Remembering Garrett R. Barnett By Bill Griffith and Bill May
Garrett Barnett was a familiar and refreshing face at Arrowmont for many years. He was originally introduced to woodturning when he took his first workshop through the ArtReach program in middle school. Garrett became so captivated with the magic of the lathe and the patterns and texture of wood; he became a regular student in…
Talk Crafty to Me – Kenneth Baskin
Talk Crafty to Me – An inside look into Arrowmont instructors’ connection to craft, Gatlinburg and studio practice. Metals Artist-in-Residence Maia Leppo interviews Kenneth Baskin – clay artist and educator. Kenneth was a studio assistant at Arrowmont over ten years ago and recently returned as an instructor for the first time to teach “Inventive Strategies…
Resident Artist Grant Benoit creates Studio E Gallery
Studio E is a mini-window gallery in Grant’s studio designed to promote and interact with other artists on a micro scale. Studio E will exhibit new work each session during Arrowmont’s workshop season. Studio E turned it’s lights on for the first time during the summer two-week session at the Artists-in-Residence open studios. The gallery…
Talk Crafty to Me – Nicole Jacquard & Anne Fiala
Talk Crafty to Me — An inside look into Arrowmont instructors’ connection to craft, Gatlinburg, and studio practice. Metals Artist-in-Residence Maia Leppo interviews Nicole and Anne during their time at Arrowmont. The two met when Nicole was Anne’s professor in graduate school at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. They recently co-taught “Alternative Materials Inventive Solutions”…
Talk Crafty to Me – Sage Perrott
Talk Crafty to Me — An inside look into Arrowmont instructors’ connection to craft, Gatlinburg, and studio practice. Metals Artist-in-Residence Maia Leppo interviews Sage Perrott – Arrowmont instructor and printmaker. Sage brought her sister, Bryn Perrott as her assistant making a powerhouse sister duo. Sage taught “Colorful Consistency: Multi-Layered Screenprinting” during week 4 of the…
Resident Artists Connect at SDA’s Made/Aware Conference
Past and present Arrowmont Resident Artists connected at Arrowmont as presenters, attendees and facilitators at the MADE/AWARE: SDA CRAFT + CONCEPT INTENSIVE. Rowland Ricketts, associate professor of art, Indiana University – featured presenter at MADE/AWARE. Kim Eichler-Messmer, assistant professor, Kansas City Art Institute. Erin Castellan, art department coordinator, Warren Wilson College, NC. Tally Locke, Fab…
A home away from home
Everyone has a special place they hold dear to their heart. Somewhere they feel grounded, relaxed and inspired; a place to escape reality. Meet Lynne Roldao. Lynne is a glass and fiber artist who has been coming to Arrowmont since the 1970s. She first visited Arrowmont in the summer of 1973 with her grandmother, member…
Alicia Dietz shares her Arrowmont experience
Alicia Dietz is an Army veteran, world traveler and talented woodworker using art to tell her amazing story. Alicia attended Arrowmont this summer and shares her experience through her blog. Read Alicia’s blog post below. MAPS, CHARTS & DIAGRAMS AT ARROWMONT This last week, I attended the last of the four craft camps I went…
Finding quality time at Arrowmont
Beyond the holidays it can be rather difficult to find the time to visit our loved ones. Once children leave the nest to start their own careers and families, carving out quality time together only gets harder. And yet, it’s important to do so. Meet Susan Stewart and her daughter Annie Pennington. Annie is a…
Arrowmont Hosts Metals Retreat
With summer workshops closing, Arrowmont had the joy of hosting a metals retreat organized by Ana Lopez, 1999-2000 Artist-in-Residence, for one week in August. Fifteen metalsmithing and jewelry artists gathered for private studio time taking a break from their regular daily demands. After attending a retreat in 2012 for former Artists-in-Residence, Ana was inspired to…
