Past Exhibitions

All events are held at The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, and are free to the public. We are located at 1181 Broyles Road, between Hwy 64 and South Rugby in Hendersonville, NC. Our gallery hours are 12-5pm Monday through Friday
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Artist talks, receptions, tours and forums are designed to provide additional information on the exhibitions and an opportunity to meet the artists.

	09/08/11- 01/27/12 12PM - 5PM   Exhibit   COMMON THREADS: Innovative Textile Practices in India & Western North Carolina "Common Threads" explores the fiber art of four artists - two from India and two from Western North Carolina - who work with other individual artists or businesses to create work that is both innovative and viable to the marketplace. This exhibition shares information on the unique artistic processes of these four artists and highlights how collaboration has expanded their opportunities. From India, designers Bappa Biswas and Jabbar Khatri work closely with local artisans to execute components of their design such as hand weaving, dying and/or sewing. In Western North Carolina, fiber artists Barbara Zaretsky and Catharine Ellis each collaborate with The Oriole Mill, a local business that creates customized fabrics while also making industrial Jacquard looms available to practicing artists. Bappa Biswas and Jabbar Khatri are both internationally known and have achieved success by combining traditional practices with ones that are sustainable for todayÕs market. Bappa is based in Kolkata in eastern India and uses a wide range of traditional weaving techniques to create contemporary fabric designs sought after by todayÕs fashion designers. Jabbar is from Kutch in western India and designs textiles using bandhani, a tying and dying technique that his family has been practicing since the late 17th century. Barbara Zaretsky and Catharine Ellis each work with The Oriole Mill to design custom fabrics that are then hand dyed using their own unique processes. Zaretsky uses natural dyes along with block printing techniques to create her clean, abstract and formal designs for functional textiles. Ellis is known internationally for her woven shibori, a process of weaving and resist that she developed in the 1990Õs based on the traditional Japanese technique. Using the MillÕs industrial Jacquard looms, Ellis advanced this technique by designing a woven structure that mimicked the laborious hand-process of stitching the fabric to create dye patterns. The Oriole Mill has allowed both Zaretsky and Ellis to explore the threads, woven structure and patterns that will work best for their products including scarves, dresses, wall hangings, table runners and pillows. These collaborations have resulted in creative business practices that expedite production while maintaining the highest quality of raw materials, woven structures and dying processes. The combination of traditional techniques with new practices and processes demonstrates the viability of craft in the marketplace today. A reception and gallery talk with participating artist Catharine Ellis will take place Wednesday, October 5th from 5-7pm.
	05/09/11- 08/12/11 12PM - 5PM   Exhibition   THE ASHEVILLE REEF, a satellite of the worldwide Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project The Asheville Reef is a part of a collaborative project that was created in 2005 by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute For Figuring in Los Angeles. The project emerged out of several intersecting threadsÑmathematics, marine biology, feminine handicraft, collective art practice, and environmental concerns regarding the plight of living reefs. The Asheville Reef will grow and evolve in the CCCD Gallery with your participation and contributions throughout the course of the exhibition. Contributing crochet groups will provide supplies, as well as visits by an experienced crochet artist who will train participants in the hyperbolic technique. The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design will host a crochet group each Thursday from 2-4pm with a crochet teacher in the CCCD Gallery. See the main page of the CCCD website for participating crochet groups - or create your own! All participants of the exhibit will be invited to a private reception with the Wertheim sisters proceeding their lecture at UNC Asheville on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. Contributors will also be recognized within the exhibition. See Margaret Wertheim's Ted Talk here: http://www.ted.com/talks/margaret_wertheim_crochets_the_coral_reef.html Info the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef project: http://crochetcoralreef.org/
	01/14/11- 04/22/11 12PM - 5PM   Exhibition   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. Moderated Panel Discussion Wednesday, March 16 ¥ 7Ð8 pm ¥ UNC Asheville Owen Conference Hall Panel Participants: Dee Eggers, Professor, Environmental Studies, UNCA; Dan Asher, Executive Director, EnergyXchange; Tim Muth, Executive Director, Jackson County Green Energy Park; Hayden Wilson, Artist in Residence, Jackson County Green Energy Park; and William Baker, Artist in Residence, EnergyXchange
	08/27/10- 12/03/10 10AM - 5PM   Exhibit   Out of the Board Room & Into the Studio CCCD is fortunate to have many regionally and nationally known artists participating on its board. Because of their commitment to making art and making a difference on a broader level by serving on our board, we would like to celebrate and showcase some of our boardÕs creative talent. Opening Reception: Aug. 27th 4-6pm, Participating artists: Virginia Derryberry, Judith Duff, Catharine Ellis, Terry Gess, David Hutto, Stoney Lamar, Jeana Kline, Dian Magie, Rob Pulleyn, Michael Sherrill, Brent Skidmore Jody Servon, Kate Vogel, Megan Wolfe, and Margaret Yaukey.
