Twice a year, Legacy workshops offer educators and administrators the opportunity to learn in Arrowmont’s creative environment with the support of full scholarships including tuition, lodging, meals, and a completion stipend to K-12 educators from any discipline during the summer and arts administrators and support staff to K-12 in the fall.
Legacy provides information and skills building in traditional arts, crafts, and culture and teaches how traditional craft relates to, and may be used to enhance teaching other subjects. Educators may choose from workshops in a wide range of media. The sessions are designed so that students have time to interact, share ideas, and build a supportive network. Additional evening programming and demonstrations are scheduled during the session so that participants are able to learn about Appalachian arts and infusing it into their classroom or organization.
Located on 13-wooded acres in downtown Gatlinburg, the gateway to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Arrowmont is an oasis. Once on campus, participants will be treated to the Arrowmont experience with needs anticipated and met, including housing and excellent meals prepared by our talented chef and kitchen staff. Special dietary and mobility needs are accommodated. * An immersive experience, Legacy is an opportunity for teachers to learn a new craft, enhance teaching skills, and have time to re-charge, grow and reflect.
Legacy serves arts educators and administrators in the counties listed below. There are two Legacy programs. The Legacy Appalachian Arts for Appalachian Teachers program is not limited to arts teachers — it is open to all K-12 educators teaching any subject. The Legacy Appalachian Arts for Appalachian Administrators program in the fall is not limited to K-12 Administrators — it is open to all arts administrators, support staff and organizations. We encourage you to invite your colleagues to also apply.
If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Buglio, Director of Local and Regional programs at: rbuglio@arrowmont.org or call 865-436-5860 x38.
*If you have a food allergy or special dietary requirement, please inform our dining staff. While we make every effort to prevent cross-contamination in our kitchen, we cannot guarantee that any dish is 100% free of gluten or other allergens. That being said, we take extra precautions with known allergies and do our best to accommodate special diets whenever possible. We will strive to provide you with the information necessary to make an informed dining decision.
Applications for Summer Legacy Week are open January 19, 2024 – March 1, 2024
To apply, go to arrowmont.slideroom.com and upload a one-to-two-page letter of interest describing why you want to participate in Legacy. In additional to the letter, there will be a questionnaire in the application asking for contact information, name of the school where you teach, the county where the school is located, subject/discipline/grade you teach, and your first, second, third workshop choices.
If you have questions, please contact Rebecca Buglio, Director of Local and Regional programs at: rbuglio@arrowmont.org or call 865-436-5860 x38.
The summer Legacy program is modeled on Arrowmont’s acclaimed week-long national workshops with modifications to specifically address craft in the classroom and across the curriculum. The 2024 Legacy Workshops include:
Applications for the fall Legacy Program are open June 1 – September 1, 2024
Arrowmont offers a second Legacy Program for Appalachian Administrators each fall. Similar to the summer Legacy Program, this weekend workshop offers arts administrators and K-12 support staff the opportunity to learn in Arrowmont’s creative environment with the support of full scholarships including tuition, lodging, meals, and a completion stipend.
This program is dedicated to administrative, guidance, and K-12 educational support staff such as principals, office workers, guidance counselors, school psychologists, teaching assistants, and librarians, as well as non-profit arts administrators.
The fall program begins Thursday evening, and will conclude on Sunday at noon, NOVEMBER 14–17, 2024.
Kentucky: Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Edmonson, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Garrard, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Hart, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Lincoln, McCreary, Madison, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee, Metcalfe, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, and Wolfe.
North Carolina: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Stokes, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and Yancey.
Ohio: Adams, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Columbiana, Coshocton, Gallia, Guernsey, Harrison, Highland, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mahoning, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pike, Ross, Scioto, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Vinton, and Washington.
Tennessee: Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Claiborne, Clay, Cocke, Coffee, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Franklin, Grainger, Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, Hawkins, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Knox, Lawrence, Lewis, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Marion, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Overton, Pickett, Polk, Putnam, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sequatchie, Sevier, Smith, Sullivan, Unicoi, Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, and White.
Virginia: Alleghany, Bath, Bland, Botetourt, Buchanan, Carroll, Craig, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Henry, Highland, Lee, Montgomery, Patrick, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe.
West Virginia: All counties: Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming.