Catherine Evans Whitener Demonstration Series: Primitive Arts Traditions of Northwest Georgia

Presented in partnership with the Bandy Heritage Center and Prater's Mill Foundation | FREE ADMISSION

Presented by Andrew Lee of The Primitive Arts, "Primitive Arts Traditions of Northwest Georgia" provides audiences with an opportunity to learn about the handcrafted technology, which helped indigenous peoples and frontiersmen alike survive amidst the wild and rugged landscape of Northwest Georgia. From the stone tools used by Southeastern Indians to binding cordage used by frontiersmen, Lee will demonstrate some the crafts and techniques which early communities used to make a home among the ridges and valleys of Northwest Georgia.

Andrew Lee is the proprietor of The Primitive Arts and a professional educator with over two decades of teaching experience in schools systems throughout North Georgia. His fascination with history began by finding Indigenous artifacts in Northwest Georgia as a young boy. While at the University of Georgia, Andrew met master primitive skills instructor Scott Jones. After taking Jones' flintknapping class, Lee developed an enduring passion for the primitive arts and the historical cultures which used these skills in their daily lives.

He has provided primitive arts demonstrations and workshops ranging from flintknapping to bark basket making at schools, festival, and cultural heritage sites throughout the Southeast. As an educator and primitive arts instructor, he has shared his passion for primitive arts by providing students with hands-on opportunities to participate in ancient traditions used by traditional cultures around the world.