	04/15/10- 08/13/10 10AM - 5PM   Exhibit   In Sunshine or In Shadow: A Residency & the WNC Students Who Were There "In Sunshine or In Shadow" is the title of the piece created by Tasmanian artist Patrick Hall along with 18 students from UNC-Asheville, Western Carolina University, Appalachian State University, Haywood Community College and Blue Ridge Community College during an International Artist Residency that took place in May 2009 at Marshall High Studios in Marshall, NC. It was hosted by the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design. Students applied to participate and were selected by faculty. This exhibit features selected work by students who participated in this residency, as well as documentary photographs showing ÒIn Sunshine or In ShadowÓ as it was being created. Also on display will be the completed piece (housed outside). The intent is multi-purposed Ð to show a wide range of works by students from WNC universities and community colleges, to show documentation of this residency, and to display the outcome of an inter-institutional collaboration and experience for these students. The work students will be exhibiting will be based on the theme of ÒIn Sunshine or In ShadowÓ and may reflect on their own personal interpretation of what that means. For more information, including documentary photos, please go to http://www.craftcreativitydesign.org/education/hall.php
	01/15/10- 03/26/10 10AM - 5PM   Exhibit   Loren Schwerd: Mourning Portrait This exhibit will be on view January 15 - March 26, 2010. This solo exhibit features a series of work by sculptor and mixed media artist Loren Schwerd, currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Louisiana State University. An opening reception will take place Thursday, Jan. 21st from 5-7 pm. Additionally, the artist will give a lecture on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 6 pm at UNC Asheville Owen Conference Center. Mourning Portrait began as a series of memorials to the communities of New Orleans that were devastated by the flooding which followed Hurricane Katrina. Working from photographs Schwerd took of vacant houses from the Ninth Ward neighborhood, she creates metal armatures that act as the frameworks for weaving the hair into portraits of these homes. These commemorative objects are made from human hair extensions of the type commonly used by African-American women that the artist found outside the St. Claude Beauty Supply. The portraits draw on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century tradition of hairwork, in which family members or artisans would fashion the hair of the deceased into intricate jewelry and other objects as symbols of death and rebirth. This series venerates the city's losses, both individual and collective. Hair acts as the central metaphor to evoke a sense of intimacy and absence, and speaks to the racial politics that have paralyzed the city's recovery effort. In the two years that Schwerd has been researching and executing this work, the series has expanded into a larger body of objects and images that utilize a broader range of techniques and provide a richer context for the houses, such as sculptures, shaped from found wigs, that combine imagery from Victorian hair wreaths with contemporary, sculptural, African-American hair fashions. Loren Schwerd received her BFA in Studio Art from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1993, and her MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University in New York in 1999. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the Louisiana State University School of Art in Baton Rouge and was an instructor and visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Charleston from 1999 to 2005. The artist states about her work: 'My artistic practice includes site-related installations, wearable art, video and sculptures that are inspired and shaped by the impulse to transform familiar objects into metaphorical constructions and paradoxical observations. I investigate the multiple associations that are present in a material, site, image, or gesture, seeking to identify and enhance points of connection and tension between these suggestions. I favor found materials that contribute their function, cultural value, and a trace of their mysterious personal history to my design. All of my projects demonstrate a dedication to craft. I employ basic methods of connection such as tying, weaving, and stitching, imbuing my work with a feminine sensibility, and whose meticulous labor evokes a sense of time, memory, and obsession. Permeating all of my creative endeavors is a slightly dark humor and a fascination with awkward beauty.' Loren Schwerd, Loren Schwerd's work has been exhibited widely. Select venues include the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI; Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston; Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston
