For this road trip I went to Gatlinburg, TN for a metals workshop at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. You can read about the workshop over on The Adventurous Silversmith blog.
I left early Saturday morning and made it to Memphis, TN. I had a cooler with food so I only stopped twice for gas or at rest stops to eat and "bio-breaks" and to stretch my legs after so much sitting. It was to bed early and up at 6 am so I could get to Arrowmont in the afternoon. I arrived around 4pm with plenty of time to unpack, and rest before dinner and orientation.
Monday - Friday it was up by 7:30 am, get breakfast and a cuppa coffee and then head over to the workshop for our class. We broke for lunch between noon and 1:30 pm and dinner was at 5:00 pm. We fell into a route where about 5 or 6 of us would eat our meals together. During lunch and dinner we shared about ourselves and even started to play a game where you had to choose between two things like: coffee or tea; beef or fish, etc. We talked about where we lived, going to school, work, retirement, travel and so much more.
The school also has several galleries where the resident artists and the visiting teachers display there work. In the store you can buy some pieces by all of them as well as supplies for the classes or not.
At 7:00 pm, Monday through Thursday there were artist talks we could attend too. It was great to hear how the other artists/teachers got started and how they make their stuff.
Since Gatlinburg, around where the school is located, is really a giant amusement park, a few nights we went off campus and did things like riding the tramway to the top of the hill/mountain and the aquarium which I think was pretty good. We showed our Arrowmont badges and got discounts on the admission which was great since admission to the places wasn't cheap; the tram was free and the aquarium was only $10 for us. On Friday night, after the workshop was over 3 of us drove to Nashville to view art in a few galleries and go to dinner.
I do have to say that for those of us that were "older" the younger kids certainly made the time fun and inclusive which I really appreciated because when I was at Haystack, took a long time to happen or not at all.
I left early Saturday morning and made it to Memphis, TN. I had a cooler with food so I only stopped twice for gas or at rest stops to eat and "bio-breaks" and to stretch my legs after so much sitting. It was to bed early and up at 6 am so I could get to Arrowmont in the afternoon. I arrived around 4pm with plenty of time to unpack, and rest before dinner and orientation.
Monday - Friday it was up by 7:30 am, get breakfast and a cuppa coffee and then head over to the workshop for our class. We broke for lunch between noon and 1:30 pm and dinner was at 5:00 pm. We fell into a route where about 5 or 6 of us would eat our meals together. During lunch and dinner we shared about ourselves and even started to play a game where you had to choose between two things like: coffee or tea; beef or fish, etc. We talked about where we lived, going to school, work, retirement, travel and so much more.
The school also has several galleries where the resident artists and the visiting teachers display there work. In the store you can buy some pieces by all of them as well as supplies for the classes or not.
At 7:00 pm, Monday through Thursday there were artist talks we could attend too. It was great to hear how the other artists/teachers got started and how they make their stuff.
Since Gatlinburg, around where the school is located, is really a giant amusement park, a few nights we went off campus and did things like riding the tramway to the top of the hill/mountain and the aquarium which I think was pretty good. We showed our Arrowmont badges and got discounts on the admission which was great since admission to the places wasn't cheap; the tram was free and the aquarium was only $10 for us. On Friday night, after the workshop was over 3 of us drove to Nashville to view art in a few galleries and go to dinner.
I do have to say that for those of us that were "older" the younger kids certainly made the time fun and inclusive which I really appreciated because when I was at Haystack, took a long time to happen or not at all.
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