Experience Arkansas Heritage with Pioneer Folk Art Crafts!

The Ozark Folk Center Crafts Village has over 20 artisans demonstrating folk art crafts and the everyday skills used by Ozark Mountain people in the 19th and early 20th centuries. These skills have become Arkansas heritage crafts - basket weaving, broom making, blacksmithing, wood stove cooking, pottery making, knife making, weaving, quilting, wood carving, lye soap making, dress making, herb gardening, coopering, doll making, musical instrument construction, candle making, using the foot lathe, and more. Between April and November, the Ozark Folk Center offers visitors a chance to experience these crafts and visit with the people who make their living creating them, giving an up close and personal glimpse of life the way it was a hundred years ago.

The Village is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on days of operation. Please check our Ozark events for more information on special craft events and festivals throughout our season. Three yearly sessions of Ozark Folk Schools provide all interested individuals with the opportunity to learn one of the fine crafts demonstrated in the Crafts Village from a talented instructor, in a relaxed, non-competitive environment. Design Your Own Workshops are also available at a time that works into your schedule.

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