine craft exhibits in Asheville, Black Mountain, Brevard, Hendersonville, and Waynesville, North Carolina…

Asheville

16 Patton Fine Art Gallery
16 Patton Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-236-2889
16 Patton features original work by regional artists presented in an intimate gallery setting. 16 Patton specializes in fine art for residential and private collectors, including paintings, sculpture, glass, ceramics, and more.

Alexander & Lehnert Fine Jewelry
The Historic Grove Arcade, Suite 142, 1 Page Avenue, Asheville NC 28801
Phone: 828-254-2010
This gallery of fine custom jewelry showcases the works of Michele Alexander and Bill Lehnert.

American Folk Art, Crafts, Framing
64 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-281-2134
Contemporary Southern folk art, wood-fired pottery, custom picture frames, and more.

Appalachian Craft Center
10 North Spruce Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-253-8499
Appalachian Craft Center opened 30 years ago to provide local folk potters an outlet for their wares in Western North Carolina. Appalachian Craft also has a gift shop at the Renaissance Asheville Hotel.

Ariel Gallery
19 Biltmore Avenue, Suite 101, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-236-2660
An artist-owned and operated fine craft gallery. Custom and commission works are available by most artists.

Asheville Art Museum
2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NC 28802
Phone: 828-253-3227
Asheville Art Museum presents exhibitions and public programs based on its permanent collection of 20th and 21st century American art. It also displays art by Studio Craft, Black Mountain College and Cherokee artists, as well as exhibitions by regional and national artists. The Museum also offers educational programs for people of all ages.

Asheville Gallery of Art
16 College Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-251-5796
A wide range of talents, subjects, styles and mediums. Portraits and site specific or general commissions are also available. Original oils, watercolors, acrylics, lithographs, mixed media and etchings.

Atelier Gallery Asheville
24 North Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-505-3663
Features fine arts and crafts by regional artists.

The Bender Gallery
12 South Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-505-8341
Region’s largest collection of contemporary glass art.

Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center
56 Broadway, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-350-8484
An exhibition space and resource center in downtown Asheville that preserves and continues the legacy of educational and artistic innovation of Black Mountain College through conservation, educational activities, publications and other programs.

Blue Spiral 1
38 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-251-0202
Presents fine art and craft by Southern artists and object makers. The works are displayed on three floors of a beautifully-restored 15,000 sq. ft. historic building.

Castell Photography Gallery
2C Wilson Alley, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-255-1188
A fine art gallery which solely exhibits photo based works.

Fine Arts League of the Carolinas
362 Depot Street, Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Phone: 828-252-5050
The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas offers a variety of art classes and instruction. Its mission is to “cultivate knowledgeable artists open to the spirit of expression” through “continuous training in the use of historically validated tools and materials.”

Gallery Minerva
8 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-255-8850
Displaying fine arts and crafts, and offering a variety of professional art services.

The Haen Gallery
52 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Phone: 828-254-8577
Offers stunning and unique artwork that reflects the character and sensibilities of the region.

Jewels That Dance
63 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-254-5088
A fine jewelry gallery and the design studio.

Mountain Made
The Grove Arcade, Suite 123, 1 Page Avenue, Asheville, NC
Phone: 828-350-0307
An arts and craft gallery and gift shop that features the work of over a 150 WNC artisans, in both contemporary and traditional mountain works.

Van Dyke Jewelry & Fine Craft
29 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-281-4044
Offers handmade crafts and jewelry, primarily made in WNC.

Woolworth Walk
25 Haywood Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-254-9234
Woolworth Walk is a unique experience, offering works from more than 150 artists in the original, 20,000 sq. ft., F.W. Woolworth building. Artists range from casual crafter to professionally trained artisans, from retired art hobbiests to Southern Highland Guild Craft members. The diversity of art displayed is vast and provides a unique venue for local artists to connect with art lovers. The gallery also has a fully operational old-fashioned soda fountain built to resemble the original Woolworth luncheonette. A 50′s flair was used in the design to further compliment the vast array of local art. The soda fountain is open daily serving many of the original menu items, including egg creams, club sandwiches, coffee and of course old fashioned ice cream sodas.

