Upcoming Events at The Asheville Art Museum

May's First Friday Events

 

Friday, May 4
Asheville Art Museum On the Slope - 175 Biltmore Avenue  in Asheville NC  Free!

 

Art Break: Turning Traditions | 12pm

Join us for an Art Break to discuss Turning Traditions, an installation that features the amazing work of Edward, Philip, and Matt Moulthrop, who represent three generations of Southern woodturners. Their minimalist works capture and explore the eccentricities of wood.

First Friday Art Walk | 5-8pm  

The Asheville Art Museum is pleased to be a part of the Downtown Asheville Art District’s First Friday Art Walks occurring the first Friday of every month April through December. On these evenings, the Museum offers light refreshments and drinks, and the opportunity to view the current exhibition during extended hours from 5-8pm. Currently on view: Crafting Abstraction and Turning Traditions. Our Museum Shop is also open!

Film Screening: Craft in America: Family | 6pm
Craft in America promotes and advances original handcrafted work and inspires people of all ages to pursue their own creativity. Family explores the creative environments and personal dynamics of four families of craft artists and asks: Is talent inherited? What is it like to live in a household where objects are made by hand? In this episode, President Jimmy Carter shares stories of Ed Moulthrop, a fellow Georgian who was known as the “father of modern woodturning.” Meet Ed’s son Philip and grandson Matt, who both carry on the family tradition. 

Mother's Day sale in the Museum Shop
30% off scarves now through May 13

 

 

 

Mother's Day is May 13! Visit us at our Museum Shop On the Slope at 175 Biltmore Avenue  through Sunday, May 13 and receive 30% off all of the beautiful scarves we have in the Shop. You may also purchase online! Visit the online Shop -- through May 13 you may use the code CELEBRATEMOM and receive 30% off any scarf.

 

Upcoming Events: 

During construction, the Museum is continuing an active schedule of programming On the Slope and elsewhere in our community.

Kids' Programs
-- After School Art Adventures
-- Storytime & Art
-- Summer Art Camp!

Art Break
Turning Traditions
May 4, 12pm
Asheville Art Museum On the Slope

First Friday Art Walk
Film Screening | Craft in America: Family
May 4
Film screening: 6pm
Extended Museum hours: 5-8pm
Asheville Art Museum On the Slope

Spring Workshops
Not Flat: Assemblage
May 19
Transparent Challenge: How to Draw Glass
June 16

Summer Workshops
Alchemy: Image Transfers
July 14
Delicious Ambiguity: An Uncertainty Workshop for Uncertain Times
August 11  

Expressive Arts Roundtable at BRAHM

March 10 at The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum - Expressive Arts Roundtable  "Coffee and Conversation" in conjunction with The Painted Song exhibition. BRAHM (Blowing Rock Art and History Museum) is hosting this roundtable 10 AM - 12 PM in the Community Meeting Room in conjunction with the current exhibition, The Painted Song: Art of Wiili Armstrong.

The discussion will be facilitated by Katrina Plato, Jimmy Poplin, Kelly Baruth, Joey Dickson, and Deborah Tallarico through Appalachian State University's Department of Human Development and Psychological Counseling. Free and open to the public.

7th Annual Art & Antiques Show this weekend in Blowing Rock NC

August 1-4   7th Annual Art & Antiques Show   at The Blowing Rock Art and History Museum This sale and show offers heirloom-quality antique silver, furniture, pottery, jewelry, clocks, crystal and more. Vendors from across the East Coast bring a variety of items. Cost $10/ticket (good for the entire show).

Preview Party 8/1 from 6 - 8 PM.  The Preview Party this year is unique. As always, serious shoppers will get a sneak peak and early buying opportunity while enjoying wine and cheese at the Museum. Then preview party participants will be transported to a new eatery in downtown Blowing Rock, the New Public House and Hotel for a private dinner. 

Get links for complete visitor information on the Blowing Rock NC Guide. 

HandMade in America hosts Ladies' Luncheon

June 14, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM at Chef Mo's Restaurant and Bar, 900 Hendersonville Road, #201 in Asheville NC -   HandMade in America cordially invites you to A Ladies' Luncheon  - Please share this invitation with with your lady friends. Seats are limited.  RSVP by June 11 to Rachel Berry at (828) 252-0121 x 305 or rberry@handmadeinamerica.org.

