Arts & Culture

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials are hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the National Park Service Collections Preservation Center in Townsend, Tenn. on Friday, May 6 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will be followed by a public open house of the new facility from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. In addition, the adjacent Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center is hosting ...

A flurry of activity has begun at the Anakeesta Village development on the Parkway in Gatlinburg as the site is prepared for construction. During the month of March, Layman Construction Company and House Movers carefully prepared the historic Ogle Cabin for relocation to the City of Gatlinburg Welcome Center on the Parkway. The evening of Wednesday, April 20, 2016, after ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting works by Nelson Ziegler – Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Artist of the Year. The Pilgrimage is a five-day event, April 19-23, 2016 hosted by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The event offers 144 professionally guided walks and presentations held in the Park and Mills Conference Center in Gatlinburg. The exhibit showcases Ziegler’s ...

Gatlinburg is gearing up and preparations are underway for the first-ever Hands On Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts Weekend from April 8 through April 10, 2016 in the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community. The 2016 Hands On Gatlinburg Arts & Crafts Weekend provides arts and crafts lovers the opportunity to own a beautifully crafted piece of artwork made with their ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting works by current Artists-in-Residence in Not to Scale – the final exhibition from Charlie Ryland, Drew Davis Johnson, Julia Gartrell, Sarah Rachel Brown and Skye Livingston. The Artists-in-Residence Program provides early career, self-directed artists time, space and support to experiment and develop a new body of work in a creative community environment. Each year, five artists of different media ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts has scheduled one-day spring workshops in a variety of media. Gather friends and family on Saturday, March 26, 2016 to spend time making creative art at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. With seven workshops offered from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in a variety of media, everyone is sure to find a skill ...

Take advantage of Arrowmont’s local resident scholarship program and save big on Arrowmont workshops! Residents of Sevier, Blount, Cocke, Jefferson and Knox Counties receive 50% tuition discount on Arrowmont workshops. Take this opportunity to use professionally equipped studios and learn from nationally and internationally practicing studio artists and university faculty. Arrowmont offers weekend, one-week and two-week workshops. Choose from over ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg is exhibiting an interactive installation by Chalet Comellas entitled Working Memory, on view from Feb. 8 through March 11, 2016 in the Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery. A closing reception will be held Friday, March 11 from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free and the community is encouraged to attend with their ...

Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is exhibiting interactive art in Touch, Arrowmont’s biannual National Juried Exhibition, on view in the Sandra J. Blain Gallery from Jan. 16 to March 11, 2016. An opening reception will be held Jan. 22 from 6 to 8 p.m., awards ceremony at 7 p.m. Admission is free, and the community is encouraged to attend ...

This holiday season, remember the “Reason for the Season” and take the time to experience “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”  Christ Museum and Gardens will extend their hours and “Deck the Halls” on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015 with an open house from 4 to 8 p.m. All Sevier County residents and those working in Sevier County will be admitted free ...