Serving Boone, Blowing Rock, Banner Elk, and other towns of the North Carolina High Country
Founded 05-05-05
July 3, 2008 issue
Gallery News 7/3
Choices at The Crossnore School
The fountain at the Edwin Guy Building on The Crossnore School campus boasts a new addition: a contemporary sculpture by artist Wayne Trapp. The sculpture came to The Crossnore School at the end of May as a gift from Crossnore School trustee Ray Edwards and his wife Sallie of High Point. “We felt the sculpture was just a perfect addition to The Crossnore School campus,” Ray Edwards said. “It was our pleasure to share it with the children, and we hope they will be motivated by it.”
Since coming to The Crossnore School, the sculpture has been named Choices. It features three figures sculpted to evoke chess pieces. Phyllis Crain, executivedirector of The Crossnore School, said, “This amazing gift has been installed to inspire Crossnore students that success in life is all about the choices we make.” The sculpture includes water fountains and lights as well. Choices is the focal point in the paved area in front of the Edwin Guy Building, formerly Sloop Hospital. The Guy Building houses The Crossnore Clinic, where children at The Crossnore School receive onsite health care.
Abstract Fibers and Paintings at Carlton Gallery
The beautiful Blue Ridge has many shades of blue, and to complement the scenery, Carlton Gallery’s walls are filled with abstracts in blue by artists Debbie Arnold, John Gunther and Charlotte Foust.
Debbie Arnold uses many different techniques for her paintings—sponges, pallet knives, spattering, collage and imprinting, along with pouring layers of thinned colors onto the canvas. Her abstract landscapes are in acrylics or oils. She uses extremely thin washes of paint with as many as 15 to 20 layers of transparent washes in each piece.
Fiber artist John Gunther derives his interest and energy from nature. His contemporary fiber designs combine a geometric, woven design superimposed over a hand-dyed layer, creating subtle harmonies and dimensional effects.
Charlotte Foust’s abstract paintings of red flowers in a blue vase are thought provoking and expressive. Self-described as a gestural artist, Foust is influenced by diverse elements that find complimentary ground in her work. Her abstract works on canvas and her gestural drawings on paper have a serene, calming energy.
Carlton Gallery’s 26th Annual Spring Exhibition runs through July 15. The gallery’s new location is 10360 Highway 105 S—10 miles south of Boone and 7 miles north of Linville. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. For information, call 828 963-4288 or click to www.carltonartgallery.com.
Cheese House Gallery Opens with Photography Exhibition
Friends of the Avery Arts Council got a sneak peek of the new Cheese House Gallery on Wednesday, June 18, at a members-only reception for photographer Mary Vogel.
Located in Banner Elk, in the same little red-house-by-the-millpond as the Arts Council office, the gallery is known as the Cheese House to honor its original purpose. The circa-1917 building belongs to Lees-McRae College and was the site of a student-run dairy outlet back in the days when students worked to earn their keep.
“The Cheese House Gallery is yet another way for the Arts Council to fulfill our mission to serve area artists and locals,” explained Board President Brian Powers. “We will host monthly exhibitions of artwork year round. Handmade items such as notecards and jewelry will also be available for sale.”
The inaugural exhibit is by Bakersville resident Mary Vogel. Vogel, whose work was featured at Cannon Hospital’s Dickson Gallery in February, had a career in nursing before devoting herself to photography. A graduate of the Southeastern Center for The Arts in Atlanta, Vogel used traditional photo processing techniques before digital cameras became advanced enough for professional use. Nowadays, she says, she “hasn’t been in a darkroom in years,” because digital photography allows her greater creativity, without the need for chemicals.
Her landscapes, water scenes and flowers on display at the Cheese House represent just one aspect of Vogel’s work. She is also an accomplished studio photographer and shoots images of artists’ works as well as projects for corporate clients. Contact Vogel via her website, www.maryvogelphotography.com.
Vogel’s exhibition at the Arts Council’s Cheese House Gallery will be on view until Friday, July 18. Gallery hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturdays.
Bob Timberlake/The Bob Timberlake Gallery
Honored in Best of the Blue Ridge
Every five years, Blue Ridge Country magazine readers vote on their favorite places to eat, overnight, hike, bike, camp, wildlife watch and more. This year, Bob Timberlake won two awards in the following categories:
• Bob Timberlake, Favorite Mountain Artist/Platinum
• The Bob Timberlake Gallery in Blowing Rock, Best Place To Go/Platinum
The award winners are featured in the July/August issue of Blue Ridge Countr. Readers submitted their votes through mailed paper ballots and the magazine’s website.
Bob Timberlake is an internationally known realist painter from Lexington, who began painting professionally in 1970 at the encouragement of Andrew Wyeth. His work is best known for its intricate attention to color and detail. His depiction of the simple life of his native North Carolina home has endeared his work to millions of admirers around the world.
The second Bob Timberlake Gallery opened in 2001 in Blowing Rock and offers many of the same accessories, artwork, apparel, gifts and collectibles featured in Timberlake’s flagship gallery in Lexington.
