Description
This image shows a display in Kerr Scott Hall, built 1961, in the Department of Industrial Arts and Technical Education in the College of Fine and Applied Arts at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the 1970s. The display reads, "Handcrafted Products by the Members of Blue Ridge Hearthside Crafts Association Inc." It includes frames, pictures of mushrooms, a clock, a stuffed bird, a fireplace set, fake fruit, and a pitcher. The Department included programs in metalwork, graphic and furniture design, architectural design, drafting, ceramics, leatherwork, and technical education. It is now part of the Department of Technology with concentrations available in Appropriate Technology, Building Science, Graphic Arts, Industrial and Interior Design, Technical Photography and Technology Education. Kerr Scott Hall was renamed Katherine Harper Hall in 2007.
Source
General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 11, Industrial Arts F1, C14.2.2.5.
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