Arts Center of Cannon County

The Arts Center of Cannon County (ACCC) is a 501(c) organization located in Woodbury, Tennessee. The ACCC consists of a playhouse, art gallery, and concert venue in a single facility.

The Arts Center is a collaboration between the Cannon Community Playhouse (est. 1980), the Cannon County Historical Society, and the Cannon Association of Craft Artists. The original Arts Center, a 7,000 square-foot facility, opened in March 1991. The facility has undergone multiple expansions and currently occupies 18,000 square feet. In 1992 the facility received the Tennessee Governor's Award for the Arts in the Community Division. In 1993 the Arts Center launched its School Matinee program, and in 1995 launched its Summer Youth Conservatory program. In 1996 and 1998, the 100 Best Small Art Towns in America named the Arts Center as one of the primary reasons for including the town of Woodbury. Also in 1998, the ACCC was selected as one of three hosts for the Tennessee Governor's Conference for the Arts. In 2002, the Arts Center founded its own in-house record label, Spring Fed Records, and was one of the pilots for the National Endowment for the Arts Local Folk Arts Infrastructure Initiative. In 2003, the ACCC hosted the Southern Arts Federation's Folklorists in the South Conference, and Spring Fed Records' Uncle Dave at Home release was named Old-Time Release of the Year by The Old Time Herald In 2008, Spring Fed Records' critically acclaimed John Work III: Recording Black Culture, a compilation of recordings made by folklorist John Work III, won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. In 2011, the ACCC received the Tennessee Governor's Award for Environmental Stewardship for the facility's "Power of Art" solar energy installation. In 2009, the center received a grant to digitize 1000 photos pertaining to the history of agriculture in the county.

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