← the directory

Academic Metals Directory · program

Appalachian Center For Crafts, T.t.u.

craft school / center · Active
last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Degrees
B.F.A, Certificate

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Active

What happened
Continuation with a leadership change. Robert Coogan, who founded the metals program and became its head in 1981, retired from the ACC in 2015 after ~35 years and roughly 700 students. The metals/blacksmithing teaching line was taken over by Daniel Randall (listed as assistant professor c.2018-2019, promoted to associate professor by ~2023-2024). Institutionally the program continued and was reorganized under the School of Art, Craft & Design within Tennessee Tech's College of Fine Arts, with the ACC functioning as the residential craft campus. The program remains active in 2024-2025 with degree concentrations and an ongoing public workshop program.

Link
www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/about.php

People

Faculty
Robert Coogan · 1981 to present

Sources

https://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/about.phphttps://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/craftcenter/staff.phphttps://www.tntech.edu/directory/fine-arts/art/daniel-randall.phphttps://www.tntech.edu/fine-arts/art/index.phphttps://www.metalmuseum.org/post/2018/02/20/inside-the-collection-robert-cooganhttps://www.tntech.edu/news/releases/24-25/techs-appalachian-center-for-craft-announces-2025-summer-workshop-season.php

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

A program in the Academic Metals Directory. People shown are linked where they have an entry. See it on the map →