Foothills Craft Guild members work. Image courtesy of Fountain City Art Center.

Foothills Craft Guild members are celebrating their 50th Anniversary this year and is exhibiting at the Fountain City Art Center now through October 6, 2016. The show will be going up all next week and will be celebrated with an opening reception Friday, September 9, 6:30 - 8:00 PM. The reception is open to everyone in the community. The Guild's original founding members will be bringing in work for the displays along with younger and newer members.

Most of the Foothills Exhibit's display pieces will be for sale which is excellent news for those who admire handmade one-of-a-kind works of art. Also on display will be some of the works from the Foothills Craft Guild's permanent collection.

The Guild was founded in 1966 in Oak Ridge and boasts some of the state of Tennessee's finest artisans as its members. On display is fiber arts including weaving, spinning, needle felting, knitting, and macrame. Visitors will also see handcrafted jewelry in metal, gemstones, and glass; pottery of every style and method imaginable, handmade books, print making, photography, basketry, wood, stone, and metal sculptures, quilting, brooms, cornshuck dolls, and mosaics.

Exhibits are free of charge; visiting hours are: Tu, Th 9-5; W, F 10 - 5; Sat. 9-1. The Art Center is located next to Fountain City Park at 213 Hotel Avenue across from Fountain City Methodist Park.