The Asheville Gallery of Art, the oldest gallery with a vibrant co-op membership in the heart of downtown Asheville, NC, is now seeking APPLICATIONS for NEW MEMBERS for its 2021-22 season. AGA has a long track record of business growth. Gallery sales show a steady 40% increase over the nine years prior to the pandemic. Despite the challenges of Covid, our sales per day are keeping pace with pre-Covid volume and are expected to increase as hours of operation are expanded this summer.
Come and be a part of this great gallery tribe of Asheville!
For the Gallery Application, click this link: (https://www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com/apply-for-membership).
For questions, call the gallery at 828/251-5796.
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Asheville Gallery of Art in Asheville, NC, Is Seeking Applications For New Members For Its 2021-22 Season
May 13, 2021Southern Highland Craft Guild Celebrates National Quilting Day, Mar. 18-20, 2021, at Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC
March 4, 2021
National Quilting Day is Mar. 20, 2021. Guild member, quilt-maker and quilt historian Connie Brown will be demonstrating in the lobby of the Folk Art Center on Mar. 18, 19, and 20, 2021. 
Connie Brown working on a quilt
Between 10am and 4pm on Friday and Saturday (March 19 and 20) visitors are invited to bring in their antique or vintage quilts to have quilt historian, Connie Brown analyze them. This is a wonderful opportunity to find out the age, pattern, and other interesting facts about their family heirlooms. Brown will also answer questions about care, storage, display, appraisal services, repair, and whether to quilt and finish an antique top. A special display of antique quilts will be in the lobby Mar. 18-20. The display, “Imaginary Friends” will feature quilt designs like Sunbonnet Sue, Colonial Lady, and others with human-like characteristics.
Antique quilt
Throughout the 3 days Brown will be demonstrating hand quilting skills. Contemporary quilts can be found throughout the Folk Art Center in the shop and second floor galleries. Admission to the Folk Art Center is free.
The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of the Highway 70 entrance in east Asheville, NC. Headquarters to the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the Center also houses three exhibition spaces, a library, a craft shop and a Blue Ridge Parkway information desk and bookstore.
The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1930 to cultivate the crafts and makers of the Southern Highlands for the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing and conservation. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
For further information e-mail Millie Davis at (millie@craftguild.org).
Southern Highland Craft Guild Offers Free Craft Demonstrations to Visitors to Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC
January 31, 2021
The Southern Highland Craft Guild invites visitors to experience daily craft demonstrations at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, from March through December 2021. Every day from 10am-4pm, two artists of differing medias will explain and demonstrate their craft with informative materials displayed at their booth. These free educational events are open to the public.
Kim Adams – glass beads
Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase a piece from the demonstrators, and walk away with fine craft that came to life by the hands of its maker. Viewers are invited to discuss craft, ask questions, and learn the importance of preserving these practices while visiting the Folk Art Center.
This is a free opportunity provided by the Southern Highland Craft Guild and its volunteering members. For the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing, and conservation of craft, the Guild educates the region and arts community on the importance of craft and its ability to impact the local creative economy.
Susan Taylor – baskekry
The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1930 to cultivate the crafts and makers of the Southern Highlands for the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing and conservation. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
For further information call the Guild at 828/298-7928 or visit (www.southernhighlandguild.org).
Jenny Pickens is the First Artist in Residence at 22 London in Asheville, NC
August 18, 2020Jenny Pickens, a self-taught artist from Asheville, NC, is the first Artist-in Residence for 22 London, studio of Randy Shull and exhibition space in Asheville, NC. Pickens has been commissioned to design and paint a 4 ft. x 24 ft mural for the courtyard of the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts and will create the three-panel mural at 22 London.
Pickens researched thousands of performances at the Wortham Center and distilled it down to images that synthesize over 20 years of performances at the theater in downtown Asheville. Managing Director Rae Geoffery says “We are honored and humbled to showcase Jenny Pickens’ stunning work in this space and to the more than 65,000 people who visit the Wortham every year.” After upgrading the entrance courtyard, now the Explore Asheville Courtyard thanks to funding from the TDA, the Wortham Center wanted to bring the experience of the performing arts outside the four walls to engage the community in this beautiful new outdoor space with a small open air stage.
