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SPECIAL THANKS

We'd like to extend a special thanks to the following folks who helped us make this project possible:

We'd like to that our funders USDA Rural Development , Tucker Foundation, Tennessee Department of Tourism Development, the Cracker Barrel Foundation, our sponors, and the numerous other private and public donors that made this Web site and it's promotion possible.

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Thanks to Darrell Kerley, Jesse Kaufman, Donna Zec and all the Web site programmers at MMA Creative for nuturing the idea of this project and making it a reality. 

Thank you Randy Williams of the Upper Cumberland Development District for giving this project the Edge, and thanks to all our members and partners who have always participated with the Alliance, and supported our efforts to pursue a more inclusive vision for the region's future.  

 

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Appalachian Arts Craft Center

Appalachian Arts Craft Center

Tennessee's Appalachian Arts & Crafts Center is a non-profit with a public art gallery and a store where they sell handcrafted arts and crafts. All of their art is handcrafted from local artists and they have a classes year round for children and adults.

Appalachian Arts began at the Community Craft Center in 1970, in the back room of an old grocery store. They were founded by Grace Foster and Sara Shepard Starr, who had been hired by the federally funded Anderson County Community Action Commission to “to enrich the souls and pocketbooks of low-income people in Anderson County” as stated in their original charter.

In addition to the support received from this branch of Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, they received early assistance from Good Neighbors of Norris, The Tennessee Arts Commission and John Rice Irwin of the Museum of Appalachia. Non-profit 501(c)3 status was obtained, weaving, quilting, and pottery classes began, and a shop was opened.

(Photo and Information Source: http://appalachianarts.net)

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2716 Andersonville Highway
Clinton, TN 37716

Phone: (865) 494-9854
Website: http://appalachianarts.net

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