130 Title: All-inclusive Arts Weekend For 12 Location: Arrowmont School Of Arts And Crafts Value: $10,000 Experience a special creative weekend with your closest friends and family. The winner and their chosen companions will participate in an extravagant weekend of arts, crafts and nature. Guests arrive at Arrowmont on Friday mid-day for an evening of…

129 Title: Minaret Bottle with Seljuk Pattern Artist: Forrest Lesch-Middelton Medium: Ceramics Dimensions: 14.5″ x 7″ diameter Value: $350 Forrest Lesch-Middelton makes ceramics that “look like the products of an ancient civilization whose people proudly insisted on being buried with their dishware.” (NY Times, 1/31/2013). He mastered the use of image transfer, and invented a…

128 Title: “Strawberry Toast” Necklace Artist: Maia Leppo Medium: Ceramics, Silicone Dimensions: 7″ x 6″ x .25″ Value: $250 Maia Leppo’s work explores the intersection between the botanical and the industrial. “Having the work be wearable is a primary goal, but I also want to push that idea and play on the balance between overwhelming…

127 Title: Yellow Blue Bird with Blue Interior and Window View Bird with Green Interior Artist: Sandra Blain Medium: Ceramics Dimensions: 11.5″ x 5.5″ x 4,” and 11.75″ x 6″ x 5″ Value: $900 Sandra Blain is known for her rich and deeply etched ceramic surfaces. In these two pieces, she uses her signature slab-built…

126 Title: “Water Essence” Artist: Suzanne Jack Medium: Charcoal Dimensions: 10″ x 16″ Value: $500 Suzanne Jack created “Water Essence” on a sunny afternoon at the Chimney Tops in Great Smoky National Park, capturing the soft and vigorous rhythmical flow of the Little Pigeon River. In the rich, fluid brushstrokes of charcoal, she depicts the…

125 Title: “Still Standing” Table Artist: Wyatt Daglá Severs Medium: Cherry, Maple, Milk Paint, Osmo Polyx-oil Dimensions: 33″ tall x 43″ x 11″ Value: $3,500 “Each piece of wood is distinctive and I make choices in tandem with the unique traits of the grain pattern found inside each tree. I make my own segmented veneer…

124 Title: “Dr. Dan Says the Only Reason So Much People Is Crappy Are Their Nuts is Too Cramped in their Brief Case” and “Bernard” Artist: Bob Lockhart Medium: Prismacolor and Ceramics Dimensions: 21.25″ x 21″ and 9.5″ x 6.5″ x 8″ Value: $1,300 Renowned for his whimsical, eccentric artwork, Bob Lockhart pairs one of…

123 Title: Six-Piece Ceramic Tea Set Artist: Mary Obodzinski Medium: Terra Cotta, Sigillata, Steel, Wire Dimensions: 10″ x 14″ x 8″ Value: $500 “I like to use colors, patterns, textures and structures from nature to create a fusion of organic and man-made forms. Much of my knowledge about clay and art comes from instinct, classes,…

122 Title: GALLERY DINNER WITH GUEST ARTISTS Location: ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS, Sandra J. Blain Galleries or Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville Value: $1,500 Spend an evening with friends, family or colleagues at a private dining experience in one of Arrowmont’s premier gallery spaces. You will be surrounded by extraordinary artwork created by professional…

121 Title: “Swamp Voices” Artist: Nancy Baur Dillen Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 32” x 32” Value: $2,560 “Simpson Stopper trees have always intrigued me. I love the variety of colors and textures of their thin, spindly tree trunks, and the lacy contrast of Spanish Moss that collects in their branches. Where they were growing…