At a very young age Pickens had a love for drawing and making things with her hands. Her grandmother would tell her, “You wake up with a crayon in your hands and you go to bed with a crayon in your hands.” Pickens’s work extends across several mediums, including pencil, pen and ink, pastels, oils, fiber arts, pottery, and jewelry, but her medium of choice is acrylics. She has received several awards, and her work has been featured in newspapers, galleries, and festivals.
Pickens has designed and painted several murals throughout the city, including her newest installation on the street at Pack Square Park for Black Lives Matter as well as at LEAF Global Arts and the Stevens Lee Recreation Center. She is currently preparing to paint a mural for the Funkatorium on Asheville’s South Slope.
Pickens says her paintings are related to her cultural background, and that is something she never wants to lose.
For further information contact Hedy Fischer by calling 828/216-1331 or e-mail to (hedfisch@gmail.com).
Asheville Gallery of Art in Asheville, NC, Invites Area Artists to Submit Work
May 28, 2020The Asheville Gallery of Art (AGA) in Asheville, NC, predicts a revitalized community filled with art, beauty and excitement. We hope you will join us as we anticipate this future. We are currently inviting area artists to apply for membership by June 15, 2020. Though we’ve been closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, we will soon reopen with new works of art that will inspire and thrill our collectors.
AGA is an artists’ cooperative which exhibits original, two-dimensional works of thirty-one member artists. Founded in 1988, Asheville Gallery of Art is Asheville’s longest established art gallery. We are dedicated to representing artists who highlight the diversity of talent in our local area. We offer works ranging from representational to abstract, in a wide choice of subject matter, styles and media. Photographs and computer art are not accepted at this time.
Interested artists may apply to have their work juried. The AGA Application and more information about membership can be found on the gallery website, (www.ashevillegallery-of-art.com). The application deadline is June 15, 2020. Applicants will be notified of the gallery’s decision by July 1st.
Southern Highland Craft Guild in Asheville, NC, Greets Spring With It’s Annual Glass & Metal Day – April 4, 2020
February 12, 2020
Makers of the Southern Highland Craft Guild are preparing for the launch of their 2020 special event programming at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, with the fifth annual Glass & Metal Day. As the country’s second oldest, non-profit craft organization, the Guild brings awareness to the endangered process of handmade craft through their free, educational events. This is one of the five educational events hosted throughout the year at the Folk Art Center.
On Saturday, April 4, 2020, Guild members will showcase their skills and techniques of glass and metal in the auditorium of the Folk Art Center. From 10am to 4pm, these master craftsmen will be blacksmithing, glass blowing, piercing and annealing metals, knife making, bezeling, repoussé, soldering stained glass, forging and many other processes.
The Guild’s educational event series is a significant outlet that members use to share their process. Often, consumers are not informed of the stories behind their purchased goods. The Guild advocates and cultivates spaces to connect buyers with sellers to foster upward mobility for makers.
Christian Arnold demonstrating the glass flame process
Admission to Glass & Metal Day and the Folk Art Center is free. The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway in east Asheville. Headquarters to the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the Center also houses three galleries, a library, a craft shop and a Blue Ridge Parkway information desk and bookstore.
The Southern Highland Craft Guild is a non-profit, educational organization established in 1930 to cultivate the crafts and makers of the Southern Highlands for the purpose of shared resources, education, marketing and conservation. The Southern Highland Craft Guild is an authorized concessioner of the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. The Folk Art Center is located at Milepost 382 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, just north of the Highway 70 entrance in east Asheville, NC.
For a complete list of artists participating in Glass & Metal Day, visit our Facebook Events page, or visit (craftguild.org/events) or call 828/298-7928. Participants will be announced closer to date.
Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC, Offers Spring Sip & Shop Event – March 20 & 21, 2020
February 8, 2020Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC, will celebrate spring with two days of demos, discounts, and wine on March 20 and 21, 2020. The Sip & Shop will take place from 10am – 5:30pm with artist demonstrations from 11am – 4pm on both days. Visitors can enjoy complimentary wine while shopping two expansive floors of finely crafted furniture, ceramics, jewelry and much more, contributed by over 400 artists and craftspeople from across the United States. Gallery merchandise will be discounted 10 percent. The discount does not apply to demonstrators’ artwork, custom/special orders, or Lyman Whitaker Wind Sculptures.