For more information contact Marketing Director Layne McCarn at The Bob Timberlake Gallery in Lexington at 336-224-3020 or lmccarn@bobtimberlake.com and Blue Ridge Country magazine Editor Cara Ellen Modisett at 540-989-6138 or cmodisett@leisurepublishing.com.
Purveyors of Art Opens in New Location July 12
Purveyors of Art & Design Materials Inc. opens at its new location—112 Aldridge Park in Foscoe, an 8-mile drive from Boone on Highway 105 South—on Saturday, July 12, and owner Mike Hill has loads of special events planned on grand-opening day and throughout the coming months.
Throughout the month of July, Purveyors is offering several specials. Save up to 50 percent off cover prices on hand-selected fine art titles from Search Press and Watson-Guptill.
All month, celebrate more than 15 years of M Graham oils, acrylics, watercolors and gouaches. Buy one tube at 40 percent off list and get a second tube free.
Purveyors is also offering free art consultations with Mike Hill and a buy one, get one half price custom framing packages all month long. Take your treasured heirlooms for a spot inspection for acid-burn and other conservation issues. Art is a terrible thing to waste.
The new store will be open six days a week. Call 963-PAINT for directions or more info.
ART-O-MAT Presentation July 12
The countdown has begun to Purveyors of Art’s 20th year in business celebration, and Mike Hill is starting things off by installing one of his personal favorite things: an ART-O-MAT machine. An ART-O-MAT is a retired vending machine converted to dispense small but wonderful fine art works. ART-O-MAT machines are located in the Andy Warhol Museum, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and Gamekeeper Restaurant.
Join artpurveyors.com for a gallery talk about the coolest art project of the last decade with Hill’s college buddy and ART-O-MAT creator Clark Whittington. The presentation is Saturday, July 12, at 4:00 p.m. and refreshments will be served.
Bring Your Easel Day July 12
Saturday, July 12, is Bring Your Easel Day (or borrow one of theirs) at artpurveyors.com’s new location at 112 Aldridge Park on Highway 105 in Foscoe. High Country artists are encouraged to bring their easels and set up in the store gardens to take advantage of the view of Grandfather Mountain to sketch and paint plein-aire style.
Craftech Artists’ Furniture will have a trunk show and 20 percent off sale in the gallery. Also, Golden artists’ acrylics will present a free product demo of the new Open Acrylics and Digital Mixed Media products for collaging beginning at 2:00 p.m.
Noyes Capehart Reception July 13
Artpurveyors.com is hosting a special screening of the UNC-TV Our State program that featured Noyes Capehart as he completed his most recent work, The Birthday.
To celebrate the event, Wildflowers Fine Art Editions, in close cooperation with the artist, has created a limited fine art giclée edition on Somerset 100 percent rag watercolor paper, with a 200+ year lightfast rating.
Following the video screening, the artist will receive guests and sign the print edition, as well as copies of his book The Private Diaries. Also available is a new suite of 10 giclée images from the book.
This artist’s reception is the inaugural event at Purveyors of Art’s new galley in Foscoe. The event is Sunday, July 13, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. and is by invitation only. To receive an invitation to this event, email mike@artpurveyors.com or stop by 112 Aldridge Park on NC Highway 105 in Foscoe.
Trunk Show July 19
Head to Purveyors for a trunk show of new studio molding frames hand picked by Mike Hill on Saturday, July 19.
Furniture Show and Sale July 20
Purveyors will host a show and sale of rustic mountain handcrafted furniture by Presnell and Buchanan on Sunday, July 20.
Free Giclee 101 Demo with Becky Serine July 25
Sure, any computer jockey can scan a painting and print it off a cheap Epson printer. However, publishing a fine art edition requires a higher standard than you’ll find at a Kinko’s. Proper lighting, sharp focus, crisp detail, color match and image quality are just the beginning. Wildflowers Fine Art Editions’ Becky Serine will review portfolios by appointment on Friday, July 25, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Take samples of your artwork and get answers to all your publishing questions, such as selecting appropriate archival media, color match, pricing and niche marketing. This mini-workshop is an excellent precursor to the informative Business of Art all-day seminar with art guru Amy Funderburk on July 26.
Reservations are required because of limited space in the Wildflowers Publishing facility.
Summer Workshop Series Kickoff July 26
Are you ready to turn your hobby into a business? Have you been selling your art, but phrases such as Section 179 deduction, tax number and the Creative Property Exclusion to the Uniform Capitalization Rule sound like a foreign language? Unsure how to price your work or find the right gallery? Art is a business, and the more artists treat it as such, the more the general public can also be educated about the value of artwork.
Amy Funderburk will conduct a workshop on Saturday, July 26, on The Business of Art.
Topics will include getting started as a business, taxes for artists, contracts with clients and galleries, how best to approach a curator, questions to ask a potential new gallery, pricing and presentation, diversifying your income and innovative marketing.
Participants are invited to bring submission packets or portfolios for an informal critique.
Attendees need to reserve their spots early because the class size is limited to 15. The registration fee is $75.