20th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibtion
20th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition February 15 – April 23, 2021 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts invites you to experience the 20th Sevier County Biennial Juried Exhibition. This exhibition is a juried, mixed media art exhibition presented by Arrowmont to recognize and foster the skills and talents of artists and makers who call…
Black History Month Artist Spotlight: Aminah Robinson
“I began drawing at the age of three. My father would give me wood to paint on and paint in little enamel tins. My studio was under my bed…I never had any doubt in my mind about being an artist.” – Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson was born Brenda Lynn Robinson in…
ARROWMONT CONNECTIONS: Mason Cooley, furniture maker, has a mission to teach people to make their own bicycles
Mason Cooley designs custom furniture and smaller home goods with his partner, Summer. He also makes bamboo-frame bicycles. However, he has never made a bicycle frame for others – he prefers to teach them how to craft their own. He offers “BAMBOO BICYCLE WORKSHOP” at Arrowmont this fall, October 24-29, 2021. https://www.arrowmont.org/workshops/bamboo-bicycle-workshop-mason-cooley/ He wrote, “This…
Black History Month Artist Spotlight: Romare Bearden
“Black art has always existed. It just hasn’t been looked for in the right places.” – Romare Bearden A pioneer of Black art and celebrated collagist, Romare Bearden seamlessly blended images of African-American life in the urban and rural South with references to popular culture, religion, and Classical art and myth. His narratives focused primarily…
Episode 3: Max Seinfeld
In the second episode, we’re joined by Max Seinfeld, Director of the Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts in Maplecrest, New York. The conversation with Max took place on June 4, 2020. We talk about Arrowmont’s Pentaculum program, of which Max is a coordinator, as well as Max’s creative work in both ceramics and drawing…
Black History Month Artist Spotlight: Selma Burke
“I shaped my destiny early with the clay of North Carolina rivers … I loved to make the whitewash for my mother and was excited at the imprints of the clay and the malleability of the material.” Selma Hortense Burke was fascinated with sculpting by the time she was six years old. Born on December…
Black History Month Artist Spotlight: William Edmondson
The exact date of William Edmondson‘s birth isn’t known – the family Bible in which his birth year was written was destroyed by fire. But in approximately 1874, William Edmondson was born to Orange and Jane Brown Edmondson, former slaves working as sharecroppers on a plantation in rural Davidson County, Tennessee. One of six children,…
BLACK HISTORY MONTH ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: JOSEPH DELANEY
Joseph Delaney was the younger brother of noted artist, Beauford Delaney. The youngest of 10 children, Joseph was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1904 and grew up in the heart of Knoxville’s “particularly sophisticated and educated black community.” Joseph shared a love of drawing with his elder brother, who both learned to draw on Sunday…
Arrowmont Craft Conversations: Jacques Vesery, Woodturner and Sculptor
ARROWMONT CRAFT CONVERSATIONS is a video series highlighting artists in the Arrowmont community. Each of the artists in this series offers insights into their work and their reflections on being a part of the Arrowmont community. Today, we feature Jacques Vesery – a master woodturner and sculptor for over 25 years. He is known for…
Black History Month Artist Spotlight: Beauford Delaney
Beauford Delaney was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1901. The son of a Methodist minister and a mother born in slavery, Beauford was an extrovert and drawn to art at a young age. His brother Joseph, who also became a celebrated artist, described their young creativity: “Those early years which Beauford and I enjoyed together…
