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Art for Penland

Art for Penland is a web-based art sales program designed to support Penland's classes, programs, studios, and scholarships through the sale of art contributed by artists and other donors.

In addition to the listed price, the purchaser will be charged North Carolina sales tax (7.75%) plus shipping and handling (unless the work is picked up at Penland). For more information or to buy one of these pieces, contact Kate Boyd at 828-765-2359, ext. 17 or


Mary Farmer painting

Mary Farmer

Honor the Cherokee
Encaustic painting
22 x 30 x 2 in.
$1,800

Jason Pollen

Out of the Green, Tasting Yellow

16 x 16 in.
Dye, fabric, stitching, pigment
Retail value: $1,200

Professor and chair of fibers at Kansas City Art Institute; fellow of the American Craft Council.

Julie Anne Denton

Spirit of the Tree

Borosilicate glass
35 x 12 in.
$3,000

Studio artist; teaching: The Glass Furnace (Turkey), Snow Farm (MA); exhibited extensively in U.K.; currently making cast pieces with figurative flameworked inclusions.

Arless Day

Wind Dreams, 2004
collage and gouache on board
27 x 31 in.
$4,100

Arless Day graduated from the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida in 1972. He and his wife Patsy make their home in Sarasota, Florida, and maintain a house and studio in Easley, South Carolina. He has had numerous solo shows in Charlotte and 30 solo exhibitions nationally. He is represented by Hidell Brooks of Charlotte.

Doug Beube

Doug Beube

Incunabula Reductus
Altered book, wood
5 x 7 in.
$250

Katherine Bernstein

Katherine Bernstein

Woman with Dog Collar
Cast lead crystal
10 x 8 x 4½ in.
$1,150

David K. Chatt

David K. Chatt

Significant Others
Sandcast glass, glass beads
6 x 6½ x 4½ in. each
$2,000

Nicholas Joerling

Nicholas Joerling

Auction Centerpiece
Stoneware

Several piece available; dimensions vary, but they average 10 x 8 x 4 in.
$250

Sana Musasama

Sana Musasama

Lips Desired
Ceramic, safety pin
11 x 3½ in.
$500

“This piece is about a ritual in the life of thousands of young women. It is a rite of passage to adulthood. It both enhances and empowers them. It also mutilates them and kills too many.”

Paul Shore

Paul Shore

Braid (182)
Pencil and beeswax on paper on wood
13 x 10 x 1 in.
$600