The Appalachian Arts Craft Center Blog
Spring Plant & Garden Art Sale
Plant & Garden Art Sale: May 7 - May 21, 2022 Is springtime your favorite time of year? Looking for a way to decorate or add some new plants to your garden? Make plans to join us at the Appalachian Arts Craft Center between May 7 - May...
6 Reasons to Visit the Appalachian Arts Craft Center
Just off I-75 in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee you’ll find an Art Center with a Gift Shop full of handmade, one-of-a-kind arts and crafts produced by talented local artisans. For over 50 years, the Appalachian Arts Craft Center (AACC) has...
Spotlight on AACC Class Instructor Kath Ferring
No doubt, one of the oldest, if not the oldest, of Appalachian Arts and Crafts is storytelling. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the region, for centuries native Americans created stories to explain natural phenomena and record important events...
AACC Best Sellers: Karen Briggs
“Perseverance” is one lesson that aspiring artists and crafters should learn from the experience of Karen Briggs, one of the Appalachian Arts Crafts Center’s longest-running and best-selling juried artists.
The First Crafters and a New Home
The seeds of the Center were planted by Sara Starr and Grace Foster, but it germinated when the first members joined and became involved
“Amazing” Grace Foster
Grace Foster was just as important to the beginning of the Community Craft Center as was Sara Starr. Grace joined the Peace Corp to set up a cottage sewing industry in Central America in the late 1960s and when she returned, she began a job with...