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 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 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 Connections: Brandy Clements, “Chair Nerd,” blogs about her Arrowmont Experience
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 Connections: Alyssa Coffin, 2018-19 AIR, sells her book, Remergence, to support her art
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 Connections: Andy Saftel gives a virtual tour of his studio
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 Connections: Steve Thompson, Arrowmont Board member, works with local artist on mural project
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 Connections: Vernon Bowen and his “101 Postcards” project
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 Connections: Stuart Kestenbaum, Poet Laureate of Maine and 2020 Arrowmont Instructor
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…
