Gar Mosteller and Doyle Barker, 2008
Two Cherokee County natives, fiddler Gar Mosteller (right) and guitarist Doyle Barker, were named recipients of WCU’s Mountain Heritage Awards during a ceremony at WCU’s Mountain Heritage Day. The duo has performed “Appalachian swing” music at the festival since 1990....Penland School of Crafts, 1985
Penland School of Craft Honored By WCU John Parris Asheville Citizens Times 9/29/85 CULLOWHEE – Western Carolina University’s 1985 Mountain Heritage Award went Saturday to the Penland School of Crafts, a mountain institution founded by a mountain woman for...Mary Cornwell, 1989
Mary Cornwell receives 1989 Mountain Heritage Award Mary Cornwell of Waynesville, creator of the North Carolina State Fair’s Village of Yesteryear and founder of the Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts, received the university’s Mountain Heritage Award September 30....Lloyd Arneach, 2011
Storyteller, Stecoah Center Receive Heritage Awards September 24, 2011 Western Carolina University Chancellor David O. Belcher presented 2011 Mountain Heritage Awards on Saturday (Sept. 24) to well-known Cherokee storyteller Lloyd Arneach as part of activities at the...
Tonya Carroll (B.A., 2007 M.A., 2009) with Bruce Frazier (Carol Grotnes Belk Endowed Professor in Commercial & Electronic Music) in the recording studio.