Working Girls Studio
30 Battery Park, Suite 200, Asheville, NC 28801
Eli’s Phone: 828-243-0200
Lynne’s Phone: 828-777-7073
Photographs and paintings on display by two artists, who also offer classes and workshops.

ZaPow
21 Battery Park, Suite 101, Asheville, NC 28801
Phone: 828-575-2024
A gallery and artist work space focusing on illustration and pop culture art.

Black Mountain

Anthm
100.5 West State Street, Black Mounain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-419-0049
Anthm is an art gallery and gift shop that features art and handcrafted items, including necksplashes, house bunnies, folk figurines, FLAX-brand clothing, cards, candles, soaps, jewelry and more.

Art From the Heart
114 Cherry Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-628-0520
Jewelry, pottery, wood items, fiber art, cards, music, and soap made by more than 40 local and Southern Appalachian artisans.

Black Mountain Center for the Arts
225 West State Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-669-0930
A community arts organization that provides a physical place for the arts to flourish in the Swannanoa Valley in Buncombe County.

Black Mountain Iron Works
203 Padgettown Road, Black Mountain, NC 28792
Phone: 828-669-1001
Sculptures exhibited indoors and out. Black Mountain Iron Works specializes in hand-forged wrought iron. They also design, create, and install custom work.

Black Mountain Studios
626 Lytle Cove Road, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Phone: 828-686-1011
Black Mountain Studios offers a variety of beautiful pottery, including vineware, barkware, stoneware, horse hair raku, and vapor glaze.

Cherry Street Gallery
132 Cherry Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-669-0450
A nice selection of works by local and national artists.

Gingko Tree Photo Gallery & Custom Framing
128 Broadway Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-669-7721
Beautiful photography art including nature-landscapes, fine art, animals, and more.

The Old Depot Association & Gallery
207 Sutton Avenue, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-669-6583
A non-profit organization that maintains the 100-year-old train depot and supports the teaching of mountain and heritage arts and crafts in local Swannanoa Valley Schools.

Seven Sisters Gallery
117 Cherry Street, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-669-5107
The Seven Sisters Gallery represents over 250 artists and craftspeople. They offer fine arts and crafts including top quality, handmade pottery, jewelry, glasswork, woodwork, metalwork, and more.

Sourwood Gallery
110 Broadway, Black Mountain, NC 28711
Phone: 828-669-4975
A co-op gallery  of local artists offering original art, including paintings, pottery,sculpture, jewelry, turned wood, photography, stained glass and other fine art.

Ten Thousand Villages
303 Lookout Road in Montreat, Montreat, NC 28757
Phone: 828-669-1406
Offers handmade gifts, jewelry, home decor, art, sculpture, textiles, serveware and personal accessories from diverse cultures in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. One of the world’s largest fair trade organizations and a founding member of the World Fair Trade Organization.

Brevard

32 Broad Gallery & Framing
32 South Broad Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-862-6476
Offers local artwork, from pottery to original oils. Also specializes in conservation framing, with over 1,500 Larson-Juhl frames to choose from.

A Better Bead & Crafts
244 West Main Street, Brevard, North Carolina 28712
Phone: 828-884-5920
A full-service bead shop, gift gallery and classroom for avid beaders and shoppers, carrying every imaginable bead; findings in gold, silver, copper and brass; lead-free castings as well as  a wide selection of beading supplies and tools.

Bluewood Photography
36 West Jordan Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-883-4142

Bluewood Photography is a gallery devoted exclusively to photography. As a photographic center for the Southeast, the gallery also offers state of the art printing and framing services, as well as in-field workshops with leading national photographers.

Drew Deane Gallery
114 West Main Street, Brevard, N.C. 28712
Phone: 828-877-5272
One of the premier emerging contemporary fine arts galleries in Western North Carolina.

Gallery on Main
36 East Main Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-885-7299
A large art gallery specializing in original art, prints, local artists, pottery, civil war art, Bob Timberlake, and more.

Hunters & Gatherers
40 West Main Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-883-3709
Hand crafted art for animal lovers, wall art, jewelry, apparel and accessories.

Iron Expressions
21 River Road, Penrose, NC 28766
Phone: 828-877-3655
Unique hand-made metal art.

