2010 White Oak Crafts Fair: Shop Til You Drop



2010 White Oak Crafts Fair: Shop Til You Drop

Bobby Edwards displays a few of the baskets he will be selling during this year's White Oak Crafts Fair.
Come spend a early fall day in the country at the 21st annual White Oak Craft Fair scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, September 11th and 12th, 2010.

The White Oak Craft Fair returns for its 21st year, offering something of interest for everybody who delights in items and products that are individually designed and hand crafted. See artists and craft vendors display their beautiful and unique wares along the banks of the East Fork Stones River just down from the Arts Center of Cannon County.

Top craft artisans from throughout the region will offer for sale their original textiles, jewelry, woodcarving, metalwork, pottery, photography, chairs, baskets, ironwork, stained glass and much more. Shopping doesn’t get any better than this.

The White Oak Craft Fair will present an enormous variety of work, all of which is chosen for it 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.

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.

Come for the shopping or come for the food! “The Kitchen at the Arts Center” will provide traditional southern cooking inside the Arts Center with additional food booths to choose from down on the river.

In addition a Children’s Activities Tent will be provided allowing young children (and their parents and grandparents) a chance to re-hydrate, sit down and slow down with special activities planned just for them.

Admission to the fair is FREE with a $2 donation benefiting the local Lion’s Club and The Arts Center. Make your plans now to visit the White Oak Crafts Fair, but be sure that you give yourself plenty of time because you will not want to miss all that this year’s fair has to offer.

The 21st Annual White Oak Crafts is sponsored in part by the Cannon Association of Crafts Artists, The Arts Center of Cannon County and The Tennessee Arts Commission.

The fair will be at The Arts Center of Cannon County, 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. Fair hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm both days. For additional information call 615-563-2787 or 1-800-235-9073 or visit our website at  HYPERLINK http://www.artscenterofcc.com www.artscenterofcc.com

IF YOU GO!

What: The White Oak Craft Fair
Where: The Arts Center of Cannon County, Woodbury, TN
When: September 11 & 12, (9:00AM-5:00PM
Admission: Free with $2 supervised parking donation to local Lions Club and The Arts Center