ARROWMONT CRAFT CONVERSATIONS is a video series that highlights artists in the Arrowmont community. Our partnership with Arrowmont faculty and community members has contributed to Arrowmont’s outstanding reputation. The artists who appear in this series exemplify the characteristics that represent the School — among the most experienced, capable, and innovative in the arts and crafts world.
ERIN ANFINSON is an artist who lives in Murfreesboro, Tennessee where she is an associate professor of Art and Design at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). Her encaustic and animated works have been exhibited nationally and internationally in solo, group and juried exhibitions. She has been a National Park Service Artist-in-Residence and has taught a variety of mixed media encaustic workshops at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Craft and at MTSU.
www.erinanfinson.com
Founded as a settlement school in 1912 by the Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women, Arrowmont has grown into a national center for contemporary arts and crafts education, supporting learning opportunities for individuals of all skills levels and ages. Arrowmont is located on 13 acres in the heart of Gatlinburg, TN only minutes away from Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With access to tourist attractions, the convenience of a large city nearby, and a thriving arts and crafts community, Arrowmont offers a unique and immersive learning environment—an unexpected creative oasis amidst the bustle of a popular tourist destination.
The heritage of the School is rooted in an approach to the arts that builds upon traditional arts and crafts, and the joy of making. People travel from across the nation and the globe to take classes at Arrowmont. More than 150 national workshops are offered annually, in addition to a full complement of community classes, children’s classes and ArtReach classes, which provide a day of art to over 1,200 local school children annually. In addition, Arrowmont is host to numerous gallery exhibitions, symposia and conferences.