	09/01/09- 12/11/09 10AM - 5PM   Exhibit   Different Tempers: Jewelry & Blacksmithing, Curated by Suzanne Ramljak [ more info ] While jewelry and blacksmithing are both grounded in metal, there is a curious gulf between the two fields. Just as George Bernard Shaw quipped that England and America are two countries separated by the same language, jewelers and blacksmiths remain foreign cousins in spite of their shared medium. "Different Tempers" will explore these two realms of metalsmithing to highlight their distinct properties as well as their commonalities. Curated by Suzanne Ramljak, editor of Metalsmith magazine, the exhibition will showcase the work of fourteen prominent and emerging artists: Melanie Bilenker, Lola Brooks, David Clemons, Maegan Crowley, Pat Flynn, Lu Heintz, Sergey Jivetin, Tom Joyce, Brent Kington, Marc Maiorana, Albert Paley, Mary Preston, Sondra Sherman, and Natasha Wozniak. The works of these selected jewelers and blacksmiths epitomize their respective fields, and are also in critical dialogue with their own traditions and materials. In addition to underlining the shared aesthetic and formal language of these practices, "Different Tempers" will also provide a timely opportunity to examine issues of artistic difference. In this era of hybridization and blurring boundaries, there is very little premium placed on such distinctions. Yet the process of distinguishing dissimilar traits remains crucial to the full appreciation of any medium. Together, the approximately 40 objects will reveal the engaging range of work arising from both the jeweler's bench and blacksmith's forge, spanning wearable ornament to large-scale sculpture. The full spectrum of metals will also be represented, including gold, platinum, fine and sterling silver, pewter, iron, stainless steel, mild steel, and patterned steel, in tandem with other materials such as optical lenses, watch hands, and hair. Preview the catalog Order the catalog
	05/05/09- 08/14/09 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Are Chairs Just for Sitting? Curated by Wayne Raab This group exhibition curated by Wayne Raab looks at Western North Carolina's rich history of furniture making and chairs being just one of the functions a furniture designer/maker might produce. This exhibition however is not about the history, but more about what is currently produced with a nod to history. The contemporary designer, craftsman, or artist has come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are self taught , some have apprenticed with a "master" and some have taken the academic route and have attended colleges and universities. Their inspiration for what they produce is as varied as their background . Some explore function or is it comfortable, some start with the material they choose to work with, some have exceptional technical skills, and some have their own unique design or art language to express themselves with. So chairs are not just about sitting and comfort but as much about the artist /designer/ maker and their personal expression in their work.
	01/13/09- 04/24/09 10AM - 5PM   Exhibit   Soul’s Journey: Inside the Creative Process This exhibition developed from a documentary series on contemporary artists who live and work in the South – from Florida to Virginia. The project identified 22 significant artists who work in wood, metal, glass, paper, furniture, and clay. The film was conceived and produced by David Hutto, Vice President for Technology at Blue Ridge Community College, and videographer Chanse Simpson and illustrates the artist’s backgrounds, motivations, and methods of creating works of art. The object makers who are part of this exhibition and documentary series are diverse from a geographic, ethnic, and gender perspective. Each artist has a different background, creative tradition and cultural heritage. The artists in Soul’s Journey are nationally recognized and are influencing the growth of contemporary American studio crafts. Elizabeth Brim (Penland, NC) - Curtis Buchanan (Jonesborough, TN) - (Hunt Clark Sparta, TN) - Cristina Cordova (Penland, NC) - Sam Corso (Baton Rouge, LA) - Susie Ganch (Richmond, VA) - Hoss Haley (Asheville, NC) - Mark Hewitt (Pittsboro, NC) - Richard Jolley (Knoxville, TN) - Janice Kluge (Birmingham, AL) - Ellen Kochansky (Pickens, SC) - Stoney Lamar (Saluda, NC) - Dale Lewis (Oneonta, AL) - Mark Lindquist (Quincy, FL) - Gwendolyn Magee (Jackson, MS) - Patricia Mink (Johnson City, TN) - Gary Noffke (Farmington, GA) - Richard Prisco (Savannah, GA) - Joel Queen (Cherokee, NC) - Ché Rhodes (Louisville, KY) - Michael Sherrill (Hendersonville, NC) - Jery B. Taylor (Walterboro, SC) EVENTS: 1. Film Screening of Soul’s Journey documentary (2 hrs.) at the Fine Arts Theatre, Asheville, NC Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7pm. There is limited seating, please contact us for advance tickets. $5 for public, Free for students. 2. Reception at CCCD on Friday, Feb. 20th from 5-7 pm. Meet some of the artists and see the exhibit!
