The Great Smoky Thanksgiving Arts and Crafts Show. Unique handcrafted gifts made by members of Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community are offered as they host their annual Thanksgiving show at the Gatlinburg Convention Center.

The Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community is the nation’s largest organization of independent artisans makes its home in Gatlinburg, TN. The Tennessee artist and craftsmen here create beautiful and useful things with techniques handed down for decades. Find gorgeous quilts, old-fashioned straw brooms with hand-carved handles, exquisitely woven baskets, hand-dipped scented candles, Victorian ceramic pitchers, pottery, dulcimers, stuffed bears, leather vests, and more. There is handmade jewelry unlike any you’ll find back home. Painters capture scenes of landscapes and mountain life, while potters and weavers work magic with clay and cloth.

Participating Members: Lee Manis Basket Weaver Joe Compton Woodworking Mohr Custom Knives Overhome Creations BandT Woodworking Lorelei Candles Into the West Leather Misty Mountain Soap Co. Black Bear Crafts Smoky Mountain Mercantile Wire Wonders Sliver Finger Carving Earthworks Rock Candles Foxcreek Baskets and Woodworking Nelson Farm, TN JandJ Signs and Gifts Whaley’s Handcrafts