Calendar of Regional Art Events & Artist Calls

 

Our weekly e-blast contains upcoming art events for the next few weeks in Caldwell & surrounding Counties.  For event dates beyond these, and for a list of art publications, art teachers, and art venues see the full list attached or on our website http://www.caldwellarts.com/162-art-events-calendar/.   Some artist opportunities have earlier deadlines, so be sure to look ahead to later date events.

 

Email office@caldwellarts.com to be added or removed from this weekly e-blast list – and to let me know of other upcoming art events.

 

1.  CALENDAR OF ART EVENTS (date order) Caldwell Arts Council events are in green

2.  ARTIST CALLS & OPPORTUNITIES

 

 

1.  CALENDAR OF ART EVENTS (CALDWELL ARTS COUNCIL EVENTS ARE IN GREEN)

 

Let’s Go See A Show! – Eight seats remain at our group discount for “Beauty and the Beast” - $100 per person pays for your seat on the bus and at the theater; dinner will be ‘Dutch treat” on the way to the theatre.  We’ll leave the arts council parking lot between 3-3:15pm and return about 11:30pm; the show begins at 7:30pm – Call now and reserve your tickets!

 

Coming Saturday March 10^th – 10am-5pm -  Pastel Workshop with Walter Stanford – an artist and former illustrator with over twenty years of experience in pastel.  His colorful works have appeared in numerous magazines and publications across the country.  Walter easily moves between realistic and imaginative subject matter and has a personal teaching method that makes his workshops fun and engaging.  One-day workshop, $100/person here at Caldwell Arts Council 10am-5pm. Minimum 4 participants; maximum 10 participants.  Call 828-754-2486 to express interest in this workshop. Prepay to guarantee the workshop will occur.   (And plan to brown-bag your lunch to make the most of the day, we’ll break for a half-hour lunch.)

 

Studio Space Available – downtown Lenoir on Harper Avenue – Jesse Plaster has Three Studio Spaces Available -- two spaces of 550 square feet for $275 per month and one space of 280 square feet for $150 per month.  Utilities are included and wireless Internet is available.  Anyone interested can call Jesse Plaster at 828-230-1726

 

Continuous pottery classes are on Mondays at Old Lenoir High School in the fully equipped pottery studio (enter through the soccer field gate and follow the signs).  Two classes are held: Mondays from 12 to 3 during the day and 5:30 to 8:30 in the evening. Adult beginners and advanced students welcome; begin any Monday.  Ceramic artist Caron Baker Wike will take you through the easy steps to creating traditional, contemporary or your own style of pottery.   All you need to bring to class is yourself in work clothes (clay can be messy). No preregistration required. Just show up during studio hours. Classes are $45 per month plus clay at $15 a 25lb bag.  For more Information please call Caron Baker Wike at 758-5520  or 758-0897

 

February in the Lucas Mansion Gallery in Hiddenite- "Susan Edmonson's  Mixed Media Valentines" -  utilizing fabrics, quilting, stamping, hand painting, and collage.   The gallery exhibit is free and open to the public.  Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10 am until 4:30 pm and Saturdays from 10 am until 3 pm. 

 

February 10-26 – Hickory Community Theatre presents “By a Flared Nostril” - Local audiences love the plays of Molly Bass and this is the one that started it all. Rita's expecting a baby and she’s all too worried, given her husband's mullet and love of NASCAR, that she's going to give birth to a redneck. www.hct.org or 828-328-2284

 

February 11 - "A Valentine Cupcake Workshop" in Hiddenite  at the Hiddenite Center's Educational Complex from 10 am until 12 noon.  Ages 8 to 12  will create art with food and candy and take home a Valentine gift!

 

February 11 7:30pm – “One Leg Up” performing at The Grind Cafe, 136 West Union Street, Morganton, 828-430-4343. 

 

February 12^th - Grace Episcopal Church Concert Series: Sunday, February 12^th @ 6pm featuring:

Planet D. Nonet: The Old School Tour Grace Church - located at 303 South King Street in Morganton - continues its Concert Series featuring The Planet D Nonet, a 9 piece jazz/swing band from Detroit , Michigan . The concert is free to the public however donations are encouraged with 100% of all proceeds benefiting two homeless shelters in Burke County : The House of Refuge & The Meeting Place. For more info: 828-437-1133. www.gracemorganton.org

 

February 13 - Music Together® Weekly Music Classes for Children Birth to 5 Years Old and the Adults Who Love Them. Music Together Demo: Monday February 13, 2012 5:30 - 6:15 PM

Caldwell County Public Library Room 4, 120 Harper Ave. Lenoir, NC - Admission is free and open to the public.

