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Twenty-one clay artists - faculty, and current and graduated students – now have work on display in the galleries of the Craft Center through February 16, 2007. Megan Wolfe, now in her 10th year as clay faculty, is responsible for the amazing growth of the clay program, in part because her teaching style encourages students to explore and develop their own unique approach to ceramics. This is very evident in the exhibit that ranges from delicate porcelain functional dinnerware, to sculpture using paper clay, and work fired in the large UNC Asheville anagama built after Megan arrived. Laura Aultman, received her M.F.A. from University of Florida at Gainesville after graduating from UNCA, and returned this year to teach in the program while Megan is on sabbatical and enjoying her son, Winston born in August. Six UNC Asheville ceramic students, and Laura Aultman, participated in the Nina Hole residency in Boone, helping to create the amazing Fire Sculpture.

The exhibit includes faculty: Megan Wolfe and Laura Aultman; alumni: Kyle Carpenter, Terrell Whitworth, Jason Witherspoon, Maria Andrade Troya, Annie Singletary, Heather Knight, Cheryl Andrews, Sahar Al-abed Fakhoury, and Matt Jacobs; students: Will Rogers, Ben Crowfoot, Charla Wall, Michael Cole, Jay Roberts, Lillian Byers, Peter Wentz, Josh Copus, Sean Fairbridge, Amanda Meyers. Graduating senior Josh Copus, who mines “wild” clay and fires with wood, received one of the $15,000 Windgate Fellowships in 2006 in steep competition with students nominated from 54 universities across the country. Most of the work in the exhibit is available for purchase.

Gallery hours are 1-5pm, Tuesday through Saturday, free to the public.

Image of clay sculpture by UNC Asheville ceramic faculty, Megan Wolfe.

June Lamb is gifting the sculpture “Currents” by Joy Brown to UNC Asheville. June enjoyed the opening of the Architectural Echoes exhibit that featured Joy Brown’s work and also attended the opening of the auxiliary exhibit in Boone and the final unveiling of the Nina Hole Fire Sculpture. Of these programs June wrote “The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design reflects the human potential for discovery and creativity, by cooperative non-competitive individuals working together in a collaborative process.”

Image of Joy Brown (l.) and June Lamb (r.) in front of “Currents,” ceramic wall sculpture.

January 8, 2007 is the deadline for applications to the 2007 CRAFT RESEARCH FUND. The mission of the grant program is to advance, expand and support scholarship of studio craft in the United States. Project Grants of up to $15,000 for research by faculty, museum curators, scholars, and artists. Graduate Student grants of up to $10,000 for research related to thesis or dissertations of students currently enrolled in an accredited college or university. Travel Grants of up to $500 for College Art Association annual conference panel members whose topic involves U.S. studio craft. Guidelines and a listing of 2005 and 2006 awards can be found at www.craftcreativitydesign.org. For more information: Melissa Post, Assistant Director, mpost@craftcreativitydesign.org

In 2007 the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design is partnering with three museums, The Museum of Fine Arts – Houston; The Museum of Fine Arts – Boston; and the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design to place interns in a museum setting working with craft collections and exhibitions. The goal of the program is to provide future curators with experience in U.S. studio crafts in museum environments. The job description and selection of the intern is through the museum. CCCD awards the museum $5000 to provide a $10-12/hour stipend to the intern selected. Job descriptions and contact information will be posted on www.craftcreativitydesign.org for internships that take place between April 1, 2007 and March 31, 2008. For more information contact Dian Magie, Executive Director, dmagie@craftcreativitydesign.org.

The Windgate Fellowship Award program was established in 2006 to help encourage and advance the development of serious, innovative artists in the United States whose work is in some way related to, or informed by, the process, material, or idea of craft. Fifty-four universities across the United States, with strong craft/design programs, were invited to nominate two of their graduating seniors to apply for one of the ten $15,000 Windgate Fellowship Awards to be awarded in April 2007. The online application process includes a narrative and images of the student’s work reviewed and evaluated by a panel of curators, artists, and museum directors. The 2006 Windgate Fellowship Award winners can be viewed on the Center’s website. For more information contact Dian Magie, Executive Director, dmagie@craftcreativitydesign.org.

Image of work of Rachelle Lim, 2006 Windgate Fellow from San Diego State University

The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design and Kellogg Conference Center buildings will be closed, with the UNC Asheville administrative unit, from Saturday, December 16, 2006 and reopen Tuesday, January 2, 2007.

Access to the Rudnick Nature Trail, throughout the holiday, can be accessed from the small parking area off South Rugby, or by parking in front of the main Broyles Road gates and walking onto the property to the trailhead behind the Craft building.

Image is photo of “Snow Stove” created by David Nash, British wood sculptor and students in April 2003 International Residency sponsored by CCCD. Photo by David Nash ©

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