On Saturday, February 11, 2012, CURVE joins with its neighbors to celebrate “2ndSaturdays”, the newest initiative in Asheville’s River Arts District, by being open earlier and later than normal, with a special showing in #9 CURVE: Constance Williams Gallery. The garden is already starting to poke its head out of the ground with Lenten Rose, Winter Flowering Honeysuckle, Crocus, Snow Drops, Narcissus, Aconite & Camelias to name but a few now blooming.
This morning the parking lot @ CURVE was full of music to celebrate the running of the Isaac Dickson Elementary School PTO fundraising Hot Chocolate 10K…. over 1200 runners went the full 10 kilometers in the pouring rain… was still really fun and inspiring!
The reconfigured Gallery Two Six Two in Waynesville, NC is showcasing work from #9 CURVE studios & garden, Constance Williams Gallery. Now up on Main Street, please join in the Grand Re-Opening Party @ 142 Main Street, Friday, December 2, 2011, from 6 to 9pm, in conjunction with the final Art After Dark gallery stroll for the season.
Kyle Carpenter will be taking over #12 CURVE studios & garden for his Studio Pottery Sale, Friday. October 21st from 11am to 9pm & Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 10am to 6pm. With the new salt-kiln “producing some incredible surfaces”, Kyle invites all to peruse and perhaps purchase some of the “best work i have made to date”. All of CURVE will be open late Friday night for Kyle’s reception & also open late on Saturday night for the Southeast Headache Society Soiree. Do come join us!
The Southeast Headache Society, those who look after ones with headaches…. is hosting their first annual conference in Asheville @ The Crown Plaza Resort. Local neurologist, Morris Maizels decide to ask if the Saturday evening cocktail party might take place within the cultural confines of CURVE studios & garden and we said “of course”. So this Saturday evening, CURVE will be open late, until 8:30pm to welcome neurological medical professionals from all over the south east to enjoy the art and gardens @ CURVE.
Maria Andrade, as queen of #12 CURVE, continues to strengthen our ceramic offerings. Karen Newgard will join Maria, Akira Satake & Kyle Carpenter starting in April 2011, just in time for our Spring 2011 Open House Weekend & Twilight Party April 22, 23 & 24. Karen is a wonderful artist and a very funny gal so we are lucky to have her here @ CURVE!
It is that time of year again… CURVE studios & garden will host its Spring 2011 Open House Weekend & Twilight Party April 22, 23 & 24 @ 6•9•12 Riverside Drive, in the heart of Asheville’s River Arts District. Everyone is welcome.
All studios will be open to visitors from 10am to 5pm Friday, Saturday & Sunday with the Friday night Twilight Party starting @ 5 until 8pm on April 22, Earth Day 2011. The Twilight Party showcases the finely crafted food of neighbors, Roots Café, White Duck Taco Shop & Short Street Cakes, Spinning Spider Creamery & The Wedge Brewery. If we are lucky, Akira may play some banjo in the new patio/stage between #6 & #9 CURVE. The CURVE Open House also serves to welcome the newest artist to join in @ CURVE. This year we proudly welcome Karen Newgard, Alena Hennessy & Mary Farmer.
Karen Newgard is a great addition to #12 CURVE. As a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild in ceramics, her figurative work finds its subject matter in nature and the everyday. Karen employs sgrafitto reductive carving on porcelain, then salt firing to achieve the desired textures & clear color that define her work. She joins Maria Andrade Troya, Kyle Carpenter & Akira Satake in #12 CURVE. Kyle had his salt kiln rebuilt this winter and a snippet of new work graces our poster for the CURVE studios & garden Spring 2011 Open House Weekend & Twilight Party.
Alena Hennessy has come home to Asheville to creatively roost @ #6 CURVE. Over the years, Alena has built a smart & beautiful career by translating images from the natural world around her through paint onto canvas, paper, textiles & such. In addition, Alena will be teaching workshops & continuing to share the healing work she has developed. Alena joins Pattiy Torno in #6 CURVE. Pattiy will have several new quilts to show as well as a bunch of new skirts to compliment Alena’s tee shirts & tunics just in time for the Open House Weekend.
Mary Farmer can be found in #9 CURVE on the days she is teaching encaustic workshops @ Constance Williams Gallery & Studios. Mary is a California native who responds to and translate the play of light in her many layered, encaustic paintings. Her work is always available through the gallery @ #9 CURVE along with the work of Constance Williams & her cadre of artists who include Greg Vineyard, Jenny Mastin, Cassie Ryalls, Cynthia Wynn, Kelly Prestwood, Mystery Masiello, Patty Bilbro & Phil DeAngelo.
Please help us do our mission here @ CURVE: “Bringing people to ART & ART to life in Asheville’s River Arts District”… and show up!
In her quest to find a suitable location to hold several cocktail parties to “meet and greet” prospective Executive Directors, Manna Food Bank Chair, Marcia Bromburg stumbled into CURVE studio’s Constance Williams Gallery. She was so taken by what she saw and asked Constance if she would play hostess & Constance graciously agreed. CURVE is committed to bring people to art and art to life, so that is what we did.
There is a nice article in the December Laurel of Asheville speaking to EVERYDAY nature of Asheville’s River Arts District. I sense the handiwork of Greg Vineyard & Constance Williams here, spreading the word that The River Arts District is not just the Studio Stroll any more! Many of the studios are open 6 or 7 days a week and we are all great places to shop for a local christmas!
The November 2010 River Arts District STUDIO STROLL extravaganza is just around the corner! For the uninitiated, the STUDIO STROLL is when the River Arts District’s 150+ studios are all open to the public at one time! Be astounded at the variety of work, in mediums that range from ceramics, textiles, steel furniture & sculpture, oil, encuastic & other painting mediums, jewelry, glass, paper and more. Bring your walking shoes and your credit cards. You are sure to find something whispering in your ear… “take me home”. There is plenty of parking & the event is free! Do join us!