 

February 14, 2012 Valentine's Day Event with  Dinner and Music by the tenor voice of Randall Outland and Mary Gayle Greene, mezzo-soprana!  This will be an extraordinary experience as both vocalists are members of the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University and they will be accompanied by pianist.  The dinner theater event will begin at 7:00 pm and is  only $15 per person. Reservations required  by calling the Hiddenite Center Lucas Mansion at (828) 632-6966 or email info@hiddenitecenter.com.  High school and college music students are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to join us for  music and dessert for only $5 at 7:30.  Call for information.

 

February 14 - Valentine's Day is approaching fast!! Join The Wine Cellar and Bistro for our 5th annual Valentine's Day Celebration!!  Tuesday, February 14th  5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Reservations Strongly Suggested.  754-2829

 

February 15, 6pm - Acrylic landscape painting workshop at Michael’s in Boone; register by calling Michael’s 828-265-8334. Instructor, Holly Soukup will share a demonstration that will guide beginning and intermediate level students through the process of painting their artwork.  Artwork is completed in one workshop session.  Bring a friend and come join the fun! 

 

February 15-24 – 9-5 Monday-Friday – Caldwell County Middle/High School Student Art Competition work on display at Caldwell Arts Council. Reception 3-6pm on February 15^th; ribbon awards to be announced.

 

February 16-18 – Jane W. Harrison will be teaching Encaustic Collage at the Pocosin Art Center during their “Cabin Fever Reliever” season -- Cabin Fever Reliever is a four-day, three-night residential artist retreat staged at the Eastern 4-H Environmental Education and Conference Center
at Bulls Bay, near Columbia, North Carolina.  Visit the website www.pocosinarts.org for details and registration information.

 

February 17-19 & 24-26, 2012 – “Don’t Cry For Me, Margaret Mitchel” at Foothills Performing Arts Theatre at CCC&TI, directed by Mark Woodard.  A fast-paced, non-stop look at 3 men in 1939 who are locked in David Selznick’s office trying to rewrite the screenplay to “Gone With The Wind” ... funny, irreverant, and mostly true.

 

February 18 – Kevin Johnson performs at JE Broyhill Civic Center; call 828-726-2407 for tickets

 

February 18 – 7:30pm – Kontras Quartet will perform at the Arts & Science Center in Hickory NC.  Call 828-324-8603 or email info@wpsymphony.com for details. $20/ticket

 

February 18 - Jamie McDonald/Like Handshakes CD release party Saturday at Jiving Java in downtown Granite Falls.  828-313-2276 or www.jivingjava.com

 

February 20 - Music Together Class Starts Monday February 20, 2012 at The Harper School - 10 classes - 5:30 – 6:15 PM February 20, 27 / March 5, 12, 19, 26 / April 2, 9, 16, 23 - Tuition $150.00 (includes CD, songbook and parent guide)/Registration, $20 per family - 828-754-2297, www.theharperschool.org

 

The Harper School also offers many outstanding classes on various instruments, the newest is “World Music Drumming (See attached flyer for details).

 

February 21 – Beginner Scrapbooking Class at Mine By Design Studio in downtown Lenoir; call 758-9660 for info

 

February 21 – 7pm - The Caldwell County Library and The Caldwell Heritage Museum present Kay and Patrick Crouch American Folk Music – This program of Civil War era music on guitar, banjo, fiddle, flute, whistle, vocal, bugle and percussion will concentrate on music relevant to the Western North Carolina mountain folk. The program will be in Room 6 at 7pm on the Library’s lower level. This free program is sponsored by Friends of the Library.

