Please feel free to visit the links below.
I consider these to be the best-of-the-best for great information.
National Wood Carvers Association
Please feel free to send me an email if you have questions or comments:
john@camperjohn.com
Ol Don Burgdorf

Ol' Don is a member of my carving club and a well known carver. He is a monthly contributor to Wood Carving Magazine and travels all around the country teaching workshops and classes on carving.
Leipers Fork
Carving Club

My local carving club here in Tennesse.
Pete LeClair

I attended one of Pete's class and highly recommend him as a teacher.
If you are in the Shelbyville/Lynchburg TN area and looking for a very unique place to stay, I would highly recommend
Tennessee Horse Country Bed & Breakfast

Virgina & Dan Parrish have created a very nice spot to get-away.  I visited here one night while touring the Jack Daniel's Distillery.  It was a great stay, the setting was beatiful and the breakfast was brought to our cottage.