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Welcome to Wildacres

North Carolina Conference Center

 

Wildacres Retreat is a non-profit retreat and North Carolina conference center serving other non-profit groups conducting educational or cultural programs on topics such as music, art, science, pottery, lapidary, interfaith dialogue, quilting, and creative writing. We are also a great location for staff and board retreats for other non-profit organizations. Wildacres Retreat takes group reservations only.

At an elevation of 3,300 feet, Wildacres Retreat is situated on just over 1200 acres atop Pompey’s Knob, not too far from Mt. Mitchell and just off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Little Switzerland, North Carolina.

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An opportunity for artists to concentrate on a specific creative arts project.
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Wildacres' Story
Wildacres Retreat has been a part of Western North Carolina history since the early 1900’s.
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The Roots of Wildacres

Wildacres Retreat has been a part of Western North Carolina history since the early 1900’s, and has been open as a retreat for non-profit organizations and groups since 1946.

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Upcoming Retreats

Monday, May 29, 2023
Glickman-Popkin Bassoon Camp
Friday, June 9, 2023
John Mack Oboe Camp
Saturday, June 17, 2023
Wildacres Flute Retreat
Saturday, June 17, 2023
James Houlik Saxophone Retreat
Friday, June 23, 2023 / 7:30PM
Flute and Saxophone Concert
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Sycamore Hill Writers
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Florida Society of Goldsmiths
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Robert Dick Contemporary Flute
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Wildacres Writers Retreat
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Rising Sun Pottery - Summer Session
Sunday, July 2, 2023
ASU Guided Imagery and Music IIIB
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Storytellers' Wild Week
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Wildacres Writers Workshop
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Redux Art Retreat I
Sunday, July 23, 2023
Redux Art Retreat II
Monday, July 31, 2023
ASU Guided Imagery and Music IIIA
Monday, July 31, 2023
Wildacres Interfaith Institute
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Greater Carolina Association of Rabbis
Sunday, August 6, 2023
UNCA SciComm Scholars Institute
Thursday, August 10, 2023
B'nai B'rith
Friday, August 11, 2023
Friday Fellowship-All Fellows Gathering
Monday, August 14, 2023
Southeast Federation
Monday, August 14, 2023
Charlotte NC Woodcarvers Club
Monday, August 14, 2023
Creative Clay
Thursday, August 24, 2023
The Way of the Dulcimer
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Association for Research and Enlightenment
Friday, September 8, 2023
Music for People
Friday, September 8, 2023
Oncology Nursing Society
Monday, September 11, 2023
Southeast Federation
Monday, September 11, 2023
Carolinas Writing Program Administrators
Monday, September 11, 2023
Edwina Bringle Textiles
Thursday, September 14, 2023
ASU-Expressive Arts Collective
Friday, September 15, 2023
Gardner-Webb Writers
Monday, September 18, 2023
Creative Watercolor Techniques
Monday, September 18, 2023
East Tennessee PMC Guild
Monday, September 18, 2023
Cynthia Bringle Pottery
Monday, September 18, 2023
Wildacres Fall Star Party
Monday, September 18, 2023
Our True Nature
Thursday, September 21, 2023
The Mushroomers
Monday, September 25, 2023
Rising Sun Pottery-Fall Session
Monday, September 25, 2023
Creative Process Art and Yoga Retreat
Monday, October 2, 2023
Nature Printing Society
Monday, October 9, 2023
Sun City Lifelong Learning
Friday, October 13, 2023
Department of Family Medicine
Friday, October 13, 2023
Southern Appalachian Wilderness Stewards
Monday, October 16, 2023
Southwings
Monday, October 16, 2023
Florida Society of Goldsmiths
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Jazz Guitar Retreat
Thursday, October 19, 2023
Friday Fellowship Seminar I
Monday, October 23, 2023
Redux Retreat III
Monday, October 30, 2023
Fall Gathering

As a CEO of a non-profit, I can’t say enough about our group retreat. The beautiful grounds of Wildacres was the perfect backdrop for retreat and renewal for our organization.
Jefferson Smith
CEO of New Beginnings
The sense of camaraderie among the different ethnicities, religions, social and economic differences is a true example of founders I.D. and Madolyn Blumenthal’s decision to dedicate Wildacres Retreat "to the betterment of human relations.”
Gary Lee
Owner - Rising Sun Pottery
Wildacres magic is certainly born from its quiet and simple beauty. It is when we carry those gifts back down from that mountain that the real magical power of Wildacres is revealed.
Clark Denniston
MD

Our Values

In the Spring of 1946, Wildacres Retreat was dedicated “to the betterment of human relations” in the hope that through their experiences at the retreat, groups and guests would learn to live together in harmony in the “real world.”

 

At Wildacres Retreat, we believe that diversity, inclusion, and equity are essential ingredients to fulfilling our founding purpose. We believe in the importance of learning from one another and expanding our perspectives in the process. Varied ideas, world views, and personal characteristics can find common purpose in the pursuit of just and equitable human relations. As a community, we support an environment in which all are welcome and respected. We intentionally engage people of diverse ages, ethnicities, races, religions or philosophical beliefs, political affiliations, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, nationalities, and socioeconomic statuses in order to build authentic, trusting relationships across these differences. In all that we are and all that we do, Wildacres is an environment free of discrimination, rich with respectful dialogue across differences, and steadfast in its commitment to, and pursuit of, the betterment of human relations.