 

February 21 - Music, Motion, and More for Kids - Music, Motion, and More is a fun-filled weekly music class for children 5-8 years old.   Children will learn about melody, harmony, and rhythm…an excellent way to prepare for individualized musical instruction.  2012 Spring Session on Tuesdays, beginning February 21, 2012 – March 20, 2012 (5 classes) 5:30 to 6:15PM; Harper School Campus, 1113 College Ave., Lenoir; Instructor: Jessica Hoyle; Tuition, $75.00; Registration fee, $20

 

February 24 7:30pm – Centerpiece Jazz performing at The Grind Cafe, 136 West Union Street, Morganton, 828-430-4343

 

February 25 – Full Circle Arts Offers A Class In An Unusual And Fascinating Craft:  Learn to Quill! Quilling is the art of rolling, gluing, and pinching narrow strips of paper into different shapes that are then used to embellish objects or are assembled to form framed picture artwork or three-dimensional pieces. The class will be taught by Beth Oczkowski, who lives in Hickory and is a member of the North American Quilling Guild.   Beth has been perfecting her skills for almost 30 years.   Her work has been exhibited in many galleries, shows, and local competitions. The class will take place in its new location, which it shares with Taste Full Beans, 29 Second Street NW in downtown Hickory on Saturday, February 25 from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon.   Please register by February 22.  Cost for the class for FCA members is $20, non-members $25. There is a materials fee $12.  Full Circle Arts is a non-profit cooperative dedicated to the promotion of and education in the arts in our area.  For information about Full Circle, classes, membership, and up-coming events, reach them at 322-7545, PO Box 3905, or .www.fullcirclearts.org. You may also email them at info@fullcirclearts.org.. Because we now have more space, FCA will be doing many more activities. We are talking to artists about teaching jewelry, printmaking, drawing, and more. Let us know what sort of class you would like to take, or to teach? Contact FCA at 828-322-7545 .

 

February 25 – Louise Mosrie, Kerrville singer/songwriter performing at The Grind Coffeehouse, Upper Wine Room, downtown Morganton 7:30pm.  $15 admission, limited seating – call Clint 368-0381.

 

February 25 – Balsam Range and The Troubadours will perform at 7pm at the JE Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir for a fundraiser aimed at ending veteran homelessness and raising scholarship funds for students at CCC&TI.  Tickets for the event are $12 in advance or $15 at the door for adults; $10 in advance or $12 at the door for students; tickets can be purchased at the Civic Center box office or online at www.broyhillcenter.com.

 

February 25 – Outlaw Pottery invites everyone to the mid-winter Open House and public Raku Pottery Firing from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25. Local potters are invited to bring their own pottery to dip glaze and raku fire.  Members of the community who don't have their own pottery can purchase a piece of raku pottery (vases, luminaries, flower pots) or raku bisque (frog, turtle, lizard, garden gnome, Green Man, rooster, butterfly, dog, sun, moon, etc.) to dip glaze or brush-on glaze and have raku fired within an hour on site. Pre-registration is preferred due to limited kiln space, but not required.  Adults and children (with adult supervision) are welcome.  Outlaw Pottery offers 10 raku pottery glazes, including metallics and white crackle, as well as the horse hair raku process. Raku is a 16th century Japanese firing process that became popular in the United States in the 1970’s.  It is created with a unique hour-long firing process that uses both fire and smoke to create unique patterns and designs. It is the post fire reduction stage that creates the unique look of raku pottery, including dazzling metallics and dramatic crackles.  The resulting patterns and colors are unpredictable, as they are created through the natural process of oxygen removal.  Outlaw Pottery is inviting the community to tour their gallery and pottery school on February 25, as well.  Refreshments will be provided.  Visitors can watch the raku firing process outdoors and watch Outlaw Pottery students wheel-throw pottery indoors.  Conveniently located in NE Hickory near Lenoir-Rhyne College at 1447-C Highland Avenue NE, Hickory, NC 28601 near Shurtape.  Call 828-896-3288

 

 

February 25 – Middle School students compete for cash awards by reciting classic/famous poetry during the Middle School Poetry Recitation Competition at the education center, 9am-12noon.  Free. Everyone invited; sponsored by Caldwell Arts Council & Caldwell County Schools.

 

February 26 – “Boom Town” Cirque show at Morganton’s COMMA Auditorium, www.commaonline.org or 1-828-433-SHOW, 3pm   - Boom Town is an adventurous story of two saloon owners who want to cash in on the California Gold Rush.  Presented by Cirque Mechanics, the acrobatics are outstanding.

