Announcement: Arrowmont and The Furniture Society Educational Grant Winner: Holly Gore
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts and The Furniture Society are proud to announce the winner of the first Writing Residency Educational Grant: Holly Gore. Holly Gore writes at the intersection of modern and contemporary art, material culture, and contemporary art. A Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, her dissertation analyzes…
2018-2019 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SPOTLIGHT: KARI WOOLSEY
As a functional potter, I make vessels and larger installations focused on the everydayness of objects in the home. My work touches on daily routines, mundane tasks, and how objects can hold memories and emotions. I use terracotta clay to reference the historical commonplace status of red clay, while thinking of the types of vessels…
Burls and Baskets
March 25 – July 9, 2019 | Jerry Drown Wood Gallery Burls and Baskets is an exhibition curated by two of Arrowmont’s current Artists-In-Residence Kari Woolsey and Everett Hoffman. The show was conceived as a way to activate the newly renovated Jerry Drown Wood Gallery and highlight the unique and diverse work in Arrowmont’s…
2018-2019 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SPOTLIGHT: EVERETT HOFFMAN
I am an object maker plain and simple—it’s been in my hands since I was a kid sewing quilts, knitting, and embroidering with my grandmother. As an artist I find a genuine awe and respect for the handmade, whether that’s the shoes we wear, the phones in our pockets, or the doily sitting on the…
2018-2019 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SPOTLIGHT: ALYSSA COFFIN
Having the vast wilderness of a national park as my backyard this past year at Arrowmont has been both overwhelming and invigorating. The first several months of the residency I hiked to become acquainted with the landscape and scout out locations. The natural art I discovered provided endless creative inspiration, but I had no real…
Hamilton and Sequatchie County schools, local artists participate in Arrowmont’s ArtReach-on-the-Road
This week, the school day will begin as usual for over 350 students in Hamilton and Sequatchie County, TN school systems. They will pack their lunch, take the school bus; but this day will be different. Instead of their normal school, they will participate in Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts educational outreach program, ArtReach…
69th Annual Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage Artist-of-the-Year: Judy Lavoie
March 20 – April 27, 2019 | Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery The Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage is an annual five-day event in Great Smoky Mountains National Park offering professionally guided programs which explore the region’s rich wildflowers, wildlife, ecology, culture, and natural history through walks, motorcades, photographic tours, art classes, and indoor seminars. Each year, an…
2018-2019 ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE SPOTLIGHT: Stephanie Wilhelm
I arrived at Arrowmont just having completed three years of graduate school. Now I am more than half way through the residency, our exit exhibition is installed, and I am heading to Minneapolis for this year’s NCECA! A lot has happened since I first moved into my studio here on campus…a lot of new work,…
2018-2019 Artist-in-Residence Spotlight: Sasha Baskin
I love pop culture. That’s not a secret. I have always wanted to hyper-analyze television, radio hits, and movies. I love figuring out why we consume what we consume. When a US history teacher taught me that monster movies were cultural attempt to grapple with the unconstrained violence of atomic war I was fascinated. I…
26th Annual Sevier County Juried Student Art Show
March 11 – 27, 2019 | Painting Studio Each year, Sevier County students and homeschoolers ages 5 – 18 are invited to enter their best works of art in the annual Sevier County Student Art Show. Drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, glass, fiber and more are accepted. Thanks to the generous support of community sponsors, cash…
