About Us

Each product is made or grown individually just for you. Nothing is mass produced.

New River Arts & Crafts is a unique online community that changes with the seasons to reflect the handmade creative talents of artisans and growers of the N.C. mountains.
Our purpose is to support, preserve and celebrate the authentic mountain culture, art and heritage of the New River Valley area.

Handmade and grown in the mountains of NC

Handmade in the
mountains of
North Carolina

This web site is made possible by the generous funding and support of the Northwest Alliance Program for the Rural Carolinas and the Duke Endowment, the Rural Advancement Foundation International and the Tobacco Communities Reinvestment Fund, the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center, and the US Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program for the Southern Region.

The New River Arts and Crafts Marketing Initiative was first conceived by New River Community Partners (NRCP), a grassroots non-profit organization founded to oversee and coordinate the implementation of the American Heritage Rivers Initiative for the New River. In 2001, with the formation of the Northwest Alliance Program for the Rural Carolinas (PRC), the idea was made reality. The Northwest Alliance PRC was formed in order to address the high unemployment rates in the area and build assets amongst our communities. This faith-based initiative uses the wide network of churches in our region to promote the talents and needs of our residents.

In keeping with the grassroots nature of the initiative, NRCP's role is to provide support and assistance to the local and regional community. This support takes the form of authoring and tracking local, state, and federal grants, helping create new partnerships, developing relationships with state and federal agencies, and other forms of training and technical assistance.

www.newrivercrafts.com promotes the online sale of high quality handmade and home grown goods from the people of the New River to the global marketplace, bringing you arts, crafts, food, and music from Northwestern North Carolina.

All of the products featured in this web site are uniquely designed, created or grown by talented artisans, musicians, or farmers living in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, where the second oldest river in the world - the New River - winds its way.

Through your purchases on this web site, you are helping to support the talents of these many individuals and to preserve a unique way of life found along this ancient mountain waterway.

Learn more about our sponsors by clicking on any of the logos found below:

We hope you enjoy your cyber visit to our neck of the woods, and invite you to come visit us on the mountaintop in Sparta, NC soon!