White Oak Crafts Fair
The work of over 75 craft artisans will be available for purchase as The White Oak Craft Fair returns for its 23rd year, offering something of interest for everybody who delights in items and products that are individually designed and hand crafted. From 9:00am until 5:00pm, Saturday, September 8th and Sunday, September 9th, 2012, the Arts Center of Cannon County will host the top craft artisans from throughout the region who will offer for sale their original textiles, jewelry, woodcarving, metalwork, pottery, photography, chairs, baskets, ironwork, stained glass and much more.
The White Oak Craft Fair takes place along the banks of the East Fork Stones River just down from the Arts Center. More than 75 artisans will present an enormous variety of work, all of which is chosen for it excellence and integrity by a highly respected selection panel. In an age when mass production makes so many things widely available, the White Oak Crafts Fair celebrates the inspiration and skill of the individual maker as well as being an opportunity to appreciate uniqueness. This is an event, whose reputation has spread to attract new attendees from across the region as well as appealing, year after year, to regular visitors.
In association with the Cannon Association of Craft Artists, The Arts Center of Cannon County has developed and coordinated this event for the past 22 years. Although a high percentage of the participants in the show are typically perennial favorites, new exhibitors join the show each year, so there is always something new and fresh for visitors to look forward to. Along with food booths to tempt the palate and quench the thirst, "The Kitchen at The Arts Center" will provide traditional southern cooking inside the Arts Center. Admission to this event is free with a $2 donation for supervised parking to benefit The Woodbury Lions Club and The Arts Center of Cannon County.
So make your plans now to visit the White Oak Crafts Fair, but be sure that you give yourself plenty of time because you will not want to miss all that this year’s fair has to offer. The 23nd Annual White Oak Crafts Fair will be held September 8th and 9th just down from The Arts Center of Cannon County, 1424 John Bragg Highway, just west of the town of Woodbury, approximately 20 minutes from Murfreesboro, Manchester, and McMinnville and one hour southeast of Nashville. Fair hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm both days. For additional information call 615-563-2787 or 1-800-235-9073 or visit our website at www.artscenterofcc.com
We wish to thank the following sponsors for Awards given at the 2011 22nd Annual White Oak Fair
Excellence ($100)
Clay Thurston (photography)-Woodbury Funeral Home
Damon MacNaught (glass) Woodbury Lions Club
William & Sharon Kooienga (wood)– Smith Funeral Home
Tim Hintz (chairs) - Coomes Chiropractic
Randy Johns (wood)– Old Feed Store Antiques
Joe Brown (iron) First Bank
Merit Award ($50)
Bobby and Mik Edwards (baskets)–Mitch Wilson, State Farm Insurance
Michael Kelley (clay) – Higgins Flea Market
Jane McGinnis Glynn (clay)– Stones River Payroll
John Sadler (wood) - Potters Ace Hardware
Piper Simmons (wood) – First National Bank
Stones River Woodworkers-Woodson’s Pharmacy
Sue Williams (baskets) - Higgins Moonlite Drive-In
Daniel Strawser (wood) - Woodbury Lions Club
Exhibitor’s Choice Award sponsored by Paul L. Reed Furniture– Jim Everette (wood)
Best Mug Award ($100) sponsored by Neil Applebaum & Short Mountain Coffee
Rob Harvey (clay)
