Tennessee Tech University
Featured School: October 2020
The NASAD accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts degree woodworking program at TN Tech University is part of the School of Art, Craft & Design’s academic program at its satellite campus, the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, TN. The Appalachian Center for Craft is an 87,000 sq/ft facility dedicated to craft and craft education and which features spacious well-equipped studios in woodworking (and woodturning), glassblowing, blacksmithing, small metals, ceramics, and fibers.
Its woodworking program has been led by prominent leaders in the field of studio art furniture, including Wendy Maruyama, Tom Hucker, and most recently, Professor Graham Campbell, who retired in July 2020 after 30 years of dedicated and skillful leadership and teaching. The woodworking program is currently led by visiting instructor, Nathaniel Hall.
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The mission of the School of Art, Craft & Design is to prepare students for careers in visual art studio and art education. Students develop creative potential, learn skills and design processes, acquire cultural knowledge, and develop critical faculties through visual art experiences. The mission is achieved through rigorous, hands-on teaching/learning, exposure to entrepreneurial concepts and practice, and a broad liberal arts education. Additionally, students have the option to supplement their BFA academic studies by participating in the non-academic workshop program offered at the Appalachian Center for Craft, which provides an excellent opportunity for exposure to new perspectives on making and thinking related to craft studies. A year-long, modestly funded artist in residency program is an added feature of the center and which adds to the academic program, as well.
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TN Tech is a state-funded public institution, which offers high-quality education at an affordable cost. The School of Art, Craft & Design offers several scholarship opportunities for students in its BFA woodworking program.
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