Contact Ashley Lusietto at alusietto@tntech.edu
About
The Craft Center is a unique state-of-the-art educational facility and cultural center combining teaching, research, cultural outreach and crafts marketing all operating in partnership. The Center operates academic programs, workshops, outreach programs and exhibitions and sales galleries as well as facilities for meetings and conferences.
Aerial view of the Craft Center with the river in the background.The Craft Center exists at a crossroads between urban and rural, academic and folk, high art and domestic life. The center was born of the vision and initiative of the people of Tennessee and a group of remarkable advocates for fine craft, backed by the largest federal grants ever awarded for crafts. Opened in December of 1979, the $5 million complex was originally developed by the Tennessee Arts Commission and funded by the Appalachian Regional Commission, and is now a division of Tennessee Tech University
Program Overview
The Focus on Fine Craft Field Trip Program serves high school students throughout Tennessee. The program takes place in professionally equipped studios on the campus of the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, Tennessee. Students who attend the field trip program participate in hands-on craft activities and learn techniques and equipment used by real working artists in glass, clay, wood, fibers, and metals studios. Each year, ACC hosts an exhibition of student and teacher work selected from field trip participants.