 

February 27 – Dr. Elliot Engel presents “Blackbeard” at JE Broyhill Civic Center – call 828-726-2407 for tickets

 

February 28, 29 & March 1 – “A Contemporary Splash” – Figure drawing with a twist, watercolor/gouache figure painting workshop with Kate Worm at Mooresville Artist Guild, 103 West Center Street, Mooresville NC 28115 (704-663-6661).  For this workshop, painters will explore good figure painting and strong composition working with a live model. They will use watercolor and gouache in non-traditional ways. For example: students will use a printmaking brayer to roll on blocks of color. This would be an innovative way to create transparency. An eyedropper might be used to fine contour rather than charcoal. Drawing and painting tend to be very loose with this approach.  Contact Linda Reville at 716-940-1704 or lreville@windstream.net for details.

 

February 28 - Ten Week Hand-Building Pottery Session for Adults: The mid-winter Hand-Building Pottery Session is a ten week class that will focus on using Outlaw Pottery School’s small, medium and large extruders to create functional pottery in interesting shapes and forms that are not possible on the pottery wheel.  Hand-building pottery refers to several techniques of pottery that use the hands and various tools to create pottery without using the pottery wheel.  Students sit at tables while hand-building pottery. This class is open to beginners and those with experience.   Two class times will be offered.  The 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening class will begin on February 28 and end on May 1.  The 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night class will begin on March 1 and end on May 3. To register for adult hand-building or wheel-throwing classes, all potential students must call Outlaw Pottery School at 828-896-3288 to schedule a tour and information session.

 

February 28 - Outlaw Pottery School offers five-week youth pottery sessions.  The mid-winter Youth Pottery Class for ages seven to 12 are held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays and will begin February 28 and end March 27.  The cost of this session is $85, which includes materials. Call 828-896-3288.  To register for a youth class, parents may visit Outlaw Pottery in person during studio hours or mail a check with the child’s name and parents’ address, email and phone number.

 

 

The Teen Pottery Class for youth 13 and up will be held on Thursdays from 4 to 5:25 p.m. and will begin March 1 and end March 29.  The cost of this session is $110, which includes materials.  To register for a youth class, parents may visit Outlaw Pottery in person during studio hours or mail a check with the child’s name and parents’ address, email and phone number.

 

 

February 29 – Lunch & Learn with Kathleen Campbell at Turchin Center Lecture Hall, 12 noon

 

 

March 1 - Ten Week Hand-Building Pottery Session for Adults: The mid-winter Hand-Building Pottery Session is a ten week class that will focus on using Outlaw Pottery School’s small, medium and large extruders to create functional pottery in interesting shapes and forms that are not possible on the pottery wheel.  Hand-building pottery refers to several techniques of pottery that use the hands and various tools to create pottery without using the pottery wheel.  Students sit at tables while hand-building pottery. This class is open to beginners and those with experience.   Two class times will be offered.  The 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening class will begin on February 28 and end on May 1.  The 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night class will begin on March 1 and end on May 3. To register for adult hand-building or wheel-throwing classes, all potential students must call Outlaw Pottery School at 828-896-3288 to schedule a tour and information session.

 

 

March 1 – Outlaw Pottery’s Teen Pottery Class for youth 13 and up will be held on Thursdays from 4 to 5:25 p.m. and will begin March 1 and end March 29.  The cost of this session is $110, which includes materials.  To register for a youth class, parents may visit Outlaw Pottery in person during studio hours or mail a check with the child’s name and parents’ address, email and phone number.

 

Continuing Through March 2 – ASU Department of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition in Catherine J. Smith Gallery; call 828-262-2220 for details

 

Continuing Through March 3 – From Yadkin Arts Council - Continuing in the Gallery at Uptown, 240 E. Main Street, next to the Center - Images of Nature from North Carolina's Low Country to the High Country by photographer Darrell Ring. Call 336-679-2941 for details.

 

Continuing Through March 3 – From Yadkin Arts Council - Winter Heat - Oils and Collages by Karen McEachin Breit - Call 336-679-2941 for details.

 

Continuing Through March 10 – Full Circle Arts presents “Art About Women,” open art competition, with sales benefiting the First Step program for victims of domestic violence of the Family Guidance Center at 29 2nd Street, NW, in downtown Hickory.  "Art About Women" features works portraying women and women's issues, and will be on display through March 10. For information about Full Circle Arts, classes, membership, and up-coming events, visit www.fullcirclearts.org. FCA is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 11am-5pm.  Call 828-322-7545 for more info.

