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!
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!
“Salt of the Earth” is Kyle Carpenter’s solo exhibit that runs from November 1st to December 31, 2010 @ the Crimson Laurel Gallery in Bakersville, NC. The Crimson Laurel Gallery is gaining a reputation as one of the top ceramics galleries in the US. Please come meet Kyle @ the Artist Opening & Reception, Saturday, November 6, 2010 starting @ 6pm. Check out the movie on You Tube!
Nationwide, there is a focus on American Craft thanks to the American Craft Week initiative taking place October 1 -10, 2010. CURVE is participating in a number of ways… Pattiy Torno hopes to be laying out a quilt during this ten days. All the CURVE artists will be showcasing their new work. Sutherland Handweaving will be hosting master rug weaver, Wence Martinez Friday October 8th, 6 to 9pm, for a slide show/lecture/reception/truck show and October 9 & 10th from noon to 3pm for a meet and greet. CURVE studios & garden hours are 11 to 4pm everyday!!
Two powerhouses in Asheville’s River Arts District are joining forces to create a mini studio stroll. CURVE studios & garden and Cotton Mill Studios have chosen to hold their Fall 2010 Open House Weekends in tandem, same weekend, same street in order to provide our visitor with a very full experience of great art & fine craft.
CURVE studios & garden is humming with energy and harvesting lovely fruit from a bountiful summer of work. Already preparing for the coming holiday season, the 20 studio artists will pause to celebrate their continued success during the CURVE studios & garden Fall 2010 Open House Weekend Sept. 24-26, with a Twilight Party Friday, Sept. 24. CURVE Open house hours are 11 am-8 pm Friday and 11 am-5 pm Saturday and Sunday. The twilight party begins at 5 pm Friday and features a Mediterranean-themed feast, wine, Wedge beer and music. Throughout the weekend, CURVE studios & garden artists will offer in-studio demonstrations. Everyone is welcome.
And right down Riverside Drive, the 11 Artists of the Cotton Mill Studios will also open their doors for their Fall 2010 OPEN House “Art with Craft & Craft with Art” on September 24, 25 & 26.
Working in a variety of mediums that include painting, encaustic, jewelry, music & dance, artists John Mac Kah & Ruthanne Kah, Skip Rhode, Lenny Lopatin, Heather Maloy, Christine Dougherty, Robin Black Walter, Genie Maples (with guest artists Cindy Walton & Susan Finer) welcome all into their studios.
Cloth Fiber Workshop’s Barbara Zaretsky will showcase class offerings for those interested in learning textile surface design techniques along with her production line of hand-dyed silk pillows, table runners, scarves & wearables. Marty & Eileen Black, who had the good sense to purchase Cotton Mill Studios in 2002 to make a home for The Potter’s Mark, their pottery and retail gallery anchor this rich and eclectic cultural center.
Stalwartly brick, with high ceilings, steel beams and industrial sized windows, each studio has a unique flavor. Do not miss the new Mill Gallery upstairs, an informal exhibition space for paintings and 2D pieces .
Cotton Mill Studios Fall Open House hours are 11 to 8pm on Friday, September 24 & 11 to 4pm Saturday, September 25 & Sunday September 26, 2010. You can find Cotton Mill Studios @ 122 Riverside Drive in Asheville’s River Arts District.
The CURVE studios & garden Spring 2010 Open House Weekend takes place Friday, April 23, 11 to 8pm (twilight party starts @ 5pm) and Saturday & Sunday, April 24 & 25, 11 to 4pm. The twilight party means Mediterranean feast, Cassie’s truffles, Bill Butler’s handmade breadsticks, wine, Wedge brew & music in addition to all the fine art. CURVE studios & garden is located in the heart of Asheville’s River Arts District @ #6, #9 & #12 Riverside Drive.
The CURVE studios & garden Spring 2010 Open House Weekend is an opportunity to stroll the garden, enjoy the beauty found in and out of the studios & meet our 7 new resident artists… Barb Butler & Karen Donde are Sutherland Handweaving in #6, Fran Welch & Greg Vineyard in #9 & Akira Satake, Kyle Carpenter & Linda McFarling in #12 all work in ceramics.
CURVE studios & garden did some major rearranging this past winter so there will be familiar faces in different places. Find Constance Williams, the encaustic painter, over on the main floor of #9. Cassie Ryalls & Jenny Mastin can still be found working in #9 CURVE, just up the stairs, on the second floor. Maria Andrade Troya has moved her pottery over to #12 CURVE. Pattiy Torno & Meagan Chaney have stayed put in #6 CURVE. In addition, represented artists will include Simone Wilson & Mimi Strang in #6 CURVE, Patty Bilbro, Cynthia Wynn, Kelly Prestwood & Mystery Masiello in #9 CURVE.
In addition to all the artist demos throughout the weekend, sutherland will be offering the class, “Just Weave”. Weave a scarf in a day on a pre-warped loom. For beginners who want to give weaving a try or experienced weavers with no time to warp who simply want to spend a day weaving. All materials and instruction provided. $75 per person + cost of yarn. 9 am-4 pm. Reservations required.
For more information please call Pattiy Torno @ 828.388.3526.
Saturday, February 13, 2010, CURVE studios & garden artists help to celebrate Valentine’s Day & CARING 4 Children’s 35th Anniversary. Please join us for “Moulin Rouge” @ the Haywood Park Hotel for live & silent auctions, a french inspired buffet, dancing girls & more… party dress in the “joie to vivre” style is encouraged. To see the auction items or for more info:
www.caringforchildrengala.com/
www.caring4children.org/index.php?page=left_events/