ARTS CENTER OF CANNON COUNTY
Each year the Arts Center of Cannon County host the top craft artisans from throughout the
region who 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. Artisans present an enormous variety of work, all of which is chosen for its 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 has developed and coordinated this event for the past 19 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 Arts Center Café provides great southern cooking inside the Arts Center.
Grammy winning Spring Fed Records
The Arts Center of Cannon County’s in-house record label, Spring Fed Records, won their first Grammy for Best Album Notes. The award winning liner notes, written by Bruce Nemerov were for the CD John Work III: Recording Black Culture, a CD featuring Work’s personal field recordings of sacred harp
singing, quartets, string bands, blues and gospel singing recorded in the earlier part of the 20th century.
Begun in 2002 at the Arts Center of Cannon County, Spring Fed Records has produced 25 CD titles and 3 DVDs in five years including 6 new Davis Unlimited titles that will be available March 1st. Spring Fed Records mission is to make available great, obscure traditional music recordings for a larger market. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Folklife Program of the Tennessee Arts Commission, Spring Fed Records actively seeks out historic field recordings, live performances, interviews and limited pressings, tied to Tennessee’s rich musical heritage to re-master and issue for commercial release.