 

Continuing Through March 24 – ASU Department of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition in Turchin Center for the Visual Arts; call 828-262-2220 for details

Continuing Through March 29 -The ongoing exhibitions of art and photography as "The Exhibiting Artist Series" at the Bethlehem Branch Library in Bethlehem, NC will feature "Country Roads", a unique collaboration of photography by Clayton Joe Young and poetry by Scott Owens.  The exhibition includes a poetic pictorial book titled Country Roads: Travels Through Rural North Carolina. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 10 2012 – Pastel Workshop with Walter Stanford at Caldwell Arts Council, 10am-5pm, $100/person – brown-bag your lunch, as we’ll break for 1/2 hour to make the most of the workshop time.

 

March 2-30 – “Rural Reflections” exhibit, featuring Darron Silva’s Americana photography, Nelson Brookshire’s rolled paper art, Walter Stanford’s paintings/pastels, and Pete Lupo’s amazingly realistic woodcarving.  Opening Reception Friday March 2, 5-7:30pm

 

March 3, 7:30pm – Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra Masterworks series presents guest artist Bair Shagdaron on piano at the P.E. Monroe Auditorium, Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory.  Call 828-324-8603 or email info@wpsymphony.org for details Tickets range from $15, $30 & $40.

 

March 7 – 8am-6pm Hickory Museum of Art is coordinating a Bus Trip to see museums in Columbia and Charlotte and $85 Members; $100 Non-members; paid registration due February 29^th.  Package includes transportation, museum admission, guided exhibit tours, and lunch. Space is limited, call 828.327.8576 today!  Columbia Museum of Art - Enjoy a docent-led tour of Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters which features forty-five magnificent paintings from the collection of the New York Historical Society.  Luski-Gorelick Center for Philanthropy -
Join HMA patrons and art collectors, Isaac and Sonia Luski, for a tour of the Foundation for the Carolinas’ new facility. The Luskis donated most of their art glass collection to this institution.

 

March 9 – 7pm, Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time - Old Rock School Auditorium. Call 828-879-2129 for tickets - $18 in advance & $20 at the door.

 

March 9-25 – Hickory Community Theatre presents “King Lear” - An aging monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil. www.hct.org or 828-328-2284

 

March 10, 2012 – Caldwell Traditional Musicians Showcase at JE Broyhill Civic Center; call 828-726-2407 for tickets

 

March 15 – The Women of Ireland will perform an early St. Paddy’s Day celebration at Morganton’s COMMA Auditorium, www.commaonline.org or 1-828-433-SHOW – Lively Celtic music provides background to vocalists and world champion dancers.

 

March 15, 2012  "IRISH DONE RIGHT,"  featuring an Irish meal, a unique blend of Celtic music by the popular  "Erin Tide" of Iredell County, and dance by the St. Joseph's Irish Dancers based in Catawba County.  This Celebration of St. Patrick's Day will be held at the Hiddenite Center's Educational Complex in Hiddenite at 7:00 pm and is  only $15 per person. Reservations required  by calling the Hiddenite Center Lucas Mansion at (828) 632-6966 or email info@hiddenitecenter.com

 

March 16 7:30pm – Centerpiece Jazz performing at The Grind Cafe, 136 West Union Street, Morganton, 828-430-4343

 

March 17 – Hickory Music Factory presents a St. Paddy’s Day Celebration with The Belfast Boys, 6:30pm at Main Cellar City Club, 332 1^st Avenue SW, Hickory. $25 Clan Seating, includes a traditional Irish meal (carved brisket, hunter’s pie, root vegetables, braised cabbage and Irish Whiskey pudding) & a Guinness.  Ticket info: tonyeltora@gmail.com or purchase tickets online at TicketWeb.com.  Local ticket outlet is at Larry’s Music & Sound (828-261-0415)

 

March 27 – April 16 – ASU Annual Juried Student Exhibition in the Catherine J. Smith Gallery at ASU; call 828-262-2220 for details

 

March 27, 2012 – “The Parchman Hour” A Mike Wiley Production at JE Broyhill Civic Center; call 828-726-2407 for tickets.

