2026 Activities and Events

Jan 6                Membership Meeting, Susan McCollum

Jan 6                Jury Committee Meeting

Jan 20              Board Meeting

Jan 24              Heritage and Hospitality Tour (demonstrations/refreshments)

Jan 27              Art Drop Off for New Gallery Quarter

Jan 28              Gallery Display Committee, New Gallery Quarter

Feb 3               Membership Meeting, Mollie Nicholson

Feb 7               Gallery Reception and Sale

Feb 17              Board Meeting

Mar 3               Membership Meeting           

Mar 17              Board Meeting

Apr 7                Membership Meeting    

Apr 21              Board Meeting

Apr 24-25         Wilder’s Chapel Exhibit, Demonstration, and Sale, Fiber Fair, GSM Heritage Center

April 28             Art Drop off for New Gallery Quarter

April 29             Gallery Display Committee, New Gallery Quarter

May 2               Membership Picnic At Townsend Picnic Area, 10:30-3:30

May 2 Maker’s Market, Maryville

May 9               Artists At Work: Demo Day

May 19             Board Meeting

May 29-31        Townsend Visitor Center

Jun 2                Membership Meeting

Jun 16              Board Meeting

Jun 23. Jury Committee Meeting

Jul 7                 Membership Meeting

Jul 21               Board Meeting

Jul 28              Art Drop off for New Gallery Quarter

Jul 29              Gallery Display Committee, New Gallery Quarter

Aug 4              Membership Meeting

Aug 8            Artists At Work:  Demo Day

Aug 18            Board Meeting

Sept 1              Membership Meeting

Sept 15             Board Meeting

Sept 18             A Place to Stay Auction and Soup Lunch

Sept 22 Jury Committee Meeting

Sept 26             Blue Ribbon Country Fair

Oct 6                Membership Meeting

Oct 16-18         Townsend Visitor Center           

Oct 20              Board Meeting

Oct 27              Art Drop off for New Gallery Quarter

Oct 28              Gallery Display Committee, New Gallery Quarter

Nov 3               Membership Meeting

Nov 17             Board Meeting

Nov 21             Winter Reception and Sale

Dec 1               Covered Dish-Barn Event Center          

Dec 15             Board Meeting

Jan 12 Jury Committee Meeting

Subject to Change    June 2026

Craft market booth displaying knitted hats, crocheted baskets, colorful jewelry, framed art, and other handcrafted items, with visitors browsing. 
Exhibit at Townsend Visitor Center
Five women standing around a carved wooden sculpture on a pedestal in an art gallery with other artworks and visitors in the background, smiling for the photo. 
Artists exhibiting at
 Emporium, Knoxville
A white event tent with a sign that reads 'Free Art Projects' and a banner sponsored by Townsend Artisan Guild, with children and adults inside participating in art activities. 
Art Tent at Blue Ribbon Country Fair