Local Art Galleries

Local art galleries are a great way to experience local culture and most of them have a minimum fee or no fee. Gatlinburg is home to several great local art galleries. Some of the best ones are listed below.

Alice Moore Gallery: an arts and crafts community in Gatlinburg.
To contact, call  (865) 436-0327. 

American Legacies: Gatlinburg log cabin art.
To contact, call  (865) 430-4301.

Appalachian Gallery and Frame
To contact, call  (865) 436-2477.

Beneath The Smokies: offers photography and work by Ken Jenkins, a nationally known photographer.
To contact, call (865) 436-3460.

Church Mouse Gallery: features fine art, prints, and pottery.
To contact, call  (865) 436-8988.

The Bead Experience: Shop and Classes

  Personal gifts are a great way to show someone that you care for them, and what better gift to give than a personal bracelet or necklace? The Bead Experience in Gatlinburg has all different kinds of beads as well as classes you can take to learn how to make certain types of jewelry. Once at the store, you can choose from Sterling Silver, Italian, High Quality, and Semi-Precious Gemstones. The shop also has a full line of tool. Some of their classes include Beginner Glass Blowing and Beginner Fusing. For a complete list of classes as well as more information about the store, visit their website:http://www.beadxp.com/

Annual Pumpkin Festival

 

Come discover the beauty of the Smokies this fall during the Annual Pumpkin Festival. Feast your eyes on the gorgeous landscapes that the mountains provide in the fall with many festivities and activities that this festival withholds. The Wears Valley Farmer’s Market presents the Annual Pumpkin Festival, running from September 15 through October 30, which is located in Wears Valley, TN. Nestled in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, the festival offers a wide arrangement of seasonal mums to fresh produce and pumpkin carving. Along with arts and crafts, this festival has a wide assortment of happenings to satisfy any family’s desire. 

 

Capture the essence of fall this year during your trip into the Smokies with the Annual Pumpkin Festival: http://www.wearsvalley-farmersmarket.com/pumpkin-festival.html .

Apple Valley Farms

 

Apple Valley Farms makes you believe that comfort food is the way to go. Indulge in some thirst quenching apple cider, or warm yourself up with homemade apple pie. There is something for everyone in the quilt shop and country store, sure to please any sort of taste. Make this experience extraordinary with their unique gifts, crafts and assortment of the Smoky Mountain’s great southern cooking– a stray away from the typical tourist location. The next time you are traveling through Townsend and Pigeon Forge, stop into Apple Valley Farms to experience the laid-back family atmosphere.

 

For directions, menus and other information, visit http://www.tnvacation.com/vendors/apple_valley_farms_country_stores_and_cafe/

Old Timey Photo Shops

Old Timey Photos By Renee

716 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37738-3240

(865) 436-4411‎

Miss Dee’s Old Fashioned Photos
174 Old Mill Ave
Pigeon Forge, TN 37863-3516
(865) 429-0111

Dixie’s Old Time Photo
529 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
865-436-0055

Garters & Guns Old Time Saloon Photos
602 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
865-430-4455

Miss Sadie’s Old Time Photos
1001 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
865-430-4120

Old Town Photos
651 Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
865-430-7660

Nawger Nob Arts and Crafts Show

Check out the Nawger Nob Arts & Craft Fair in Townsend .  Over eighty crafters will sell wares like woodcarvings, baskets, paintings, pottery, chairs, and many more mountain crafts. The event takes place over the weekend of the 26-28th.  Nawger Nob is located on Lamar Alexander Parkway in Townsend.

Fall Heritage Fest and Old Timers Fair

Coming September 25-26, the Townsend Visitors Center will be hosting its 17th annual Fall Heritage Festival and Old Timers Day as part of the Townsend Days Fall Festival. Come on out to Townsend to enjoy bluegrass music, clogging, local arts and crafts, food, and demonstrations of traditional skills like basketry, spinning, beekeeping, and blacksmithing. The festival is free and open to the public. Call 800.525.6834 for more.

Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival

The Smoky Mountain Harvest Festival is a great place to experience the culture of Gatlinburg. The festival runs from September 18 to October 31. During the festival, the storekeepers decorate their windows with the colors of autumn and the town of Gatlinburg provides several arts and crafts such as weaving, candle making, pottery, woodcarving, and painting. If you are interested in learning more about the festival, visit http://www.eventsgatlinburg.com/event_detail.aspx?id=5.

Townsend Artisan Guild Woodcarving Festival

Celebrate East Tennessee & Smoky Mountains’ history at The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center. Located in the serene region of Townsend, this grand festival is centered on the remarkable culture that is preserved till this day. Visitors get a taste of Native American and early settler life through a collection of artifacts, which date back from 3000 B.C. to the 1930’s. Native American displays include ceremonial dress, pottery, hunting weapons, and masks that symbolize each of the Cherokee seven clans. Featuring a historic village, visitors experience the authenticity through the cantilever barns, log cabins, sawmill, smokehouse, underground still house, wheelwright shop, and much more. With interactive exhibits, media presentations, and three-dimensional displays, guests will leave with a better sense of the Townsend culture. Along with the festival’s public showings, woodcarvers are able to compete while putting their carvings on exhibit. For additional information, call (865) 448-0044.

Woodturning Demonstration at Townsend Visitors Center

The Townsend Visitors Center hosts arts and crafts exhibits and demonstrations throughout the year to allow visitors the chance to see, buy and experience traditional Appalachian trades. On August 22, visitors can observe a woodturning demonstration by Monte Walker. Woodturning is a form of woodworking in which the wood is moving while a stationary tool is used to cut and shape it. Walker will show the process of woodturning by creating items such as bowls and lamps. Visitors can view Walker’s art and purchase items he has created.

 

To learn more about this and other arts and crafts exhibits and demonstrations at the Townsend Visitors Center visit http://www.smokymountains.org/.