 

March 28, 29, 30 – Collage Techniques “I teach, I write, I travel, I glue.” – taught by Gretchen Bierbaum, president and founder of the National Collage Society.  Price is $250 for the workshop at Mooresville Artist Guild, 103 West Center Street, Mooresville NC (704-663-6661).  This workshop will teach the history and techniques for the fine art medium of collage.  Gretchen’s “Creating Collage in All Dimensions” will be the format for our workshop.  Each student will additionally create a small format postcard collage and have the opportunity to enter their work in the 15^th Annual Postcard Show in Seattle Washington.  Contact Mooresville Artist Guild’s Linda Reville at 716-940-1704 or lreville@windstream.net for details

 

March 31 – James Gregory, ‘funniest man in America’ will perform with humorous storytelling and Southern humor at Morganton’s COMMA Auditorium, www.commaonline.org or 1-828-433-SHOW

 

April-June exhibit at Caldwell Memorial Hospital’s Art-in-Healing Gallery (MRI wing, Mulberry Street entrance, open 7am-8pm daily) – featuring lovely nature photography by Hickory photographer Tom Stine.

 

April 2 – Western Piedmont Youth Symphony performing 7pm at the Arts & Science Center in Hickory.  www.wpsymphony.org or 828-324-8603 for details.

 

April 6-27 – Caldwell Arts Council’s Caldwell County Photography Competition “EXPOSURES” – opening reception Friday April 6, 5-7:30pm

 

April 12, 2012 – Lee Ann Womack performs at JE Broyhill Civic Center; call 828-726-2407 for tickets.

 

April 13-15 & 20-22, 2012 – “Sordid Lives” at Foothills Performing Arts Theatre, CCC&TI, directed by Chrystal Hass.  Southern-fried sauciness – get ready for Texas-size guffaws with this twisted tale that puts the “fun” in “dysfunctional.”

 

April 15-16, 7pm – auditions at FPA Theatre for Foothills Performing Art’s production of Children’s Letters to God. Parts available for 5-10 preteen to teenage youth.

 

April 20-May 5 – Hickory Community Theatre presents “Deadly Murder”  Fighting her way up the ladder of success from humble beginnings, Camille Dargus has the world at her feet. She’s a beautiful, attractive, talented, and a very successful jeweler; most important of all – a limitless supply of wealth. She also has a secret which threatens her charmed life. One explosive night she is taken as hostage and held at gunpoint. She must now use all her wits and cunning to save her life. Full of bluffs and double bluffs, twists and turns, Deadly Murder is one step ahead of you all the way. www.hct.org or 828-328-2284

 

April 20 – “Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes,” staring Obie Award winner Jason Petty will portray Hank Williams at Morganton’s COMMA Auditorium, www.commaonline.org or 1-828-433-SHOW

 

April 21 – pARTy Palette – fundraiser for Caldwell Arts Council – Choose a dinner pARTy to attend and then come together to the Caldwell Arts Council afterward for a fabulous Dessert pARTy!  Stay tuned for details

 

April 27, 2012 – Frank D’Ambrosio performing at Newton-Conover Auditorium. Franc D'Ambrosio is best known for his impressive portrayal of the "Phantom" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award winning Musical, The Phantom of the Opera.  Affectionately known as Phantom's "The Iron Man of The Mask," Franc D'Ambrosio was awarded the distinction as the "World's Longest Running Phantom".  Call 828-464-8100 for tickets, $10-20.

 

April 28, 2012 – 7:30pm – Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series presents the Lenoir-Rhyne Youth Chorus performing at the P.E. Monroe Auditorium, Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory.  Call 828-324-8603 or email info@wpsymphony.org for details.

 

April 30 – May 11 – BFA Spring 2012 Senior Studio Exhibition – Catherine J. Smith Gallery on ASU campus; call 828-262-2220 for details

 

 

May 4-25 – “REMNANTS” exhibit, artwork by Damon Hood, Amber D. Watts, and Mykell Gates. Opening reception Friday May 4, 5-7:30pm

 

May 5, 2012 – The Monitors perform at JE Broyhill Civic Center; call 828-726-2407 for tickets

 

May 11-27 – Hickory Community Theatre presents “The Full Monty” - The Full Monty is a grin and bare-it comedy that tells the story of six average-looking, unemployed steelworkers on the verge of a daring plan to get themselves out of debt, and make amends with those they love. Pushing through fears, building self-esteem, and rediscovering the importance of friendship and family, they overcome & find strength in their camaraderie. www.hct.org or 828-328-2284

 

May 12 – Amy Speace & Sally Barris performing at The Grind Coffeehouse, Upper Wine Room, downtown Morganton 7:30pm.  Mother’s Day Weekend, so bring mom.  $20 admission, limited seating – call Clint 368-0381.

