Spring Classes and the Season's First Show at Penland

One-Week Spring Classes  -  Would you like to get away for a week this spring and learn something new? That's great! There are still available spaces in some one-week spring concentration classes.

One-week session 2: April 10 - 16:
Clay: Glaze Calculation with Jeff Zamek
Textiles: Weaving in Full Color with Kathrin Weber
Print: Innovations in Contemporary Printmaking with Scott Ludwig
Click here for complete class and registration information.

Kiln Building Workshop

Ever been interested in building your own kiln? Love salt firing and want to learn more? Here is your chance -  a two-week salt kiln building intensive led by local potter and kiln builder Shane Mickey, April 17 - 30.
Click here for more information and a downloadable application form.

Karen Karnes Vessel

Many Paths: A Legacy of Karen Karnes

The Penland Gallery is open (Tuesday-Saturday: 10 am-5 pm, Sunday: 12-5 pm), and the first show of the season, Many Paths: A Legacy of Karen Karnes, will open to the public on Tuesday, March 22nd, running until Sunday, May 8th, with a reception on Friday, April 8th, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm. The show features the work of living legend ceramicist Karen Karnes and fourteen artists whose lives and work have been touched by her. An online catalog of the exhibition will be available soon.

Click here for a complete schedule of 2011 shows in the Penland Gallery.

Click here for more information about the Penland Gallery and images of featured work.