AUGUST 25, 2011 ISSUE
Avery Tour de Art Saturday
A porcelain vase with a woven reed handle by Patti Connor-Greene of Linville River Pottery.
“Path to the Village,” an oil painting by Sheila Wood Hancock at Alta Vista Gallery
You’ll find the sixth annual Jewelry Trunk Show at Carlton Gallery this Saturday.The monthly Greater Avery Tour de Art, a 14-stop art gallery and studio tour, takes place this Saturday, August 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with paintings, pottery, sculpture, fine art reproductions, framing and more by established and emerging artists.
Galleries may also feature refreshments, special sales and other activities. You may begin at any stop on the tour and receive a map of participating venues.
Alta Vista Gallery features oil painter Sheila Wood Hancock and her exhibition Red Barns, Red Roofs: High Country vs. French Country. Hancock, a nationally-collected painter in the traditional Impressionist style, compares the geography and architecture of the High Country to that of the French countryside in 14 new landscapes.
As a former psychologist before becoming a fulltime artist, Hancock enjoys the fact that customers say that her paintings make them feel relaxed. “That bit of red that I include adds warmth to those cool, calming colors,” Hancock said. “It gives balance.”
At the Kevin Beck Studio, Kevin Beck will display new plein air oil paintings of the summer season, and Judi Beck will offer a galley version of her new fictional work On Kiwi Wings. The couple will serve organic herbal tea from their garden.
Linville River Pottery is a working clay studio with porcelain and stoneware teapots, vases, bowls and mugs handmade on a kickwheel by Patti Connor-Greene. The studio also features colorful wall hangings by Virginia McKinney Greene. Beth Myers Glass Studio features hot, flameworked and handmade art jewelry and beads that soothe, envelop and excite the senses.
artpurveyors.com world headquarters, located on N.C. 105 south in Foscoe, welcomes students back to the High Country with 40 percent off of all art supplies and special giveways with purchases.
Carlton Gallery will host the sixth annual Jewelry Trunk Show and gallery owner Toni Carlton’s exhibit opening of Blessings of Peace. The Jewelry Trunk Show, in which the gallery designers plan to exhibit innovative pieces from their personal inventory, takes place from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Carlton’s reception for her solo exhibition starts at 2:00 p.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. Carlton’s art spans many media, from weaving to sculptural basketry to mixed media collage and oil paintings.
Sally Nooney Gallery has lots of new art this month, with still lifes and landscapes in oil, miniatures in watercolor, wood-turned bowls from local trees and great jewelry. Visit master woodworker Frank next door in his furniture restoration studio.
Maggie Black’s work includes gas-fired stoneware, functional ware and earthenware embellished with soft glass. 87 Ruffin St. Gallery features a large collection of Southern folk art, woodcarvings and hundreds of artful pieces, from pottery to handcrafted furniture.
Rivercross Market opened in Valle Crucis in fall 2010 and is an arts and crafts market of primarily handmade items. Kincheloe Studio exhibits works by an award-winning artist in painting, sculpture and clay, and Rio Watauga Art features colorful collages incorporating handmade paper, photography and handmade baskets.
Tour de Art Stops
1. Kevin Beck Studio
1590 Shulls Mill Road, Boone, 828-963-1181
2. ArtPurveyors.com & Wildflowers Publishing
112 Aldridge Park (105 South), Foscoe, 828-963-7246
3. Carlton Gallery
10360 N.C. 105 South, Banner Elk, 828-963-4288
4. Maggie Black Pottery
112 Clubhouse Drive, Suite 1, Foscoe, 828-773-2459
5. Alta Vista Gallery
2839 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, 828-963-5247
6. Rio Watauga Art
382 Broadstone Road, Valle Crucis, 828-963-7883
7. Kincheloe Studio
111 Old Shulls Farm Road, Valle Crucis, 828-963-5742
8. Rivercross Market
3595 N.C. 194 South, Valle Crucis, 828-963-8623
9. Sally Nooney Art Gallery
7137 N.C. 194 South, Banner Elk, 828-963-7347
10. 87 Ruffin St. Gallery
87 Ruffin Street, Linville, 828-737-0420
11. Beth Myers Glass
87 Ruffin Street, Linville, 803-984-6728
12. Avery Arts Council
77 Ruffin Street, Linville, 828-733-0054
13. Linville River Pottery
2180 Goose Hollow Road, Pineola, 828-387-1944
14. Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery
205 Johnson Lane, Crossnore, 828-733-3144
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