	09/05/08- 12/05/08 10AM - 5PM   Exhibit   Celebrate the Bringle Sisters: Clay and Textile Mentors Twin sisters Edwina and Cynthia Bringle have commited their lives to being both makers and mentors to many who have come to Western North Carolina. Born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1939, they were the first of five children and began taking art classes early on. Though their individual paths have taken them to different places, their love for the mountains and their roots in the South have always kept them close to Penland. The Bringle sisters have been leaders in the North Carolina craft movement, moving to North Carolina approximately 30 years ago. These sisters have dedicated much of their lives to teaching, influencing innumerable students. This exhibition celebrates their contributions by exhibiting select works from throughout their lives. Both artists will give a talk at 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 9th and will be followed by an opening reception.
	05/20/08- 08/22/08 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Inspired Design – Creative Entrepreneurial Textiles What happens when the creative mind and the skilled hand are provided ongoing access to the computer aided, industrial weaving machine? Textile design is a specialized field that involves several sectors – fashion, interior decoration, the production of expressive works, sculptures, and hand-crafted items. It overlaps the fields of art, crafts and design. Textile designers must have intensive training that requires both artistic talent and a scientific frame of mind. A person creating textiles can be a designer, artisan, or artist. This exhibit features designs and work that represent five 21st Century design growth areas of creative/innovative textiles using computerized Jacquard looms: 1. Smart Textiles (e-textiles) with electronic components woven into textiles 2. Performance and Interactive textiles designed as performative textiles for costume, stage, and dance or computer designs created by sound. 3. Textiles for Boutique Clothing – fabric designs for limited-edition boutique clothing 4. Interior Textiles for furniture, panels, wall-coverings 5. Textiles as Fine or Commissioned Art The new Hendersonville Oriole Mill, partnered with the Hendersonville Jacquard Center (www.jacquardcenter.com), is the nucleus of a design/development/creative innovative cluster developed to enhance North Carolina competitiveness in the world textile industry. It is the only program in the United States that is designed to support creative entrepreneurial design and production, including limited runs for artist-designed textiles, through training on JacqCAD software, and access to the Oriole Mill’s 6 dobby looms and 9 industrial Jacquard looms, including two with 120” width. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 pm
	02/05/08- 05/09/08 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Blue Ridge Residencies [ more info ] Recognized as a birthplace of artistic tradition, The Blue Ridge Mountains are also a hotbed of ingenuity! Generations of artists and craftspeople have converged upon this area for artistic inspiration, many inevitably making their homes. Blue Ridge Residencies highlights the work created by a talented group artists in residence at Arrowmont, Energy Exchange, Odyssey, and Penland during this critical period of artiststic experimentation and development. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 1-5 pm
	11/06/07- 01/25/07 1PM - 5PM   Exhbition   Industrial Design: Concept to Creation The purpose of this show is to highlight the creative process that all Industrial Designers experience as they conceptualize, sketch, render and fabricate their designs. During the “ideation phase,” thoughts are transferred directly from the brain and “given life” on a piece of paper (as a concept). Original concept sketches and 3 dimensional (3-D) renderings (marker or computer aided) are all part of the 2 dimensional (2-D) design phase; the end result of this work germinates in a 3 dimensional “expression” or object.(Example: an IPod or a chair). Featuring the designs and works of Appalachian State University Faculty, Students and Alumni, this exhibit illustrates the journey that ideas take, exploring the “head to the hand” connection as objects move from conception to reality. Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 1-5 pm
