Current Exhibit at the Center for Craft Creativity and Design

Jan. 14 – April 22, 2011  Jan. 14 – April 22, 2011  WNC MODELS OF SUSTAINABILITY IN CRAFT MAKING.  This exhibition features studio craft artists working in residence at EnergyXchange, located in Burnsville, NC; and Jackson County Green Energy Park, located in Sylva, NC. Both facilities are national models that use methane gas from capped landfills along with other alternative energy sources to fuel ceramic kilns, glass furnaces and blacksmithing workstations as well as greenhouses. Additionally, these organizations serve as business incubators for the artists who are in residence and for the plant growers

Images top to bottom:
Lisa Gluckin -  breathe, 2010, hand-built earthenware, terra sigillatas, patinas, methane-fired
Clayton Hufford, Powder Blue Series, 2010, glass
Joy Tanner, Cups, 2010, wood and soda fired porcelain

Participating Artists: From Jackson County Green Energy Park: Clayton Huffard, Hayden Wilson, Julie Boisseau, Laurey Masterton.
From EnergyXchange: Lisa Gluckin, Joy Tanner, Michael Hatch, and William Baker.

Moderated Panel Discussion: Wednesday, March 16 7-8pm at UNC Asheville Owen Conference Hall
Panel Participants:
Dee Eggers, Professor, Environmental Studies, UNCA
Dan Asher, Exec. Director, EnergyXchange
Tim Muth, Exec. Director, Jackson County Green Energy Park
Hayden Wilson, Artist in Residence, Jackson County Green Energy Park
William Baker, Artist in Residence, EnergyXchange

Jan. 14 – April 22, 2011  The Center for Craft Creativity and Design is Located on the UNCA Kellogg Center,  1181 Broyles Road, Hendersonville, NC