Party of Five – Reflections on the 2021-2022 Artists-in-Residency closing exhibition
– by John Allen, Arrowmont database and gift acknowledgement coordinator The current Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence exhibition, Party of Five, suggests a celebration as well as a group of friends in conversation around the table. This dialogue takes place between the artists’ works and as an invitation extended to the viewer. The show, which opened March 17th,…
Arrowmont Announces 2022-2023 Artists-in-Residence
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Artists-in-Residence: Yael Braha, Megan Koeppel, Anela Ming-Yue Oh, Jada Patterson, Tyler Quintin. The new residents move to campus in June 2022 to begin their 11-month residency. Traditionally, Arrowmont’s Artists-in-Residence include artists specializing in distinct craft disciplines such as utilitarian ceramics, woodworking, or weaving….
Arrowmont Craft Conversation: Phoebe Kuo
Phoebe Kuo pays attention to quiet or overlooked spaces and activates them with site-specific, coopered wood sculptures. She led a woodworking workshop at Arrowmont in the summer of 2021, when she sat down for a Craft Conversation interview. In this new Arrowmont Craft Conversation video, Phoebe shares insights into her work and asks tough and…
FIGURATIVE ASSOCIATION SYMPOSIUM
The Figurative Association Symposium is a quadrennial conference held at Arrowmont with a focus on figurative works. The Symposia attracts those who are interested in applied skills and theoretical concerns in the field of figurative craft objects. In 2010, Arrowmont presented the first Figurative Association Symposium: The Human Form for ceramic artists and enthusiasts. Originally…
Arrowmont hosted the Grand Opening of the Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville, April 1, 2022
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts hosted the Grand Opening for its new permanent, off-campus location last week. The Arrowmont Gallery, located in downtown Knoxville at 110 South Gay Street, officially opened to the public on April 1, 2022, coinciding with Knoxville’s First Friday festivities. “It is with great excitement that we open our second…
Party of Five: 2021-2022 Artists in Residence Exhibition
March 17 – May 13, 2022 | Sandra J. Blain Galleries Please join us for the Closing Reception on May 13, 2022, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Free and open to the public Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts presents an exhibition of works created by the 2021 – 2022 Artists-in-Residence: Elizabeth Belz, Horacio Casillas, Kyle…
Harlan County, KY and Lee County, VA schoolschildren and local artists participate in Arrowmont’s ArtReach-on-the-Road
This week, the school day will begin as usual for over 250 students in Harlan County, Kentucky and Lee County, Virginia school systems. They will pack their lunch, take the school bus; but this day will be different. Instead of their typical school day, they will participate in Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts educational…
Black History Month Ceramics Spotlight: Isaac Scott Hathaway
Isaac Scott Hathaway was a sculptor, ceramicist and educator who famously crafted more than 100 busts and masks of prominent African Americans and was the first Black artist to design U.S. coins. Isaac Scott Hathaway was born in 1872 in Lexington, Kentucky to Rachel and the Reverend Elijah Hathaway, the middle of three living children….
Winter Pentaculum 2022: Reflections by writer, Kyle Lang
“I shouldn’t be here.” This sentence haunted me in multiple ways as I arrived at the Portland Airport first thing in the morning on January 3rd. I was embarking on a cross-country trip to visit Pentaculum, a short-term invitational artists retreat in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It was my second trip to this residency, the first being…
Black History Month: Fibers Spotlight – Harriet Powers
Harriet Powers is considered one of the most accomplished quilters of the 19th century – though much of her private life remains undiscovered. Born into slavery and emancipated in the Civil War, Harriet Powers went on to become a landowner and quilter – gaining recognition at regional art fairs and receiving commissions for her narrative…