First Waynesville Art After Dark Tonight

May   4  Art After Dark   The first Art After Dark for the 2012 season.  Participating galleries & studios remain open until 9 PM on this evening with special artists showings, displays, and refreshments. Look for the WGA group flag representing the Waynesville Gallery Association.

Art Trek in Tryon NC this week

May   4-6    Art Trek Tryon   Approximately 40 artists in Tryon, Saluda, and Columbus, NC and Landrum, SC open their studios to the public. Trekking begins on Friday evening, May 4, and continues through Sunday, May 6. Saturday studio hours are 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday hours are 12 noon to 4 pm. 

Enjoy dining at sponsoring restaurants. An Art Trek Guide is your road map to the artistic community and is available from Trek Base Upstairs Artspace gallery located in downtown Tryon. The guide provides an image of each artist’s work, directions to their studio and road maps of each community. Four area maps identify major roads and artist locations.  MAPS are are also available at artist's studios.

Get a link for Art Trek in Tryon and other local information on the Tryon NC Visitor Guide

2nd Annual Creative Sector Summit

The Creative Sector Summit is an initiative facilitated by the Asheville Area Arts Council, in partnership with the City of Asheville, and affiliate organizations and individuals within the Asheville/Buncombe area Creative Sector Coalition.

The Creative Sector Summit is an opportunity for networking and creative problem solving: for cross pollination, education, creation of sector advocacy, collaboration on initiatives and programs, to maximize funding opportunities, and as an opportunity for non-arts organizations to have a way to work with the sector effectively. With more and more national organizations realizing the incredible community building and economic development powers of creativity and the arts, it is imperative that Asheville (and beyond) galvanize and cooperate to make the most of the opportunities this recognition represents.

Creative Sector Summit 2012 facilitating partners include:
The City of Asheville, The Asheville Chamber of Commerce, The Economic Development Coalition, The Performance Center, The Asheville Art Museum, The Asheville Community Theater, Asheville-Buncombe Community College, Mountain BizWorks, The Media Arts Project, Black Mountain College Museum and Arts Center, Cilla Vee Life Arts, Land of Sky regional Council, Asheville Design Center, OPEN, Pursuit of Happiness, Arts 2 People, Asheville Art in the Park, The Fine Arts League of the Carolinas, Handmade in America, Wendy Outland, and Joel Horne. Additional participation by arts, culture, and creativity related groups and those who serve a creative constituency is welcome.

March 24:

WHO: David Linton, NYC

WHAT: “Bicameral Research Sound & Projection System”

Workshop – Saturday March 24th, 1pm – 3pm

Performance – Saturday March 24th, 7.30pm

WHERE: The ARTery

HOW MUCH: $10 suggested donation

March 25:

Sunday, March 25: Family Day and Grand Opening: Art WORKS Primed

Free event. Audiences of all ages welcome. Families and educators, in particular, are encouraged to attend as we premiere the Primary artPLAYce, the Museum’s family art center, as well as other exciting new exhibitions and art installations in the Museum’s newly-expanded East Wing.

WHO: Claire Elizabeth Barratt

WHAT: Motion Sculpture movement workshop series

WHERE: The Artery – Asheville Area Arts Council, 346 Depot St. River Arts District

WHEN: Sundays in March, 4pm – 7pm

HOW MUCH: Sliding scale (based on income) $5 – $25

WHO: Grace-Anne Alfiero + ZaPow!

WHAT: Grant Writing for Artists & Designers

WHERE: ZaPow!, 21 Battery Park Ave., Suite 101, Asheville, NC 28801

WHEN: 7-9 pm

HOW MUCH: $30 general, free for ZaPow artists:

March 27:

WHO: Fine Arts League of the Carolinas

WHAT: Annual Gala

5-7 pm at the Grove Arcade Gallery: Wine Hors d’oevres, and gallery

8-11:30pm at 14 Pack Square Place : Dinner & Dancing with 42nd Street Jazz Band, hosted by: Corner Kitchen- salad, Bouchon- mussels, Storm- main course, True Confections- dessert, Dripolator- coffee/tea, Limoncello!!!