	10/24/07- 10/24/07 8PM   Talk at UNC Asheville-Lipinsky Auditorium   Designs for a Sustainable Future [ more info ] Artist/designer/planner Michael Singer discusses his work in the public realm and how it relates to large-scale infrastructure projects including power facilities, waste treatment facilities, affordable housing, urban parks, and educational facilities. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT: Public Information Office 310 Owen Hall, Campus PO 1820 Asheville, NC 28804-8507 828/251-6526 - FAX: 828/251-6777 web: http://www.unca.edu/news e-mail: pubinfo@unca.edu Michael Singer, Michael Singer has received numerous awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His works are part of public collections in the United States and abroad, including the Australian Nation
	08/09/07- 10/22/07 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Designs for a Sustainable Future Artist/designer/planner Michael Singer’s work in the public realm relates to large-scale infrastructure projects including power facilities, waste treatment facilities, affordable housing, urban parks, and educational facilities. His work has become models for successful urban and ecological renewal. The exhibition includes enlarged photographic images, drawings and models on projects throughout the world with creative solutions to urban infrastructure demands. Following the Hendersonville exhibit at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, the exhibit moves to UNC Asheville Highsmith Gallery October 23-November 13, 2007 M-F 9am-9pm; Sat/Sun 9am – 6pm Michael Singer, Michael Singer has received numerous awards, including fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. His works are part of public collections in the United States and abroad, including the Australian Nation
	07/14/07- 07/14/07 1PM - 3PM   Artist TALK & Reception   It's Only Natural: Artist TALK & Reception Harry McDaniel, who created Fiddleheads in 2003, will talk about his work he created for the trail and the exhibition.
	06/16/07- 06/15/07 1PM - 3PM   Artist TALK & Reception   It's Only Natural: Artist TALK & Reception David Tillinghast, who created Bell Rhododendron, will talk about the work he created for the trail and the exhibition. David Tillinghast
	05/19/07- 05/19/07 12PM - 3PM   Storytelling and Botanical hike   Storytelling and Botanical Hike • 12:30pm Storyteller Karen-eve Pfotzer will have a selection of stories for all ages – bring the family and a picnic lunch! • 1:30pm Botanist Larason Lambert will conduct a trail walk describing some of the plants on the botanical list he co-developed with the Western North Carolina Botanical Club. • 2:30pm Storyteller Karen-eve Pfotzer will lead a story walk along the trail with legends and stories about the North Carolina woods.
	05/08/07- 07/27/07 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Rudnick Nature Trail Artists [ more info ] Current work by artists commissioned to provide public art for the Perry N. Rudnick Nature trail will be featured in the gallery and on the grounds. There are now eleven permanent sculptures to be found on the fifty acres and one mile nature trail.
	04/21/07- 04/21/07 1PM - 3PM   Artist Talk & Reception   Artist Talk [ more info ] Cynthia Bringle and Lisa Clague, two of the region’s premier clay artists, will give a slide presentation Saturday, April 21st at 1pm at the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, 1181 Broyles Road, Hendersonville. The presentation will be followed by a reception and the opportunity to meet the artists. They are among the nineteen featured in the exhibition Pursuing Excellence: The Studio Craft Movement in Western North Carolina on display through April 28 at the Blue Spiral 1 in Asheville and the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design. Cynthia Bringle and Lisa Clague, Whereas Cynthia Bringle creates classically-inspired pots,distinctive for their elaborately carved surfaces, Lisa Clague conjures fantastical figural sculptures in clay.
	03/17/07- 03/17/07 1PM - 3PM   Artist Talk & Reception   Artist Talk [ more info ] Stoney Lamar & George Peterson, two of the region’s top wood artists, will give a slide presentation. Both are featured in Pursuing Excellence on display through April 28 at Blue Spiral 1, Asheville and the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Lamar bathes exotics woods in milk-paint, wedding it to steel to articulate his geometric volumes in space. George Peterson takes an “intuitive and spontaneous” approach to his work, embolding his spare forms with rough hewn textures.
