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“Earth Mound and Underground Bell” by David Tillinghast, is a shallow mound of moss-covered stones, with a hollow chamber beneath. A bell is rung by lifing a bronze handle on top of the mound. The sound is soft and muted and lasts for several seconds. The work is part of the Public Art on the Rudnick Nature Trail at the Kellogg Center in Hendersonville, now consisting of more than 11 public art works on the one mile nature trail, supported in part by a grant from the Perry N. Rudnick Foundation. The Tillinghast sculpture project also received support from a Public Art and Community Design grant from the North Carolina Arts Council.

In June 2006 the Tillinghast’s “Bell” was selected as one of 40 projects out of 189 online submissions for the 2006 Year In Review, a highpoint of the annual conference of the Public Art Network, with over 300 public art artists and administrators. Juried by winning public artist Mary Miss, and Robert Rindler, President of Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and formerly Dean of the Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, six images of each of the 40 award winners are included on a CD of the Year in Review used by communities, educators, libraries, universities, art commissions, consultants and designers across the county.

23 leaders in the field of studio craft gathered in Hendersonville, North Carolina March 30-April 1, 2006 in the fifth two-day “think-tank” on issues most important to the craft field. The two days were broken into four discussion areas, each with a discussion leader who formed the issues and opened the floor. Session 1 History of Craft – Academia and Audience was led by Tina Oldknow, Curator, Corning Museum of Glass; Session 2 Critical writing and Research on Studio Craft, led by Edward (Ned) Cooke, Art History Department Chair, Yale; Session 3 Future and Mid-Career Artists led by Bruce Peppich, Director, Racine Art Museum, and Session 4, The Value and Future of the North Carolina Retreat, led by Andrew Glasgow, Director, The Furniture Society, and CCCD Nonprofit Board VP.

In addition to the four discussion leaders, others participating in the 2006 Think-Tank included: Carmine Branagan, Director, American Craft Council, NYC; Mary Douglas, Curator, Sparta Teapot Museum, NC; Peter Held, Curator of Ceramics, Ceramics Research Center, Arizona State University; Stoney Lamar, wood sculptor and CCCD Nonprofit board presidident; Jean McLaughlin, Director, Penland School of Crafts and CCCD board member; Bruce Metcalf, co-author of 20th Century American Studio Craft to be released next year; Suzanne Ramljak, editor, Metalsmith Magazine; James Tanner, Ceramics Professor retired, Minnesota State University, MN; Suzanne Baizerman, author and through 2005 Curator of Decorative Arts and Crafts, California Museum of Oakland, CA; Charlotte Brown, Director, Gallery of Art and Design, NC State University; John Brown, Director, The Windgate Foundation, AR; Grace Cochrane, Senior Curator, Australian Decorative Arts and Design, Powerhouse Museum, Sidney, Australia; Sandra Corse, Aesthetics Professor retired, Georgia Tech University, 2005 Craft Research Fund grant recipient; Susan Cummins, Director, Rotasa Foundation, CA; Liza Kirwin, Curator of Manuscripts, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Patricia Phillips, Professor, Chair Arts Department, SUNY New Paltz, NY: and Robert Silberman, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, University of Minnesota.