HOW MUCH: $75/person-Gallery Only, $125/person- Gallery & Dinner/Dancing, $225/couple

Contact: 828-252-5050 or kahn@fineartsleague.org, to RSVP by March 23rd

March 28:

FREE PUBLIC LECTURE

SUSTAINABLE URBANISM

LIVING CITY BLOCK – Building the future one block at a time.

March 28th, 7:00 PM, Diana Wortham Theater, Downtown Asheville

http://www.livingcityblock.org

March 29:

Morning Session    10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Location  –  Asheville Community Theater

35 East Walnut street Asheville NC 28801 (828) 254-2939

 

Creative Sector Presentations by:

• Asheville Art Museum – Pam Myers
• The Artist’s Curriculum  - Susan Halliday- AB Tech, Victor Palamino-Mountain Biz Works
• Land of Sky Regional Council – GroWNC
• Handmade in America – Gwynne Rukenbrod
• Special Events – Jon Fillman – The City of Asheville
• City of Asheville Cultural Arts Division – Artist Opportunities and Programs – Diane Ruggiero
• Arts 2 People – HARP- Andrew Montrie
• Asheville Area Arts Council – AAAC 2012 Provisional Strategy: Programs and Services – Kitty Love

Lunch Break

12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.

 

Afternoon Session 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

location  –  Asheville Art Museum

2 South Pack Square Asheville NC 28801  (828) 253-3227

 

Cultural Resources Forum

Networking for deeper insight into initiatives and opportunities for creative sector partners

 

Break out sessions with:

• Diane Ruggiero -Superintendent of Cultural Arts – The City of Asheville
• Artists Opportunities and Programs
• Kitty Love – Executive Director -Asheville Area Arts Council
• Programs and Services
• Victor Palamino – Programs Manager Mountain Biz Works
• Artists Alliance and Artist’s Curriculum
• AB Tech – Susan Halliday – Workforce Outreach & Student Recruitment Coordinator, Economic & Workforce Development / Continuing Education, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
• Artist’s Curriculum at  Workforce Development and Continuing Education
• Luly Gonzalez-OPEN, Meka Bunch-Artisan Builders Collective, and Chris Joyell-Asheville Design Center
• Creative Placemaking and the Bus Shelters Project and Design Forum
• Pursuit of Happiness – In the New Media Room
• Beta Version of the Cultural Resources Database/Web portal and Cultural Arts Calendar.
• Arts 2 People  Andrew Montrie, Jennifer Gordon
• Handcrafted Artisan Revitalization Program
• Handmade in America – Gwynne Rukenbrod
• Economic Development Coalition, Asheville Chamber of Commerce – Heidi Reiber – Director of Research
• Special Events – Jon Fillman – The City of Asheville. Special events have grown into a multi-million dollar industry with strong economic and social benefits.  Whether you’re interested in participating as a vendor at an event, becoming involved as a sponsor of an event, or taking on the challenge of producing your own event, the City of Asheville makes available a variety of outdoor public spaces that are frequently used for special purposes.  In this brief overview, I’ll touch on the costs, limits and the permitting requirements in producing an event.  I’ll share a few suggestions of Asheville’s most popular events for venders, artists and entertainers.  And we’ll consider how integrated, creative and strategic sponsorships of events can help you achieve your goals.

March 30:

WHO: BMCM+AC and MAP

WHAT: {Pre}-Happening

WHERE: The ARTery

WHEN: 6-9pm

HOW MUCH: $5 suggested donation

March 31:

WHO: Wendy Outland and Stephen Ham

WHAT: WNC artist Showcase at Hilton

WHERE: Hilton Asheville Biltmore Park

WHEN: 5-7pm

HOW MUCH: free

 

Exhibition Opens:

The Essential Idea: Robert Motherwell’s Graphic Works

On view in the Museum’s Appleby Foundation Gallery (North Wing) from Saturday, March 31 – Sunday, August 26, 2012. Learn more at www.ashevilleart.org.