“Our Spring Sip & Shop presents a rare opportunity to get deals on our new offerings for 2020, and it’s also a chance to connect with a few of our local makers,” says Ashley Van Matre, Marketing Manager at Grovewood Gallery.
During this two-day event, Andrea Kulish will demonstrate the ancient Ukranian art of pysanky, a wax-resistant method of decorating Easter eggs. Each egg is designed as a wish, with symbols and colors intended to bring the person who receives it love, health, success, or whatever attribute the artist selects. A first-generation Ukrainian-American, Kulish learned the intricate art of pysanky, which translates to “written eggs,” as a young girl. Now, she not only creates them, using unique folk-inspired designs, but she also teaches classes in the art.
Works by Andrea Kulish
Dollmaker Charlie Patricolo will be in the gallery too, working on cloth dolls in various stages of completion and transforming them into delightful creations. Patricolo has been making dolls for nearly 50 years and is also a fiber arts instructor at the John C. Campbell Folk School. In August 2017, she was accepted into the prestigious Original Doll Artist Council of America (ODACA).
Also demonstrating on both days is fiber artist Karen Kennedy, a graduate of Haywood Community College’s Professional Craft Program. Kennedy will be needle felting cairns and decorative bird nests using locally dyed wool.
Established in 1992, Grovewood Gallery is nationally recognized for its dedication to American fine art and studio craft. Located in historic Grovewood Village in Asheville, NC, the gallery is noted for its charming, old-world setting and rich craft heritage. This site once housed the weaving and woodworking operations of Biltmore Industries, an Arts and Crafts enterprise that played a significant role in the Appalachian Craft Revival during the early 20th century. Today, Grovewood Gallery offers two expansive floors of handcrafted treasures by over 400 artists and craftspeople from across the United States.
Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10am – 5:30pm, and Sunday from 11am – 5pm. Free parking is available on site.
For more information, visit (www.grovewood.com).
HotWorks.org Calls for Participation in Outdoor Asheville, NC, Art Show – Oct. 26 & 27, 2019
August 15, 2019
HotWorks.org 4th Asheville Fine Art Show™
October 26 & 27, 2019
Outdoors at Pack Square Park, downtown Asheville, NC
The Perfect Community Event to be Part Of Asheville Fine Art Show
NOTEWORTHY:
*Limited to 175 Artists – all art is original and personally handmade by the artist in the show
*Limited onsite marketing and/or community enrichment opportunities
*Reach a cultured, art buying patron with money to spend on fine art and fine craft
*Convenient parking for artists and patrons
*Comprehensive Marketing and PR campaign
*Professional Artist Awards $1,500
*Youth Art Competition Awards $250
The Asheville Fine Art Show presented by HotWorks.org focuses on visual arts, cultural diversity, community enrichment, and fostering art education among youth. The Asheville Fine Art Show is juried by art professionals with criteria for judging based on originality, technique/execution and booth appearance. Our emphasis is on quality, not quantity.
Show Producer & Director Patty Narozny has 30+ years of media & event experience. Since 2003, she has gained a national outstanding reputation for quality juried fine art and fine craft shows. Narozny networks with local media to bring high-end patrons to the show.
Call for Youth Artists! Institute for the Arts & Association, the associated 501c3 non-profit features a Youth Art Competition. Young Artists in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her art that is publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. There is $250 in youth art awards as students begin to learn the rules and are exposed to the entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living.
Limited On-Site Marketing &/or Community Enrichment Opportunities
Each package is tailored to meet your corporate marketing or community enrichment goals.
Come join us and see for yourself why Hot Works Asheville Fine Art Show is the Best!
