“UNC Asheville’s commitment to providing students with access to a high quality education that is affordable, adaptive, and endlessly relevant is central to our mission,” said Sarah Humphries Nazionale, interim dean of Admission and Financial Aid, UNC Asheville. First-year students and transfer students are eligible to apply.

The first scholarship will be awarded to a student in the UNC Asheville Class of 2025. Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos’ first endowed scholarship with UNC Asheville will exist in perpetuity and provide an annual award of over $1,000 each year to qualified students. As a venue to provide a regional marketplace for mountain craftspeople, the Guild Fairs have evolved into a popular celebration of craft in the country.UNC Asheville and the Harrah’s Cherokee Casinos have established the Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise Scholarship Endowment to award undergraduate scholarships to students from Western North Carolina. Downtown Asheville provides a robust experience for visitors, as the time honored gathering is representative of the creativity that flows in Western North Carolina. Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville was a shift in landscape for this event from its inception under canvas tents in 1948 on the grassy lawns of Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN. There will be a range of craft demonstrations with interactive activities for visitors, and mountain musicians performing live on the arena stage. These members have undergone a two-step jury process as a part of the Guild’s legacy to uphold a set of standards established by their creative peers.

Members of the Southern Highland Craft Guild will fill both the arena and concourse level of Harrah’s Cherokee Center – Asheville. Featured artisans include those with both contemporary and traditional work in clay, wood, metal, glass, fiber, natural materials, paper, leather, mixed media, and jewelry.

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