Why Writers and Why Here?
“Take this page and love it with all your tears, your juice and salsa, the vodka you drank last night, the tea and honey and drink this page…” — Robert Vivian We are many things. We are one thing. We are together. We are individuals. Together we make a group. As individuals we make our…
How We Are Sustained: The Artists of Pentaculum 2018
It is something unique and highly satisfying to begin a new year with a blank slate. Tabula rasa. With the New Year, we are given another chance at life in a shiny set of days strung together beginning with January 1. For most people I talk to, a new day, a fresh start, is full…
A Conversation With Max Adrian
A Conversation with Max Adrian: 2017-2018 Artist in Residence What made you become an artist? I don’t really feel like I had much of a choice. It was always something I was doing and always something I wanted to do. I entertained other thoughts of what I wanted to do with my life. For a…
Arrowmont Hires Deputy Director
Arrowmont Executive Director Bill May announced that after a nationwide search, Jim Scarsella has been hired as deputy director. Scarsella will manage day-to-day operations including facilities, housing, dining and other support functions freeing the executive director to focus on strategic planning, organizational improvements, and fundraising. “Jim’s experience and skill in building a successful business from…
Arrowmont Fires New Kiln
Wednesday, August 16, ceramic artists from East Tennessee and surrounding states unloaded work from the maiden firing of Arrowmont’s new train kiln. The kiln was designed and built by Ted Neal, ceramics professor at Ball State University with the assistance of current and former graduate students. The new wood-fired kiln was loaded and firing began…
Craft as Vehicle for Community: The Faces of Arrowmont
As the moving vehicle exits the beauty and quietness of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park to enter the small, bustling, and tourist filled city of Gatlinburg, TN, one might be led to believe that she has made a wrong turn. I thought, “I was going to a quiet artist community.” “Isn’t that was Arrowmont…
Introducing Arrowmont’s 2017-2018 Artists-in-Residence
Each year, Arrowmont’s Artists-in-Residence program provides early career, self-directed artists the time, space and support to experiment and develop a new body of work. Five artists are selected to participate in the program. This year, the Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence are Max Adrian, Emily Culver, Elyse-Krista AnnaMarie Mische, Paige Ward, and Xia Zhang. These artists represent a range…
Interview with Wally Smith
Arrowmont’s Gallery Coordinator, Kelly Hider, interviews ceramicist and co-owner of Smith Galleries, Wally Smith. A ceramic pitcher Smith created in the 1970’s was one of two pieces in Hughes Hall that survived the Gatlinburg wildfire in November, 2016. One of the few items that was discovered undamaged in what was left of the Hughes Hall dormitory…
Arrowmont welcomes new Board of Governors members
Arrowmont is excited to welcome four new Board of Governors members – Suzanne Amendolara, Craig Nutt, Katie Hudnall and Patty Pyle. Arrowmont’s Board of Governors is composed of volunteers who provide leadership and support to fulfill the mission of the School. They represent varied constituencies and geographic locations and bring diverse skills and resources to…
Talk Crafty to Me – Skye Livingston
Talk Crafty to Me — An inside look into Arrowmont instructors’ connection to craft, Gatlinburg, and studio practice. Artist-in-Residence Maia Leppo interviews Skye Livingston – fiber artist who works in textiles, paper and organic materials. Skye first visited Arrowmont in 2014 and spent her summer working as a studio assistant. In 2015, Skye was accepted…
