Extension FCS agents work in partnership with the Family and Community Education (FCE) clubs in the county to design yearly educational programs targeted to the needs of fce's membership.
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 FCE  Day at the Tennessee Valley Fair

September 10, 2019

10:00  - 11:30 a.m.

Jacobs Building


 

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​Power of Women Shaping the Future


Eastern Region 2019 FCE Fall Conference

Monday, September 23, 2019

Rothchild Catering, Knoxville

 

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TAFCE 2019 Conference
Franklin
November 17 - 20
 
 
Click here for 2019 Registration Packet​

 
Click here for bus registration form​

 
 
 
 
 Updated 2018 Cultural Arts Form
 
 This form is updated for 2018 and fillable on a computer if needed
 
Completed form should be sent to Barbara Nuckols, Cultural Arts Chair by September 1
 
 
   

 

   Eastern Region Cultural Arts Contest

  
 
2019
  
 
Winners -- 1st & 2nd Place
 
 
 
​Category ​Name ​County Placing​
​Basketry Jan Newman Bledsoe ​1st
​ Debra Carroll Anderson ​2nd
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​Bead Work Dee Shepard Jefferson ​1st
​ Jill Deprest Fentress ​2nd
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Ceramics Dale Mears Fentress ​1st
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​Chairs & Stools ​Martha Woodward ​Knox ​1st
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​Crochet Shirley Watson Hawkins ​1st
​ Juanita Farmer Anderson ​2nd
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​Cross Stitch (counted) Georgia Morrell Sullivan
​1st
​ Kathy Duncan Sevier ​2nd
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​Decorative Painting Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
​ Sharon Redden Jefferson ​2nd
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​Dolls Jill Deprest Fentress ​1st
​ Linda Lubke Sevier ​2nd
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​Embroidery (hand) Claudine Sykes McMinn ​1st
​ Barbara Nuckols Washington ​2nd
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​Embroidery (machine) Linda Kurzenberger Bledsoe ​1st
​ Carolyn Shields Union ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting - oil Carrie Cook Union ​1st
​ Gloria Holcomb Union ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting --watercolor Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
​ Sharon Redden Jefferson ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- acrylics Robyn Murray Greene ​1st
​ Diane Gehman Fentress ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- drawings, charcoal Anna Hernandez Bradley ​1st
​ ​Barbara Binns ​Bledsoe ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- pastels​ Barbara Binns Bledsoe ​1st
​ Martha Woodward Knox 2nd​
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​Handcrafted Toy Martha Morton Anderson ​1st
​ Linda Kurzenberger Bledsoe ​2nd
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​Hand Stitching Georgia Morrell Sullivan ​1st
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​Holiday Decoration Shirley Watson Hawkins ​1st
​ Robyn Murray Greene ​2nd
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​Knitting -- Hand Evelyn Chandler Washington ​1st
​ Carolyn Thomas McMinn ​2nd
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​Knitting -- Machine


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​Needlepoint Georgia Morrell Sullivan ​1st
​ Mitzi Puckett Jefferson
​2nd
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​Photography -- color Mattie Chambers Sullivan ​1st
​ Brenda Derryberry Bradley ​2nd
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​Photography -- black & white Gloria Fisher Cumberland ​1st
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Pottery​

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​Quilts -- Baby & Lap Jewell Pendergrass Sullivan ​1st
​ Jacquie Dishner Sullivan ​2nd
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​Quilts -- hand pieced & hand quilted Sandra Fuller Campbell ​1st
​ Judy Pat Williams Sevier 2d​
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​Quilts -- machine pieced & hand quilted Pauline Wood Fentress ​1st
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​Quilts -- hand pieced & machine quilted Pamela Perry Jefferson​ ​1st
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​Quilts -- machine pieced & machine quilted Caroline Bales Carter ​1st
​ JoAnn Baker Hamblen ​2nd
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Quilts -- Professionally Quilted​ Sandy Poehler Jefferson ​1st
​ Jewell Pendergrass Sullivan ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Applique & Cathedral Window Sandy Poehler Jefferson ​1st
​ Ruby Calbaugh Meigs 2nd
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Quilts -- Machine Embroidered​ Anna Jean Roberts​ Meigs​ ​1st
​ Pamela Perry​ Jefferson​ 2nd​
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​Quilts -- Pillows Caroline Bales

Carter 

 ​1st
​ Alice Sturgill Carter 2nd​
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​Quilted Wallhanging Judy Pat Williams Sevier ​1st
​ Betty Peabody Blount ​2nd
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​Quilts --other Pamela Perry Jefferson ​1st
​ Linda Owens Carter ​2nd
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​Rugmaking Martha Woodward Knox ​1st
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​Sculpture Pearl Holcomb Anderson ​1st
​ Martha Woodward Knox 2nd
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​Stained Glass Sharon Redden Jefferson ​1st
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​Weaving -- loom Brenda Derryberry Bradley ​1st
​Weaving -- hand

Martha Woodward

 Knox ​1st
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​Wood Projects Carrie Cook Union ​1st
Martha Woodward Knox

​2nd

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Wreaths​
1st​
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2nd​
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​Eastern Region Only Categories​ ​ ​ ​
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​Repurposing​ Linda Homa McMinn ​1st
​ Dee Shepard Jefferson ​2nd
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​Jewelry -- non-beaded​ Linda Kitchel Cumberland ​1st
​ Gloria Fisher Cumberland​ 2nd​
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​Papercraft Jan Newman Bledsoe​ ​1st
​ Trisha Perdue Jefferson ​2nd
 
  
 
 
 Eastern Region FCE Officers & Chairs
 
 
  Gloria Holcomb
Union County
President
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Phyllis Forsyth
Knox County
Action Chair
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Caroline Bales
Carter County
VP for Public Policy

 

Becky Haney
Meigs County
Secretary



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Fran Howard
Hamblen County
Treasurer

 

Kay Baker
Sullivan County
Fashion Revue Chair 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ​Carolyn Thomas
McMinn County
VP for Programs
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​Barbara Nuckols 
Washington County
Cultural Arts Chair
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​Clare Nell Breeden
Meigs County
Past-President
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Pat King
Meigs County
Education Chair





  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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​Click on the links below for contact information

​Eastern Region FCE Grant Program

FCE clubs and/or counties are eligible for a grant to "give back" by taking action in their communities.  The grant limit is $100 and the number of grants given is determined by the grant committee each year.

Guidelines & Grant applications