WHO:  Cilla Vee Life Arts

WHAT:  “KOLORZ” – a Motion Sculpture Movement Installation

WHERE:  The ARTery

WHEN: 3pm – 9pm

HOW MUCH:  $10 suggested donation

April 1:

WHO: Joel Horne

WHAT: The Labyrinth. New media installation art and music celebration

WHERE: The Artery

WHEN: Event: April 1 7:30pm-10pm, Display: April 2 – April 3 from 10am-4pm

HOW MUCH: free

Heartwood Gallery Cecbrates American Craft Week

Teapot by Ronan Peterson

American Craft -original, beautiful, and enduring- enriches our lives and celebrates our national history. Everyday thousands of American artists share their vision and talent and everyday galleries across the country open their doors to display and promote their works. Celebrate American Craft Week by visiting a gallery or studio in your region and participate in the creative economy.


Heartwood Gallery is focusing on several North Carolina artists this entire month. Jim and Shirl Parmentier make their ceramic lamps and serving pieces together in their Mars hill studio. Using slabs and coils they transform clay into vessels and then carve and glaze the surface to uniquely beautiful effect. The first grouping of lamps this year was quickly scooped up and we expect to have more in our windows by American Craft Week.

Deb Karash creates jewelry in her studio in Marshall where she focuses on surface design and fabrication giving each piece an intimate quality. Deb suggests "something personal is expressed in the wearing of handmade jewelry" and we could not agree more.

Ronan Peterson works in his Chapel Hill studio and we are excited to add his functional forms to the gallery's ceramic collection this October. His glaze palette is rich, colorful, and fun and his pieces reflect the skilled hands of a professional potter who obviously enjoys his work.

Heartwood Gallery is located at 21 East Main Street in Saluda NC

Annual Wood Day at The Folk Art Center

August 13 Wood Day at the Folk Art Center in Asheville.  An annual celebration of wood crafts including live demonstrations and the Eleventh Annual Carve-Off Competition from 1 PM - 3 PM.  The Folk Art Center's auditorium will be filled with lathes, sawhorses, wood tools and the master craftspeople who know how to use them. Demonstrations include flute making, wood turning, broom making and furniture design and construction. Southern Highland Craft Guild members Sandra Rowland and Jan Morris will host activities for children.

Wood Day Participants include:
Will Hines -  coopering
Lyle Wheeler -  chair making
Derek Hennigar -  furniture
Bill Henry -  whittling
Don Duncan -  treenware
Jim McPhail -  wood turning

WNC Woodcarvers  include:
Walt Cottingham -  birdhouses
Friendswood - Brooms
Alan Hollar -  wood turning
Helen Gibson -  carving
Carolyn Anderson -  carving
Dana Hatheway -  chair making
Eddie Howard -  carving
Lee Entrekin -  flute making
David Crandall -  boxes
Sandra Rowland and  Jan Morris - kids activities

The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382
on The Blue ridge Parkway in Asheville NC.

New Workshops at Random Arts

June 23rd -  Louise McClure "Architectural Elements Bracelet". This fabulous mixed-media bracelet features a rusticated metal medallion reminiscient of archtectural hardware. Add your own image and layer with dimensional glazes for an instant antiquity. Vintage buttons, swarovski crystals, metal charms, a bit of silk ribbon and glass beads add even more character to this piece. Learn to wrap, hammer and oxidize copper wire to form beaded links and closures. $50.(10-3)

June 24th - Elements of Aging with Jane Powell. Have you ever wished you had the perfect rusty object for a project but it was nowhere to be found? With this process you can turn everyday things into rusted or patina'd objects of art. It's fast, easy and fun and it's non toxic, water clean up and odorless. Join us for this all day class and complete a painted and colleged pyramid box in addition to the rusting process. All materials included.  10 - 3. $60.

July 6th - Helen Shafer Garcia  Internationally known teacher from San Diego, CA will be here teaching Batik Reach into the sky and create connections between branches and earth while creating universal Tree of life themed mixed media paintings on Masa paper and canvas. A special batik technique with Masa rice paper will create wonderful textures and crevices for the paint to flow into. Draw and paint elements and symbolic icons of a tree of life, including birds, flowers and other great, joyful creatures with bold watercolor dropped -in color techniques. You'll play with colored pencils, ink lines and collage elements to further embellish your paintings. Discover how beautiful and bright watercolors can be with this special process. The watercolor paintings will be sealed with an acrylic varnish to protect the surface. Borders and embellishments will be added with acrylics.  Tree of Life. 10-4 $125.