	03/01/07- 04/28/07 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Pursuing Excellence: Studio Craft Movement in Western North Carolina [ more info ] An exhibition of work by 19 nationally recognized studio craft artists who live and work in Western North Carolina. This exhibit is a collaboration with Blue Spiral 1, 38 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, which is devoting two floors to showcase the exceptional talent of studio craft artists in the region. One work by each artist will be on display at CCCD in Hendersonville.
	11/28/06- 02/17/07 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Sculptural/Functional, UNC Asheville Clay Faculty, Students, and Alumni [ more info ] An exhibit of the work of 21 clay artists in a diversity of approaches to clay.
	09/19/06- 11/10/06 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Architectural Echoes In Clay [ more info ] Curated by Judith Duff, this exhibition is in conjunction with the Nina Hole Residency to be held at ASU in September. The exhibit features the work of thirteen artists along with the work by Nina Hole.
	06/27/06- 09/08/06 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Mountain Sculptors Exhibition [ more info ] Juried indoor and outdoor sculpture exhibition from Asheville's Mountain Sculptors group.
	04/18/06- 06/16/06 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   ASU Junichiro Baba Residency Exhibition Appalachian State University will present the work of resident artist Junichiro Baba from Japan. Junichiro Baba, Junichiro Baba is an instructor at Joshibi University of Art and Design, Meisei University of Art and Design, and Tokyo Glass Art Institute (all in Japan). His work has been exhibited at Blue Spiral 1 (NC), Gallery W.D.O. (NC), and Heller Gallery (NYC).
	03/25/06 1PM   Tea Time Talk   Vivian Beer and Angela Bubash Talk Metals artist Angela Bubash and furniture artist Vivian Beer to give talk about their work. Both artists are featured in the Penland Resident Artists Exhibition.
	02/25/06 1PM   Tea Time Talk   Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama Talk Clay artists Matt Kelleher and Shoko Teruyama to give talk about their work. Both artists are featured in the Penland Resident Artists Exhibition.
	02/07/06- 04/08/06 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Penland Residents Exhibition [ more info ] Exhibition featuring the work of Penland resident artists - Vivan Beer, furniture; Angela Bubash, metals; Jennifer Bueno, glass/mixed; Thor Bueno, glass; Matt Kelleher, clay; Anne Lemanski, mixed; Jenny Mendes, clay; Shoko Teruyama, clay.
	12/01/05 6PM   Reception and Panel Discussion   Out of the Box Meet the artists and learn about the Master of Fine Arts Program at Western Carolina University.
	11/08/05- 01/28/06 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Out of the Box [ more info ] An exhibition featuring the current work from Western Carolina University’s innovative Master of Fine Arts Program in Fine Arts. The exhibition has two featured shows: works from the print portfolio, Paper Trail—a faculty and graduate student collaborative project and the new works from each of the14 students in the program.
	10/18/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk, Bethanne Knudson, President, The Jacquard Center [ more info ] Bethanne has a BFA in Fiber from the Kansas City Art Institute, and MFA in Textiles from the University of Kansas. She has taught in several universities before becoming Director of Training and Technical Support for software used to design Jacquard woven textiles for the Industry. In 2001 Bethanne founded the Jacquard Center, a training retreat for Jacquard Studies in Hendersonville, North Carolina that attracts designers, professional artists, and educators from around the world.
	09/30/05 3PM - 5PM   Reception   Crossing Boundaries, Maintaining Traditions - Artist Reception The Teaching Artists of the Southeast meet the first weekend of October each year at Penland School of Crafts, to share their achievements and challenges. Join them for a reception to celebrate their first group exhibition.
	09/23/05 11AM - 3PM   Workshop   Workshop, Staying Fresh Within A Fiber Orientation (Fee $7, $5 students, lunch included) A panel and round table discussion for artists, teachers, students and fiber enthusiasts to examine issues concerning the creative process and current trends related to the fiber field. Organized by artist/teacher Catherine Ellis and Ann Batchelder, curator and former editor of Fiberarts Magazine.
	08/30/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk, Sunita Patterson, Editor, Fiberarts Magazine [ more info ] As Fiberarts celebrates its 30th anniversary, Sunita takes a look at how the field has changed over the last 30 years and where it is today.
