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Beecham White Glass
Distance: 6.1 Mi1781 Altapass Hwy
28777-5707 Spruce Pine -
Swannanoa Valley History Museum
Distance: 25.1 Mi223 West State Street
28711 Black Mountain -
The Southern Appalachian Radio Museum
Distance: 30.7 Mi12 Trappers Run Dr
28805-1169 Asheville -
Benjamin D. Walls, LLC
Distance: 29.4 Mi7539 Valley Blvd
28605 Blowing Rock -
Colburn Gem & Mineral Museum
Distance: 33.6 Mi2 South Pack Square
28801 Asheville
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Billie Ruth Sudduth is a widely acclaimed basketmaker living in the North Carolina mountains. Her works are in many public and private collections including the Smithsonian Institution's Renwick Gallery; the Museum of Art and Design in New York; the Mint Museum of Art; Glaxo; and Bank of America. In 1997, she was named a North Carolina Living Treasure, the state's highest honor for creative excellence in the field of crafts. She is the tenth recipient and the first and only female to receive the award. Sudduth has received an Individual Visual Artist Grant, an Emerging Artist Grant and an Individual Visual Artist Fellowship from the North Carolina Arts Council. For five consecutive years, she was selected by Early American Homes for their "America's 200 Best Craftsman" directory. Sudduth's baskets have been published in American Craft, Southern Accents, Colonial Homes, American Style, Southern Living, Home, the Smithsonian Magazine, Fiberarts, the Philadelphia Museum of Arts Member...