Land of Waterfalls Art Gallery
5388 South Greenville Hwy., Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-883-3830
Located next to the Connestee Falls Park, the Land of Waterfalls Art Gallery is an artist’s cooperative of local fine artists. Artists offer oil, acrylic, watercolor, mixed media, collage, jewelry, fiber art, cypress knee and gourd art, pottery, brownstone and porcelain, turned wood, baskets and more.

Mud Dabbers Pottery & Crafts
3623 Greenville Highway, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-884-5131
Locally made functional and decorative hand-crafted pottery.

Number 7 Arts
12 East Main Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-883-2294
A fine arts and crafts cooperative representing a variety of media, showcasing the strong cultural heritage of Western North Carolina.

Red Wolf Gallery
8 East Main Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Phone: 828-862-8620
Featuring the works of international, national, and regional artists and craftsmen, offering fine arts and crafts.

Hendersonville-Flat Rock

The Arts Council of Henderson County
538 North Main Sreet, Second Floor, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: 828-693-8504
The ACofHC is a non-profit arts organization serving the public through exhibitions, classes, lectures, workshops and educational programs. The Council also manages the D. Samuel Neill Gallery and produces an annual schedule of diverse exhibitions that have featured local, regional and national artists.

Carolina Mountain Artists Guild
444 North Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: 828-696-0707
Over 30 local artists of the Carolina Mountain Artists Guild show their handcrafted art in this shop.

Hand in Hand Gallery
2720 Greenville Hwy., Flat Rock, NC 28731
Phone: 828-697-7719
Regional art and fine craft from over 150 artists in all mediums.

McCarter Gallery
451 Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: 828-698-7117
The working studio-gallery of Alan McCarter featuring paintings and digitally created art.

Silver Fox & Interiors
508 N. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: 828-698-0601
Mountain contemporary art and craft, furniture and lighting.

Wickwire Fine Art & Folk Art
330 N. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792
Phone: 828-692-6222

Wickwire offers high-quality, original new works of traditional/transitional art and contemporary folk art in paintings, American handmade craft, handcrafted furniture, photography, fiber art, jewelry and more at reasonable prices by local and national artists.

The Wrinkled Egg
2710 NC Hwy 225, Flat Rock, NC 28731
Phone (828) 696-3998
A selection of North Carolina folk art, a brick oven bakery, a children’s clothing store, lots of camp memorabilia and much more.

Waynesville

Burr Studio and Gallery
136 N. Main Street, Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: 828-456-7400
Burr Studio and Gallery features MaryEtta’s wheel thrown pottery, and Dane’s lyrical, exotic animals, and poetic figurative sculptures.

Earthworks Environmental Galleries
21 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC
Phone: 828-452-9500
Earthworks focuses on artists who are stewards of planet earth from around the world and regionally.

Gallery Two Six Two
142 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: 828-452-6100
A progressive, modern gallery offering a wide range of mediums, from watercolor to woodwork, photography to pottery, jewelry to acrylics and oils, mixed media to contemporary quilting, with over thirty artists’ work on display.

The Jeweler’s Workbench
80 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC
Phone: 828-456-2260
The gallery concentrates primarily on the art of hand-crafted jewelry, but also features engagement rings, wedding bands, watches, clocks, jewelry boxes, glass, and paintings by local artists.

T. Pennington Art Gallery
15 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: 828-452-9284
Art by Teresa Pennington, a self-taught colored pencil artist. Often spending as much as four months on one drawing, Pennington meticulously renders the scenery, landmarks, flora and fauna of Western North Carolina with an emphasis on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Textures
233 Wall Street, Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: 828-452-0058
A gallery and working studio by John and Suzanne Gernandt in a quaint three-story building on Main Street, offering works by North Carolina craftspeople. In addition, the gallery offers fine art, furniture, dinnerware, table linens, glass, ceramics, lighting, wall art, and more.

Twigs and Leaves
98 North Main Street, Waynesville, NC 28786
Phone: 828-456-1940
The gallery features nature-related art and fine crafts primarily from Southern Appalachia but includes a select number of American handcrafting artists from other regions, with works of more than 160 emerging and established artists. The gallery offers pottery and clay art, rustic and finished furniture, locally made jewelry, landscape photographs and paintings, as well as quilted wall hangings, stained glass and metal fabrications.