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PURSUING EXCELLENCE - Western North Carolina Studio Craft Movement 1977-2007

Work on exhibit at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design includes the following images (left to right): Sheathes, Michael Sherrill; Lapis Filigree Flat Top, Mark Peiser; Cave Cloth Two: Interrupted, Chad Alice Hagen

This exhibition showcases the work of nineteen studio craft artists, representative of the larger concentration of over 4,000 craft artists, living and working in Western North Carolina. The main exhibition is located on the first two floors of Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, in Asheville. Featuring 1 work by each of the 19 artists, the ancillary exhibition is located at the CCCD galleries in Hendersonville. Artists in the exhibition include: CERAMICS Cynthia Bringle, Penland; Lisa Clague, Bakersville; Nick Joerling, Penland; and Kathy Triplett, Weaverville; FIBER/BASKETS Chad Alice Hagen, Asheville; Billie Ruth Sudduth, Bakersville; and Heather Allen Swarttouw, Asheville; GLASS Rick Beck, Spruce Pine; Shane Fero, Penland; John Nickerson, Waynesville; and Mark Peiser, Penland; METAL Paige Hamilton Davis, Bakersville; Hoss Haley, Asheville; Marvin Jensen, Penland; Michael Sherrill, Hendersonville, and Sally Rogers, Penland; and WOOD/FURNITURE Stoney Lamar, Saluda; George Peterson, Lake Toxaway; and Randy Shull, Asheville. The catalog essay, by Melissa G. Post, delves into the factors that attract so many artists to the region, and inspire them to stay.
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ARTIST RECEPTION: March 1, 2007, 5-8pm, Blue Spiral 1, 38 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NC

Please join the artists at Blue Spiral 1 to see their work on two floors - the main exhibit. The 32 page four-color catalog with essay will be available April 1, 2007 at both gallery locations, or can be ordered on line at www.craftcreativitydesign.org for $7.00.

ARTIST TALKS will take place at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design 1181 Broyles Road, Hendersonville in the Kellogg Conference Center, followed by an artist reception in the CCCD galleries

March 17, Saturday 1pm: Stoney Lamar, George Peterson and Randy Shull, nationally recognized artists, each with a distinctive style, will discuss their work in with slides

April 21, Saturday 1pm: Potter Cynthia Bringle deeply carves her woodfired clay while Lisa Clague creates large mythical creatures in clay and mixed media. They will discuss their work in CLAY with slides.

2007 WINDGATE MUSEUM INTERNSHIP APPLICATION DEADLINES

The deadline is still open for two of the 2007 Windgate Museum Internships. This is the second year CCCD has administered the program providing $5,000 to four museums for internships. The goal of the program is to expand the number of future curators with experience and expertise on studio craft artists and their work. BFA, MA, and MFA students should send a letter of interest together with their vitae to the museum. The museum will select the interns.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Intern Position description: The intern will work with the assistant curator of American decorative arts and sculpture on two projects involving the MFA’s large collection of studio craft. One project will be conducting oral history interviews with artists represented in the Daphne Farago collection of studio jewelry, a recent gift to the MFA of more than 600 objects. The intern will also research the Museum’s collection of contemporary ceramics, glass, and furniture, and assist with planning future gallery installations of the studio craft collections. Internship will begin in June 2007 and continue five days a week for 12 weeks, with alternate schedule possible.

Application deadline – March 15, 2007 include curriculum vita and cover letter to:

Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington
Intern Position description: The intern will participate in all aspects of planning for an exhibition set to travel in 2008. Focus will be on preparing venue packages, creating documentations to accompany the exhibition, researching and acting as a liaison to artists, museums, lenders and shippers. At the conclusion of this internship, the intern will have a good understanding of the research and preparation that go into organizing a traveling exhibition. Internship pays $11/hour, 40 hours per week for a three month period and will begin June 2007.

Application deadline - April 1, 2007 include curriculum vita and cover letter to:

This is the third year CCCD has administered the national Craft Research Fund that provides $75,000 in project grants for research and critical writing on U.S. craft to professionals in the field, including curators, faculty, and scholars. In addition $20,000 is awarded to graduate students for Ph.D. dissertation or Masters thesis research related to U.S. Craft. In 2007, there are 33 project applications for the grants of up to $15,000 each and 16 graduate research applications for grants of up to $10,000. The 2007 readers include Patti Phillips, Art Department Chair, SUNY New Paltz and past editor of the College Art Association Journal; Michael Monroe, Director, Bellevue Art Museum and past Director of the Smithsonian Renwick Museum; Charlotte Brown, Ph.D. and Director, Gallery of Art and Design, NC State University; Glenn Brown, Assoc. Professor, Art History, Kansas State University. The 2007 awards will be posted on the CCCD website and announced in the April ENEWS. Grants awarded in 2005 and 2006 are listed under Research at www.craftcreativitydesign.org.

The 2007 Windgate Fellowship Awards to 10 graduating seniors will also be announced in the April ENEWS, and posted on the CCCD website. This is the second year CCCD has administered this national fellowship program that awards $15,000 each to ten visual arts graduating seniors. Fifty-four universities were invited in August to each nominate two graduating seniors. Students then compete in an online application process with images of their work, and a proposal that the student feels will advance their career at this pivotal point. A four member panel will recommend the ten seniors and two alternates to receive these Fellowships

The Windgate Fellowship Award program was established 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. While artists working in any media are welcome to apply, we ask the partner institutions to develop a careful selection process to help identify two graduating or fifth year students who best meet the following criteria:

Images of work and journals of the 2006 Windgate Fellows can be found on the CCCD website.

The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design is an inter-institutional Center of the University of North Carolina.

The mission of the regional UNC Center is to support and advance craft, creativity and design in education and research, and, through community collaborations, to demonstrate ways that craft and design provide creative solutions to community issues. The mission of the nonprofit CCCD is to support the mission of the UNC center through funding, programs, and outreach to artists, craft organizations, schools in the community, region and nation.