 

May 19  – 7:30pm – Kontras Quartet will perform at the Arts & Science Center in Hickory NC.  Call 828-324-8603 or email info@wpsymphony.com for details.

 

May 19 – 12noon-5pm – 3^rd Annual Festival in the Park at Mulberry Recreation Center – featuring handcrafts, art, live music & dance, festival food, and fun for the whole family.Contact Zack Carter at 828-757-2187 for vendor registration form.

 

June 1-29 – “Dynamic Ceramics” exhibit at Caldwell Arts Council featuring ceramic artwork by Mark Gordon, Pam Brewer, Ashley York and Hank Burris. Opening reception Friday June 1, 5-7:30pm

 

June 2012 (date TBA) – Geoff Achison (Blues Player of the Year on 3 continents) performing at The Grind Coffeehouse, Upper Wine Room, downtown Morganton 7:30pm.  $15 admission, limited seating – call Clint 368-0381.

 

June 28 – Beauty & The Beast Broadway production at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center/Belk Theatre in Charlotte Thursday evening, June 28, 2012, 7:30pm.  Caldwell Arts Council got a group rate on some great seats (Orchestra Center, rows N & O).  We’ve got 8 tickets left for this performance.  Cost per person is $100 which includes your tickets and round-trip tour bus -- We plan to leave the arts council at 3:30 pm and return by midnight, enjoying a “Dutch-treat” supper prior to the performance. 

 

July-September exhibit at Caldwell Memorial Hospital’s Art-in-Healing Gallery (MRI wing, Mulberry Street entrance, open 7am-8pm daily) – featuring artwork in various media by members of the Foothills Visual Artists Guild

 

July 6-7 – Porch Sale of original art at Caldwell Arts Council. Preview opening/sale 5pm Friday, ($10/person to attend), then open to the public Saturday 10am-3pm free.

 

July 13-15 & 20-22, 2012 – “Children’s Letters To God” at Foothills Performing Arts Theatre, CCC&TI.  Inspired by the book, this is a musical following the lives of five young friends as the voice beliefs, desires, questions and doubts common to all but most disarmingly expressed by children.

 

July 14 – Blackberry Festival in Downtown Lenoir, featuring handcrafts, arts and other product vendors, live music & dance, food vendors, and festival fun for the whole family; contact the Chamber for vendor applications: 828-726-0616

 

August 3-24 – “SHOOT!” photography exhibit at Caldwell Arts Council by Curt Hiller, Sol Levine, Dawn Mathews, Steve West & Jack Daulton.  Opening Reception Friday August 3, 5-7:30pm

 

August 31-September 28 – “MIXED” exhibit at Caldwell Arts Council. Opening Reception Friday August 31, 5-7:30pm.

 

September 8 – 27^th Annual Sculpture Celebration at the Broyhill Walking Park in Lenoir.  Blue Jeans Preview Party (casual dinner) Friday evening September 7 to meet sculptors and judge.

 

October-December exhibit at Caldwell Memorial Hospital’s Art-in-Healing Gallery (MRI wing, Mulberry Street entrance, open 7am-8pm daily) – featuring artwork in various media by members of the North Carolina Artists Society.

 

October 5-26 – 36^th Annual Caldwell Visual Artists Competition at Caldwell Arts Council. Opening Reception Friday October 5, 5-7:30pm

 

November 3, 2012 – Lynn Adler & Lindey Hearne – performing at The Grind Coffeehouse, Upper Wine Room, downtown Morganton 7:30pm. $15 admission, limited seating, call Clint 368-0381.

 

November 10 – 3^rd Annual Art Around Caldwell Studio Tour – featuring artists in their studios and clustered in galleries & other locations throughout Caldwell County, 10am-5pm

 

November 30-December 24 – Satie’s Holiday Sale at Caldwell Arts Council; open Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-3pm.  Opening reception November 30, 5-7:30pm.

