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The goal of the Appalachian Barn Alliance is to capture Madison County, NC, and the southern Appalachian's agricultural history through photos, oral histories and architectural details of significant barns in Madison County for future generations.

06/13/2026

Volunteer leaders from the Asheville Sierra Club, in the Inspiring Connections Outdoors (ICO) program brought seventeen teens from a Buncombe County Community Center program to the Smith Farm for a visit. After a short tour with Taylor Barnhill, the students hiked the green trail up the mountain. We had a great time with a great group of interested young people and their adult volunteers.

04/25/2026

6th Annual Art Gala

The ABA is just 4 weeks away from the launch of our major fundraising project to raise money to renovate the farmhouse at the Smith Farm on the Bailey Mountain Preserve in Mars Hill. This is the “icing on the cake” for the public park which celebrates the heritage of western North Carolina barns and farms. Many of you have watched as we have renovated or reconstructed the barns there. Now we want to tie it all together with a Welcome / Discovery Center with exhibits about the lower Smith Farm—the barns as well as the ecology.
The 6th Annual Art Pastoral Palette Benefit will be Friday, May 22nd and Saturday, May 23rd. Great fun both days. The Friday evening ticketed event offers samplings of food and background music by Abbey Winters. Enjoy savory offerings plus sweets as well as complimentary wine and beer choices while mingling with the artists who will have several of their paintings for sale. The Friday evening gala (casual dress) is from 5:30pm to 8pm. On Saturday, May 31st, the event continues free and open to the public with an opportunity to purchase the artists’ works from 11am to 3pm. The event will be at the historic Ivy Building on the A-B Tech campus at 10 Genevieve Circle just off Victoria Road.
TICKETS/ RESERVATIONS available by check or on the website (click the PayPal button). For details and tickets: https://appalachianbarns.org/pastoral-palette-art-show-gala/. If you have questions, Call 828 380-9146 or email [email protected]

01/28/2026

One of our favorite events during the year is taking all Madison County 4th grade students on a field trip to the Smith Farm at the Bailey Mountain Preserve. Students are led by our researcher Taylor Barnhill to each of the 5 barns to learn about our heritage through the barn stories. They are then given the opportunity to sketch one of the barns. ABA decided to make a 2026 calendar of some of their sketches. The Madison County NC Visitor Center at 56 S. Main Street in Mars Hill has a display of these and the calendar -- which is offered for sale for $15 (fundraiser for the ABA and the Smith Farmstead). Stop by anytime between 10am and 4pm Monday through Saturday to see the artistic talent of these students.

10/03/2025

The public is invited to attend a celebration on Saturday, October 11th at 10am at the Smith Farm at the Bailey Mountain Preserve, 889 Forest St just 5 minutes from downtown Mars Hill. We hope that you will join us.

09/08/2025

Great day on Saturday with our Barn Day event. Lots of sunshine, tour with Taylor Barnhill showcasing the 5 barns on the Smith Farm. Music by Roger Howell and a silent auction. Such a fun way to spend time enjoying our heritage in a beautiful setting. Stop by the Bailey Mountain Preserve and see the progress the ABA has made with the two newly-reconstructed barns. Open to the public dawn to dusk every day. Informative signs provide an insight to the history.

05/31/2025

May 31 Our Art Gala continues today (Saturday, May 31) from 11am to 3pm. So, if you missed the ticketed event last night (lots of fun and a great success), you can still stop by to enjoy and buy the beautiful art that will benefit both the artists and the Appalachian Barn Alliance. Eleven artists’ paintings are for sale (50% of the sale goes to the ABA). Plan to stop by the Ivy Building on AB Tech’s campus at 10 Genevieve Circle, Asheville, NC. Call if you have questions at 828 380-9146.
More information about the Art Gala-- https://appalachianbarns.org/pastoral-palette-art-show-gala/

05/29/2025

Tomorrow’s the day for the 5th Annual Pastoral Palette art gala. Join us for art, food, drinks, music, and fun at this Friday’s fundraising event as we continue to raise money to expand the preserve at The Smith Farmstead on the Bailey Mountain Preserve in Mars Hill. (Casual dress) More information about the Art Gala-- https://appalachianbarns.org/pastoral-palette-art-show-gala/ Purchase tickets on the site or at the door.
Hope to see you Friday, May 30 from 5:30pm to 8pm for our ticketed event OR Saturday, May 31 from 11 to 3pm for an open-to-the-public exhibit.

05/28/2025

Last in our series featuring artists whose work will be for sale at the benefit Art Gala on May 31 & June 1 is Louise Scruggs. Louise’s work which will be one of many offered at the Pastoral Palette is entitled Harvest Time Jasperwood Farm. For more information about Louise, email her at [email protected] and for more information about the Art Gala-- https://appalachianbarns.org/pastoral-palette-art-show-gala/

05/27/2025

Next in our series featuring artists whose work will be for sale at the benefit Art Gala on May 31 & June 1 is Jim Ostlund. Jim’s work which will be one of many offered at the Pastoral Palette is entitled Gated Community. For more information about Jim -- jimostlund.com and for more information about the Art Gala-- https://appalachianbarns.org/pastoral-palette-art-show-gala/

05/26/2025

May 26: Next in our series featuring artists whose work will be for sale at the benefit Art Gala on May 30 & May 31 is Andrew Mastriani. Andrew’s work which will be one of many offered at the Pastoral Palette is entitled Tradewind. For more information about Andrew-- www.andrewmastriani.com
and for more information about the Art Gala-- https://appalachianbarns.org/pastoral-palette-art-show-gala/

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PO Box 1441
Mars Hill, NC
28754

Website

http://www.appalachianbarns.org/

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