Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-8-1101: Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts

There is established the Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, which shall operate as a division of the Tennessee Technological University to:

(1) Continue ownership and operation of the Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts at Center Hill Lake, transferred to the university on July 1, 1985;

(2) Develop, stimulate and preserve the tradition of crafts in Tennessee by offering not only professional crafts, but also experience in the areas of marketing, promotion, exhibition/display work, all of those skills necessary to help a craftsperson become an independent business person as well as a proficient and creative artist;

(3) Provide technical and artistic training to persons who want to work in any of the five (5) major media areas, clay, fibers, glass, metals and wood;

(4) Preserve through documentation and exhibition, the craft tradition of this state; and

(5) Continue to offer a bachelor of fine arts, a bachelor of science in crafts, a certificate program in crafts and an apprentice program in crafts.