{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-8-1101","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-8-1101","heading":"Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts","body":"There is established the Joe L. Evins Appalachian Center for Crafts, which shall operate as a division of the Tennessee Technological University to:\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(4) Preserve through documentation and exhibition, the craft tradition of this state; and\n(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.","path":["TN Code","Title 49","Chapter 8"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"7a991b2bdf0c380f52760da9901e161ca96d1a3ee6c1e1309d9d6e7b88585032","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-8-110","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-49-8-1102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}