Pre-registration by email is necessary to confirm space and will be final when payment is received. Payment can be made by sending a check to Random ARts PO Box 3 Saluda, NC 28773, calling with CC. or PayPal invoice request. Random Arts is located at 259 W. Highway 176 in saluda NC

John C Campbell Annual Empty Bowls Event Tickets now Available

Support Local Food Banks
by Attending Empty Bowls

Empty Bowls takes place on March 12, 2011 from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. in Olive Dame Campbell Dining Hall at John C Campbell Folk School. Tickets are $25 and must be purchased in person with cash or check only.

Tickets are now available for the annual Empty Bowls event and may be purchased at the Craft Shop, United Community Bank in Hayesville, or the Chamber of Commerce in Murphy.

Empty Bowls, a fund raising event for local food banks, is coordinated by the School's Resident Artist in Clay, Mike Lalone. Participants choose a bowl from a variety of beautiful hand made bowls, donated by our local potters. The Folk School Dining Hall staff then serves a hearty meal of soup, bread, salad, and dessert, while live music is enjoyed.

A brown bag auction is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., where other pieces of locally made pottery will be available. Extra bowls will be sold for $20 after the event. Contact Mike Lalone at 828-361-2462 for more information. John C Campbell Folk School is located at 1 Folk School Road  in Brasstown  NC

Open House at The Storytelling Center of the Southern Appalachians

The Storytelling Center of the Southern Appalachians at Bryson City will host an Open House on February 22, 2011 at the storytelling center, 225C Everett Street, Bryson City, between the hours of 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. The open house will feature an exhibit of, artist and illustrator, John Kollock’s “Down Home” pen and ink prints as well as, books written, illustrated, and signed, by the artist. A silent auction will also be held featuring 3 mountain landscape paintings by local radio personality, and artist, J. B. Jacobs. Stories will be told and refreshments will be served. All are invited to attend.

Asheville Art Museum's Art Mob Event kicks off Fringe Arts Festival

January 20, 7:00 PM the ARTmob Presents PechaKucha Night! PechaKucha means "chit chat" in Japanese, and ARTmob will be "exhibiting" 20 images for 20 seconds each. You might see 20 images of someone's artwork, 20 images of someone's vacation or 20 images of scary clowns. There are a limited number of presenters, but no limit on our audience! Have fun watching while enjoying beverages and refreshments. $3 Museum Members; $5 Non-Members at Pack Place Lobby and Asheville Art Museum.

Asheville Art Museum Art Break

The Asheville Art Museum offers a Docent-Led Tour, Art Break, Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits on January 7 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM. The Tour is free with Museum Membership or Admission.

Sewell Sillman: Pushing Limits celebrates the life and work of groundbreaking artist Sewell Sillman (1924 - 1992). In the late 1940s, Sillman studied with Josef Albers at Black Mountain College and continued to work with Albers until the 1970s. Sillman absorbed Albers's approach to color, design, drawing and education over the decades of their work together, bringing Albers's lessons to bear on his own art and teaching. This exhibition features many of Sillman's graceful abstract drawings and watercolors alongside powerful color studies printed in collaboration with Albers.

Asheville Art Museum Artmob Event

ARTmob Presents: Picha Kucha Night Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 7:00 PM. $3 Museum Members; $5 Non-Members. Pack Place Lobby + Asheville Art Museum. Picha Kucha means "chit chat" in Japanese, and ARTmob will be "exhibiting" 20 images for 20 seconds each. We might see 20 images of someone's artwork, 20 images of someone's vacation or 20 images of scary clowns. There are a limited number of presenters, but no limit on our audience! We'll have fun watching while we drink and nibble on refreshments.

This is an ARTmob event that also helps kickoff opening night of the Asheville Fringe Festival. To sign up as a participant, please contact Nancy Sokolove, Adult Programs Manager at 828.253.3227, ext. 120 or nsokolove@ashevilleart.org.

The Asheville Art Museum is located at 2 South Pack Square, Asheville, NorthCarolina.

