2021 Arrowmont Roundtable: RENEWAL
ARROWMONT CRAFT CONVERSATIONS is a video series that highlights artists in the Arrowmont community. Our partnership with Arrowmont faculty and community members has contributed to Arrowmont’s longevity, growth as a school of arts and crafts, and our reputation as an institution that welcomes everyone. The artists who appear in this series exemplify the characteristics that…
2021 Arrowmont AAW Roundtable: PENTACULUM WOOD COORDINATORS
ARROWMONT CRAFT CONVERSATIONS is a video series that highlights artists in the Arrowmont community. Our partnership with Arrowmont faculty and community members has contributed to Arrowmont’s longevity, growth as a school of arts and crafts, and our reputation as an institution that welcomes everyone. The artists who appear in this series exemplify the characteristics that…
Starry Night 2021
Starry Night, May 21, 2021 Arrowmont’s annual spring auction Presenting Sponsor: Margit and Earl Worsham Sign up for a Starry Night Experience! Click here to sign up online. ZOOM RECEPTION AND AUCTION WRAP UP Click the image below to view the video recording of the May 21, 2021 Starry Night Reception and Auction Wrap Up,…
APPALACHIAN CRAFT & CULTURE FELLOW: ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ, MARY WELCH THOMPSON
Spring 2021 ᎺᎵ ᏔᎻᏏᏂ, Mary Welch Thompson is the Spring 2021 Appalachian Craft and Culture Fellow. Thompson is a second-generation basket weaver, potter and member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) from the Big Cove Community in Cherokee, NC. Thompson’s Fellowship begins March 1, 2021. “I have some weaving projects which I am…
Arrowmont Craft Conversation: Emmy Lingscheit, printmaker
“An overarching interest of my prints, drawings, and sculptural works is to explore intersections of social justice and environmental justice. My work critically investigates the interdependencies and exchanges between the biological and the man-made, using visual seduction, irony, and productive ambiguity to attune the viewer to our postnatural world.” – Emmy Lingscheit Emmy is a…
Arrowmont Announces 2021-2022 Artists-in-Residence
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 Artists-in-Residence: Elizabeth Belz, Horacio Casillas, Kyle Cottier, Naomi Russo and Lena Schmid. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the residency program at Arrowmont. Started in 1991, the Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence Program provides early career, self-directed artists time, space and support to develop new…
Episode 7 – Brandon Donahue and Ashton Ludden
Episode 07 – Brandon Donahue and Ashton Ludden For our second episode that features a conversation with two artists, I invited Ashton Ludden and Brandon Donahue to join me. Brandon and Ashton have many things in common: they both graduated from the University of Tennessee, both have served as 2-D coordinators for Arrowmont’s Pentaculum event,…
2021 Arrowmont Roundtable: CRAFT + SPIRIT
ARROWMONT CRAFT CONVERSATIONS is a video series that highlights artists in the Arrowmont community. Our partnership with Arrowmont faculty and community members has contributed to Arrowmont’s longevity, growth as a school of arts and crafts, and our reputation as an institution that welcomes everyone. The artists who appear in this series exemplify the characteristics that…
Episode 6 – Jennifer Allen and Maia Leppo
Episode 06 – Jennifer Allen and Maia Leppo In our first episode with not just one, but two guests, I talk with ceramist Jen Allen and metals artist and jeweler Maia Leppo. Jen and Maia have collaborated as artists and educators, having co-taught a ceramics jewelry workshop at Arrowmont. We talk about that collaboration, but…
Arrowmont Craft Conversations: Susan Fecho, multi-media artist
“…My work is informed by story would of course have its roots in me being an Appalachian child… I can put [my Appalachian influences] in my artwork like an old country song and something will happen.” Susan Fecho is a multi-media artist working in printmaking, textile surface design, illustration, and more. In this Arrowmont Craft…