	08/09/05- 10/29/05 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Crossing Boundaries: Maintaining Traditions. Teaching Artists of the Southeast. [ more info ] Exhibit featuring the work twenty-four faculty artists from Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
	07/12/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk - Steven Aimone [ more info ] Steven Aimone, artist, instructor and curator will be on hand to discuss his book DESIGN! A Lively Guide to Design Basics for Artists and Craftspeople.
	06/07/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk Karen Kennedy, Gallery Director, GROVE ARCADE ARTS & HERIATGE GALLERY will be speaking about this new exciting organization.
	05/10/05- 07/30/05 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit and Sale   American Craft Council Southeast Spotlight Exhibit and Sale 2005 Exhibit of artists from 11 Southeastern States in conjunction with the American Craft Council Southeast. David Revere McFadden, curator of the Museum of Art and Design (MAD) in New York, will serve as juror.
	04/23/05 1PM - 5PM   Reception   Annual Kellogg Family Day Dedication of new public art piece for the Perry Rudnick Nature Trail. Featuring guided trail walks and lawn games. Bring a picnic lunch - drinks and dessert provided.
	04/05/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk - Judith O'Rourke [ more info ] Talk by Judith O'Rourke, master printmaker of Littleton Studios in Spruce Pine.
	03/01/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk - Dan Essig [ more info ] Talk by book artist Dan Essig of Grovewood Studios in Asheville.
	02/15/05- 04/30/05 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Binding Impressions An exhibition of students and faculty from ASU, UNCA & WCU in book arts, paper, and printmaking. Featuring artists Dan Essig, Ann Marie Kennedy, and Judith O'Rourke.
	02/15/05 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk - Ann Marie Kennedy [ more info ] Talk by Ann Marie Kennedy, paper artist and former Penland resident.
	01/21/05   Forum   Public Forum on Public Art and Transportation Design Forum to be held at ABTech in Asheville
	12/10/04 4PM - 5PM   Reception   2004 Rudnick Trail Public Art Reception [ more info ] Come view the proposals for the 2004 Rudnick Trail RFP. The winner will be announced.
	11/17/04 4PM - 5PM   Tea Talk   Tea Time Talk [ more info ] Lecture with Jeffrey York, Public Art Director at the North Carolina Arts Council. Talk to be held in Conference Center adjacent to the Craft Center.
	11/05/04- 02/05/05 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   On the Road Again...CREATIVE TRANSPORTATION DESIGN [ more info ] The National Endowment for the Arts Design Art Program awarded $10,000 in June 2004 to the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design for "Creative Transportation Design", a traveling exhibit and "Tool-kit" that will include a CD with over 200 images of public art transportation projects and public art policies and process examples. The project is a collaboration between CCCD and Jeffrey York, North Carolina Arts Council Public Art Director
	10/05/04 4PM   Tea Talk   Catherine Ellis, Faculty in Fiber Catherine will discuss Haywood Professional Crafts fiber and metals programs
	09/07/04 4PM   Tea Talk   Wayne Raab, Faculty in Wood Wayne will discuss Haywood Professional Crafts wood and clay programs
	08/24/04- 10/22/04 4PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Haywood Community College Professional Craft Program
	08/03/04 4PM   Tea Talk   Arthur Joura Arthur Joura from the NC Arboretum Bonsai Garden will be giving a talk on Bonsai.
	07/13/04 4PM   Tea Talk   Harold & Kathleen Baker Talk with the owners of Butterfly Meadow & Gardens in Pisgah Forest, NC.
	06/12/04 11AM   Reception   Annual Kellogg Family Day Dedication of Roger Halligan's "Trail Megalith". Bring a picnic lunch, drinks and dessert provided.