Contact Patty Narozny, Executive Producer, Hot Works Asheville Fine Art Show
President, Institute for the Arts & Education, Inc.
e-mail at (patty@hotworks.org)
941/755-3088
248/762-2462 Cell
(www.hotworks.org)
(www.facebook.com/hotworksartshows)
HotWorks.org 4th Asheville Fine Art Show™ Takes Place Outdoors at Pack Square Park in Downtown Asheville, NC – Oct. 26 & 27, 2019
March 18, 2019*Limited to 175 Artists – all art is original and personally handmade by the artist in the show
*Limited onsite marketing and/or community enrichment opportunities
*Reach a cultured, art buying patron with money to spend
*Convenient parking for artists and patrons
*Comprehensive Marketing and PR campaign
*Professional Artist Awards $1,500
*Youth Art Competition Awards $250
The Asheville Fine Art Show presented by HotWorks.org focuses on visual arts, cultural diversity, community enrichment, and fostering art education among youth. The Asheville Fine Art Show is juried by art professionals with criteria for judging based on originality, technique/execution and booth appearance. Our emphasis is on quality, not quantity.
Show Producer & Director Patty Narozny has 30+ years of media & event experience. Since 2003, she has gained a national outstanding reputation for quality juried fine art and fine craft shows. Narozny networks with local media to bring high-end patrons to the show.
Institute for the Arts & Association, the associated 501c3 non-profit features a Youth Art Competition. Young Artists in grades K-8 or ages 5-13 are encouraged to enter his/her art that is publicly displayed in the art show the entire weekend. There is $250 in youth art awards as students begin to learn the rules and are exposed to the entrepreneurship opportunity of doing art shows for a living. (We are looking for a sponsor for this area.)
Limited On-Site Marketing &/or Community Enrichment Opportunities include:
Presenting Sponsor
Service/Product Official
Youth Art Competition K-8
Professional Artist Awards
Information Booth
On-Site Marketing Opportunity
Each package is tailored to meet your corporate marketing or community enrichment goals.
Come join us and see for yourself why Hot Works shows are the Best!
Contact Patty Narozny, Executive Producer by e-mail at (patty@hotworks.org), telephone at 941/755-3088, cell at 248/762-2462, visit (www.hotworks.org) or (www.facebook.com/hotworksartshows).
Southern Highland Craft Guild Celebrates Summer of Glass at the Guild’s Biltmore Village Gallery in Asheville, NC – June 16, 2018
June 9, 2018
The gallery of Southern Highland Craft Guild in Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC, will showcase two generations of glassblowers on Saturday, June 16, 2018, from 2:30 to 5pm. Celebrating Asheville’s summer focus on glass with the ongoing Chihuly installation at the Biltmore Estate, the Guild is offering an afternoon for the public to meet glass makers to learn more about the craft of glass and their stories. Wine, cheese and other lighter fare will be provided, as well as live entertainment.
Work by Loretta Forde
Members David Wilson and his wife Loretta Forde will be at the gallery sharing their technique and passion for this craft. Wilson has been blowing glass for over 35 years, and has been heavily involved with Penland School of Crafts both as a student and an instructor. Forde, has also been a student of Penland, and spent many years apprenticing with local glass blowers to refine her technique. The two own and operate Toe River Studio Glass in Burnsville, NC, making a range of functional to one-of-a-kind objects. From vases to paperweights, to large bowls and plasma sculptures, the gallery will showcase a selection of their work.
Work by Hayden Wilson
In addition, their son and well-known glass artist, Hayden Wilson of the NC Glass Center, will also be showcasing his work and talent. Hayden was raised in the glassblowing scene of Western North Carolina and has worked professionally in glass for the past six years. He also has ties with Penland, as well as Chihuly’s school in Washington State, Pilchuck Glass. His aesthetic carries clean lines inspired by modern and utilitarian design. Many of his vessels and sculptures, as well as lighting, have been commissioned by local restaurants in the Asheville area.
This event is the first in a series of glass-focused happenings at the Southern Highland Craft Guild’s gallery in Biltmore Village. The event is free and located at 26 Lodge Street, Asheville, NC 28801. Parking is available in the rear of the building, or down the street in the garage. The gallery features nearly 200 makers from the Southern Highlands.
More information is available at (https://www.southernhighlandguild.org/event/generations-in-glass/).
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