Longing for some charming winter-themed conceptual art to warm your heart on a chilly weekend? Come to core students Leah Frost and Ian Henderson’s Snow Show on Saturday, January 22nd at 5:30 pm in the orchard between the wood and glass studios. The show is free and open to the public, and will feature hot cocoa, snacks, and snow-inspired work by Penland artists. You can’t miss it – it’ll be the only art show around inside a giant igloo. Dress warmly! Let it snow!
Be sure to check out Southeastern Emerging Clay Artists, featuring Penland core student Jason Bige Burnett, in the Showcase Gallery at Blue Spiral 1 in Asheville, from January 6 to March 26. And don’t miss recent Penland resident artist Margaret Couch Cogswell’s solo show in the Small Format Gallery right across the hall.
The opening reception for both shows, as well as New x 3, a Main Gallery exhibit of artists new to Blue Spiral, will be this Thursday, January 6, from 5-8 pm.
Click here for more information from Blue Spiral 1’s website.
Have a look at Jason and Margaret’s websites, while you’re at it.
See you there.
A project billed as the first micro-philanthropy website dedicated to U.S. filmmakers, writers, musicians and visual artists was launched last week, aimed at attracting small public donations to bring artistic projects to life. Sponsored by the grant-making and advocacy organization United States Artists, USA Projects hopes to connect people with artists and raise tax-deductible contributions for original works.
Many of the participating artists have been winners of the organization’s USA Fellowships, but the sponsors have also created a group of “project partners” to help them identify and recruit artists. Along with Penland, these partners include organizations such as Creative Capital, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Andy Warhol Foundation. Through this aspect of the program, a group of current and former Penland resident artists have been invited to participate.
USA Projects invites artists to propose specific projects along with a budget for their completion. These are posted on the site and supporters are invited to pledge money toward projects that interest them. Each project has a time frame of 4-8 weeks in which to generate pledges, and the money is collected only if the entire amount is pledged. The artists also offer specific benefits to people who contribute.
The Penland artists who already have projects up for funding through the site are David Chatt, Jennifer Bueno, IlaSahai Prouty, Margaret Couch Cogswell, and Vivian Beer. Three other artists–Cristina Cordova, Gertrude Graham Smith, and Robert Levin–have created profiles on the site, but have not yet listed projects.
If you would like to read about these projects (and consider helping fund them) or you want more information about USA Projects, visit the Penland organizational page on the USA Projects website.