	06/08/04- 08/13/04 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   Garden Fantasies June 8 – August 13 Garden Fantasies – Featuring regional garden art and artists from the Farms, Gardens & Countryside Trails of Western North Carolina
	05/04/04 4PM   Tea Talk   Carl Sandburg's Connemara
	04/06/04 10AM   Tea Talk   Wildflower Walk with Don Osterberg [ more info ]
	03/23/04- 05/28/04   Exhibit   Craft Trail Artists from String of Pearls craft heritage trail
	03/02/04 4PM   Tea Talk   John C. Campbell Folk school – 78 years in Western North Carolina with Jan Davidson, Director
	02/03/04 4PM   Tea Talk   Contemporary Craft in North Carolina: Penland School of Crafts 75th Anniversary with Michelle Francis, Penland archivist
	01/13/04- 03/13/04   Exhibit   UNCA, ASU & WCU Faculty and Student Craft Show
	12/02/03 4PM   Tea Talk   Finster's Shoe [ more info ] Scott Blackwell, owner Immaculate Baking Company and founder of the Folk Artist’s Foundation, responsible for the planned Folk Art Museum in Hendersonville that will open this collection to the public. Scott will talk about his experiences as a collector starting 20 years ago with Howard Finster’s “shoe.” Reception follows.
	11/04/03 3PM   Tea Talk and Film (The Screen Painters)   Necessity and Beyond. FOLK Art is… Elaine Eff, Maryland Historical Trust. Folklorist, filmmaker and oral historian studies, curates and appreciates folk art for museums and arts councils nationwide. She “channeled the words of folk artists and collector” for A.R.T. IS. Reception follows.
	10/05/03- 12/06/03   Exhibit   (Folk) A.R.T. IS* (*acronym from interview with Lonnie Holley) [ more info ] An exhibition of work by self-taught artists from the collection of Folk Artist’s Foundation and founder Scott Blackwell.
	10/05/03 4PM   Tea Talk   Eye/Hand, Mind/Spirit Sherry Kafka Wagner, San Antonio, international museum design consultant, created the folk artall for the Chattanooga Aquarium and has an extensive personal folk art collection. (Folk) A.R.T. IS* exhibit designer. Reception follows.
	09/09/03 4PM   Tea Talk   Mike Harmon and Mark Peters [ more info ] The Center for Craft Creativity and Design presents a Tea Time Talk September 9, 2003 4PM at the Conference Room of the Kellogg Conference Center next door. Mike Harmon of Buffalo Creek Weavers and Mark Peters of Pine Root Pottery will be discussing their work. Refreshments will be served, and the gallery will be open from 1 - 5PM.
	07/29/03- 09/26/03   Exhibit   Blue Ridge Potters and Weavers Eleven professional ootters from the Bakersville area will exhibit their work, along with the fiber art of Buffalo Creek Weavers of West Jefferson, who represent six generations of weavers.
	06/07/03 11AM   Reception   2nd Annual Family Day at the Kellogg Center [ more info ] Family Day will feature the dedication of artist benches on the trail, and a talk by Harry McDaniel. The Nash show on display in the gallery. Bring your picnic lunch, drinks, dessert, and lawn games provided.
	05/27/03- 07/19/03 1PM - 5PM   Exhibit   An Exhibition of Work by David Nash "Wood Quarry - The Creative Process" work created by David Nash during a 3 week residency in North Carolina David Nash, Leading UK Wood Sculptor and Land Artist David Nash featured in books, and collections throughout the world
	04/27/03 1PM - 2PM   Reception   A reception will be held in honor of the scupture students at the Center.
	04/27/03 4PM   Reception   A reception will be held to honor David Nash at the Wedge Gallery, which will be hosting Nash's exhibition in Asheville.
	04/14/03- 05/17/03   Exhibit   Juried Exhibition of Works by UNC Sculpture Students [ more info ] The Center will exhibit the work of sculpture students from each of the 16 UNC campuses in its gallery and on the grounds. This exhibition is held in conjunction with the residency and traveling exhibition, "Wood Quarry -- A Creative Process," by renowned Welsh sculptor and land artist David Nash.
	03/18/03 4PM   Tea Talk   An Artist's Perspective John Nygren, recycled glass artist
	02/23/03 4PM   Tea Talk   About the Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy John Humphrey, past president of the organization
	01/28/03 4PM   Tea Talk   What Makes a Bird a Bird? Don Osterberg, PhD., professor emeritus of biology, State University of New York
	01/10/03- 03/28/03   Exhibit   Artists influenced by the Environment of Western North Carolina [ more info ]
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