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ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS
turn wood in the great smoky mountains
GATLINBURG, TENNESSEE
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by
the answers.
—James Baldwin, American author
22 | Taking a weeklong workshop at Arrowmont is akin to taking an acting class with Meryl
Streep or Jack Nicholson. The faculty at this world-renowned contemporary arts school is the
best of the best in such media as ceramics, fibers, metals, jewelry, wood turning, and wood-
working. “Look through any craft magazine—say Ceramics Monthly or American Craft —and
you'll see our instructors, often on the cover,” says Kim Newman, public relations coordinator
for the institution that even gives undergraduate and graduate credit and continuing education
units.
Don't let that intimidate you. Sure, the handiwork of Arrowmont's faculty can regularly
be found in art galleries across the national and all over the world, but the classes, which are
all welcoming, open, and nonjudgmental, attract everyone from what's-a-paintbrush? types to
serious artists looking for a wisp of inspiration.
Located less than three minutes from the Gatlinburg entrance to Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Arrowmont offers weekend, one-week, and two-week classes in, well, you can
just about name it. There are more than 150 annual offerings in media from painting and draw-
ing to stoneware, ceramics, wood carving, and textile arts.
Arrowmont's 70-acre campus also has five art galleries, a bookstore, an incredibly well-
stocked supply store (everything from sterling silver for metalmaking to bolts of silk fiber),
and housing that ranges from dormitory-style rooms in a renovated red barn to rustic cottages
furnished with antiques to newer accommodations with private baths.
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