Haywood Community College is located in beautiful Haywood County, North Carolina. Bordered by the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the north and the Blue Ridge Parkway to the south, Haywood County offers outdoor recreation of all kinds, with quaint small towns and plenty of back road rural communities. The city of Asheville is located only 30 minutes away. Haywood Community College’s Creative Arts programming offers an innovative, affordable, groundbreaking craft education.

• The HCC Craft programs draw students from across the United States and beyond.
• The college’s state-of-the-art, LEED certified, green building is a model for art and craft education.
• The Creative Arts Facility is over 40,000 square feet in size containing both studio and gallery space.
• Class sizes are small, with teacher-student ratios designed for an optimal studio education.

HCC offers a 2-year, degree and diploma seeking intensive course of studies in Clay, Fiber, Jewelry and Wood. Through a unique blend of studio experience, classroom education, and hands-on business experience, degree students achieve the skills necessary to become viable independent studio artists or to become valuable, skilled employees in the expanding craft industry. HCC offers continuing education classes and workshops in clay, fiber, metals, wood, painting, drawing, and music as well as design and computer classes. These classes are year-round and open to the public. Free business seminars such as Marketing for the Craftsperson are offered throughout the year to prepare students and serve the community with the information necessary to develop or participate in successful craft businesses.