Location: Nashville, TN
The Appalachian Center for Crafts was about as far opposite of the School of the Art Institute. SAIC was extremely contemporary and to say that the Appalachian Center is a back to basics school is actually an understatement. To give you an idea, their students who live on campus live in log cabins. It's absolutely gorgeous and absolutely small.
Nature surrounds you wherever you look and that's probably the most amazing thing about this place. It's about as beautiful as you can get with trails to the lake and beautiful wooden buildings. The downside to all of this nature, it's about an hour from Nashville and 20 minutes from a grocery store and 45 from a movie theater or bookstore. Again, the beauty of the this place, it's seclusion, provides the perfect focus but also is probably the major downfall of this school. I'm not sure I could move away from my friends and family and not be in a place with distractions.
Facility-wise this place is pretty amazing. There are a lot of ceramics kilns which most schools can't offer because they simply don't have the room. Downside, the fibers facilities were a bit lackluster. All in all, a gorgeous school that would provide me with an experience I couldn't get anywhere else.
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