Happy Birthday! CURVE studios & garden! Pattiy Torno bought 6, 9 & 12 Riverside Drive on October 13, 1989. As she is often heard to say, ” It was one of the stupidest things i have ever done that has turned out pretty darn well.” Purchased originally for a nightclub, Torno had always loved the loft apartments she inhabited in NYC, so in 1992 she made the first live/work studios in what is now the River Arts District. The 2004 flood effected the change from living quarters to retail spaces on the first floors of CURVE studios & garden. Stay tuned for what comes next…
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CURVE had the lovely pleasure to host the First Ladies of Missouri, Mississippi & Georgia this morning. Constance Williams demonstrated encaustic, Pattiy Torno explained quilt process & Alena Hennessy spoke about her upcoming book. Several pieces of Karen Newgard’s ceramic work have found new homes… all in all, a great experience.
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CURVE artist Meagan Chaney is on her way up to Gatlinburg, TN to teach @ Arrowmont. This year’s workshop, titled “Glass & Clay: An Exploration in Combining Materials” is perfect for anyone interested in mixed media sculpture, one of Meagan’s passions. We will be looking forward to a new shipment of Meagan’s work @ CURVE in mid to late September.
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CURVE garden seems to be the new place to have your portrait taken… several sunday mornings have found families & families to be making photos in the garden. Here are few things to remember. Professsional photographers, using CURVE as a location, must get permission from Pattiy Torno, the gardener, resident & owner of CURVE. Find her @ 828.388.3526. Friendly photos are fine anytime between dawn & dusk. Please pack out what you pack in & resist the urge to abscond with the garden’s bounty, with our thanks.
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On Tuesday, May 24, 2011, the American Ecological Engineering Society came calling to CURVE studios & garden. Thanks to Mitch Woodward & Jason Zink of NC State Ag & Bio, CURVE has a newly installed “WaterWall” cistern system. Mitch Woodward brought all the gear up on his trailer & he and Pattiy spent the past 4 days making ready. Mitch then did his pitch about how the system works here and can work for these folks when they go back home… Very informative.
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Thanks to friend and writer, Nan Chase, CURVE’s garden shows up in an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled Four Fantastic Road Trips. We especially love that there is this nice photo of Cassie Ryalls’ sculpture in the garden in photo #12 of their slideshow!
Posted 8 months, 3 weeks ago at 5:03 pm. Add a comment
Pattiy Torno @ CURVE has a new sign above the door, a few new fleece prices as of May 1, 2011 & a bunch of new clothes made and ready to try on. Alena Hennessy and her great tee shirts seem to compliment the ever popular Aline skirt… and with two quilt commissions to work on this summer, there should be a big something on the design wall before too long
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago at 1:58 pm. Add a comment
CURVE is very happy to announce that Angelique Tassistro & Fly Coop Studios are joining with Constance Williams Gallery & Working Studios. Angelique makes functional & decorative ceramic pieces with a love of color & interesting pattern to modernize any dwelling. Voted as reader’s choice top 10 emerging artists for 2010 by WNC magazine… Do stop in @ #9 CURVE the next time you are here in Asheville’s River Arts District.
Posted 9 months, 1 week ago at 12:50 pm. Add a comment
Constance Williams Gallery & Studios is hosting Encaustic painter & teacher Mary Farmer and her students for three days this week. Here are a few photos. If you ever thought you might like to learn the encaustic process… Mary is your gal!
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