ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION – 1960
In 2020, Arrowmont celebrates 75 years as a school of arts and crafts. ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION presents archival images and articles to recognize this milestone. Add your memories to the collection – click here to send us your pictures and stories! 1960 With the updates to campus and dormitory buildings, a new map was created…
Meet the Artists 2020
Meet the Artists 2020: Outside the Box November 15, 2020 Presenting Sponsor: Janet and Tom Harper THE AUCTION IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Auction! Auction winners will be announced on November 15 in a live-streamed welcome Janet Harper, event chair, and Rachael McCampbell, auction artist. Click here to register…
APPALACHIAN CRAFT & CULTURE FELLOW: JOHN POLLY
Spring 2020 John Polly was taught basic woodworking skills by his dad at as a young child. He learned a true appreciation of how to work wood with limited tools. From a very early age, Polly learned to utilize available resources, reuse and upcycle with minimal tools to create useful items from wood. Nearly everything…
APPALACHIAN CRAFT & CULTURE FELLOW: AISHA BROWN
Summer 2020 Aisha Brown is a poet, cultural worker and interdisciplinary artist. Her primary craft—which fulfills a basic human need for warmth, comfort and the art of storytelling—turns fiber and textiles into hats, coats, bags, costumes and dolls. Eight years of music study and practice, in her youth, equipped her to give piano lessons to…
Arrowmont Connections: Jenny Day demonstrates a Masking Tape Stencil technique for painting
Arrowmont is a special community full of creative people – a family who know that coming together and making art is important. We talk a lot about the Arrowmont Experience – connecting through craft and community. That connection exists beyond physical proximity. It is in shared memories and new ideas. It lives in the friendships we make…
ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION – 1959
In 2020, Arrowmont celebrates 75 years as a school of arts and crafts. ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION presents archival images and articles to recognize this milestone. Add your memories to the collection – click here to send us your pictures and stories! 1959 In 1959, after fifteen years of growing popularity of the Summer Craft Workshop…
Arrowmont Connections: Trent Bosch remote interactive demonstration, “Decorative Utility Bowls”
Arrowmont is a special community full of creative people – a family who know that coming together and making art is important. We talk a lot about the Arrowmont Experience – connecting through craft and community. That connection exists beyond physical proximity. It is in shared memories and new ideas. It lives in the friendships we make…
ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION – 1958
In 2020, Arrowmont celebrates 75 years as a school of arts and crafts. ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION presents archival images and articles to recognize this milestone. Add your memories to the collection – click here to send us your pictures and stories! 1958 In June, the southern Highland Guild sponsored a three-day weaving workshop at the…
Arrowmont Connections: Instructor Jennifer Wells creates a new body of work in response to Covid-19
Arrowmont is a special community full of creative people – a family who know that coming together and making art is important. We talk a lot about the Arrowmont Experience – connecting through craft and community. That connection exists beyond physical proximity. It is in shared memories and new ideas. It lives in the friendships we make…
ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION – 1957
In 2020, Arrowmont celebrates 75 years as a school of arts and crafts. ARROWMONT: 75 YEARS OF CRAFT EDUCATION presents archival images and articles to recognize this milestone. Add your memories to the collection – click here to send us your pictures and stories! 1957 Throughout the year, members of Pi Beta Phi clubs and alumnae would host…
