Free White Oak Basket Makers demonstration April 30

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A master and apprentice team from the Tennessee Arts Commission's Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program will be demonstrating white oak basketmaking in Woodbury on April 30, 2019 from 10 AM to 4 PM.

Master white oak basket maker Sue Williams of Morrison and her apprentice Rhonda Brown of Woodbury have been invited to display and demonstrate their rare and endangered folk craft at the Arts Center of Cannon County located at 1424 John Bragg Highway, Woodbury, TN.

Cannon, Warren, and Rutherford Counties are considered by many folklorists to be the epicenter of this once ubiquitous local traditional art form. Williams and Brown will demonstrate and display their ongoing work. Attendance to this special Tennessee Folklife demonstration is free and open to the public.

Williams and Brown are one of the teams funded by the Tennessee Arts Commission's Folklife Program to pass down rare and endangered traditional art forms and skills in this year's Tennessee Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.

Williams learned her art from legendary Cannon County basket makers Estel and Gertie Youngblood and Mary Jane Prater starting in 1985. She has avidly taught, promoted and sharpened her skills in her chosen craft over the years.

Williams is training Brown in the full process of locating an appropriate White Oak tree and harvesting a pole that will be of the quality needed to break down to get supplies ready to make a basket. Williams is also teaching her the Cannon County Tie, a special X Pattern with a vertical bar woven at the point where the basket handle connects to the rim on each side.

The Arts Center of Cannon County is located at 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. For additional information call 615-563-2787 or visit our website at www.artscenterofcc.com

IF YOU GO!

What: White Oak Basket Making Demonstration

Where: The Arts Center of Cannon County, Woodbury, TN

When: April 30, 10:00AM-4:00PM

Admission: Free

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