River District Artists Studio Stroll this weekend

Nov 13 - 14   ASHEVILLE NC   River District Artists Studio Stroll   During the Studio Stroll, artists of the River Arts District welcome you into their studios to talk with them, see their latest artwork, watch demonstrations, and experience for yourself the magic hidden inside the old factories and warehouses along the French Broad River.

Read The Artist's Blog  for news, events, classes and more in Asheville's River Arts District.
Beat the crowds and visit the River arts District Friday evening for some preview parties! Get a list and more info...

Art for Penland Auction on Ebay

Art for Penland is a web-based art sales program designed to support Penland's classes, programs, studios, and scholarships through the sale of art contributed by artists and other donors.

Glass Bottle and Stopper by Shane Fero

This month Art for Penland is having an auction in the nonprofit section of eBay. Thirty-six works contributed by instructors and students will be auctioned beginning now and running through November 16. The auction includes work in clay, glass, iron, jewelry, painting, photography, and textiles.

Contributing artists are as follows: Katie Bernstein, Devin Burgess, Gordon Chandler, Julie Anne Denton, Arless Day, Robert Ebendorf and Mickey Johston, Mary Farmer, Shane Fero, David Goldhagen, Marguerite Jay Gignoux, David Hering, Nicholas Joerling, Claire Kelly and Anthony Schafermeyer, Michael Kline, John Littleton and Kate Vogel, Richard Margolis, Joseph Miller, Bea Nettles, Ben Owen III, Jason Pollen, Fawn Potash, Paul Shore, Jerry Spagnoli, James Tanner, and Tim Tate.

Click here to see the auction.

Meet the Maker Series: Ceramicist Arnie Zimmerman

Nov 16, 7 PM UNC Asheville's Owen Hall, room 302 Special Talk by acclaimed ceramicist ARNIE ZIMMERMAN. The event is free and open to the public. New York-based sculptor Arnie Zimmerman is considered one of the most significant contemporary artists working in ceramics today. Zimmerman was known early in his career for architecture-scale carved vessels, and is now well-known for his intricate and vast figurative ceramic installations. Zimmerman's "Inner City" installation, most recently on view at the Rhode Island School of Design, is made up of more than 150 figurative and architectural elements. The installation, which sprawled across a 4,000-square-foot space, illustrates both the glorious and the mundane aspects of everyday life. He is also known for his "Parables of Folly" exhibition, which included a collection of smaller pieces showing figures engaged in a variety of activities, from fishing with family to frolicking at the entrance of Hell's gate.

Downton Boone NC Friday Art Crawl Tomorrow

Nov 5  Boone's Friday Art Crawl  features local and regional artists of all genres ranging from traditional crafts, pottery, paintings, metalwork, jewelry and glasswork to music and live entertainment.  Several of the participating artists will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate their skills.  Galleries and shops are open until 8 p.m.  Restaurants and bars are open until 10 p.m. or 2 a.m.  Two underground galleries are open from 7 p.m. to midnight—only on Art Crawl nights. Located in Downtown Boone NC.    Blue Ridge Parkway 75 event, milepost 285

Annual Blacksmith and Fine Craft Auction at John C Campbell

Nov 6 the Annual Blacksmith and Fine Craft Auction at John C Campbell Folk School  is an event not to be missed. The Silent Auction will take place from 1:00 until 2:00 p.m. and the Live Auction will be from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. in the Keith House Community Room.

Indian Rosewood Hollow Formed Vessel by John Mascoll

Items up for bid include donated works of fine art and craft by our talented instructors and artists. Traditional crafts such as blacksmithing, weaving, pottery, and woodworking will be represented, as well as other unusual items of whimsy. Proceeds benefit the craft programs at the Folk School. To preview auction items, click here.

A full day of events is planned in celebration of the new Clay Spencer Blacksmith Shop. A Tool Auction will be held from 8:30 until 10:30 a.m. in the Clay Spencer Blacksmith Shop. The official dedication of this shop will follow immediately afterward, from 10:45 a.m. until noon. Please call the office at 828-837-2775 or 1-800-FOLK-SCH if you would like to make a reservation for lunch, which will be held in the Olive Campbell Dining Hall at noon. Lunch is $8 and chili, salad, and cornbread will be served.