 

December 7 – 5^th Annual Taste of Christmas, benefiting Caldwell Arts Council, held at the Irish Rose Bed & Breakfast, 7-9pm

 

 

2.  ARTIST CALLS & OPPORTUNITIES:

 

February 15 Deadline for February 29-March 28 event - 4th Annual Small Treasures Juried Show: February 29 – March 28, 2012. Cary Gallery of Artists, 200 Academy St,Cary NC 27511. Juror:  acclaimed North Carolina artist, Mary Roundtree Moore. Deadline:  Digital Entries:  February 15, 2012;  and Hand-Delivered Works: February 24 & 25. Entry Fee: $25/2 works. Cash awards! Size:  2D - 14x16” including frame; 3D - 12x12x12” including base. Awards:  March 2 from 6-8PM. For additional information and to download prospectus: www.carygalleryofartists.org Or call Cary Gallery of Artists:  919.462.2035.

 

February 21, 2012 Deadline for April 6-27 event - Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibit call to artists - Please view our 2009, 2010, and 2011 exhibit at: www.dogwoodregionalfineartsexhibit.blogspot.com  - The Dogwood Regional Fine Arts Exhibition is now accepting submissions for the 2012 exhibit. Artists from within a radius of 300 miles of Knoxville, TN may enter. Fine art encompassing all styles and genres from both emerging and established artists will be selected by Terri Jordan, curator of the Carksville Custom House Museum in Clarksville, TN. Virtually NO SIZE restrictions - Awards: Cash awards totaling $4,000.00 will be presented at the exhibit’s reception on April 6th, 2012. Best in Show- $2,000.00, $1,000.00 Merit, $500.00 Merit, and two $250.00 Merit awards.  All awards are designated by juror and are final.  Our venue this year is the massive Emporium Center for the Arts at 100 Gay Street in downtown Knoxville.  The renovated, historic building is the hub of the downtown arts community, and has over 4,000 sq. feet of gallery space on two over-looking floors. The exhibit will run from April 6-27, 2012. Deadline for entry is February 21, 2012. Please visit http://www.dogwoodarts.com/applications/  to view the prospectus.  We have on-line submitting this year, and it is easy!  (You can also contact us if you have questions, and we will guide you through it.)

 

February 22 for June 1-August 31 event - Artists from around the world are invited to attend a discussion on social and economic inequality (from the lab that hosted the “Creative Dishonesty” project), on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7 PM EST.  (Artists who do not live within driving distance of Durham, NC will watch the forum streaming live online.) Interested artists are to RSVP to the curator, Catherine Howard, at creativedishonesty@gmail.com by Tuesday, February 21st by 9 PM. After the forum, artists interested in creating artwork in response to the research will complete an online application, including a 1-page explanation of the artist’s creative process and 2-3 digital images of past work.  To be considered, applications must be submitted by Monday, February 27th at 9 PM. Artists will be notified if they are selected to participate by February 29th and will receive a $100 stipend to complete their piece.  There is no limitation to the style or media of pieces created for “PoorQuality” but all work must be completed by May 5th. Artwork created for “PoorQuality” will be on display the Center for Advanced Hindsight from June 1st to August 31st with a reception on June 22nd.  An exhibit catalogue, including responses and reflections by the artists and the researchers, will be published.  Each artist will receive a copy.

February 27 Deadline for April 14 event- The World Beer Festival, All About Beer Magazine, and Artsplosure-The Raleigh. Arts Festival seek creative art submissions that reflect the art and culture of beer, for use in the promotion of the 2012 Raleigh World Beer Festival, to be held on April 14, 2012 in downtown Raleigh. Winning artwork will be featured on the official poster and in additional marketing and promotional materials for the World Beer Festival. Entry Deadline is Monday, Feb 27, 2012 at 5pm. For more information and details about sumission requirements, visit http://www.artsplosure.org/downloads/wbf12_raleigh_poster_competition.pdf

February 29, 2012 deadline - The Sertoma Arts Center is currently taking proposals for the Summer and Fall 2012 season from artists 18 years of age and up, residing and/or working in Wake County and surrounding areas. As a community exhibition space for the City of Raleigh, the gallery has introduced hundreds of artists to area residents and visitors since the inception of the Gallery Program. The gallery encourages the display of new and emerging artists, including Undergraduate students and artists that have exhibited elsewhere in the community. Monthly exhibitions will be scheduled. Space is available for two dimensional work in the Raleigh Room and hallway galleries, with space for three-dimensional work in display cases.  Review and scheduling of applications will begin immediately and continue through Feb. 29. 2012. For more information about the application process and to obtain a PDF of the application, please email sertomaartscenter@raleighnc.gov with “Attn: Caitlin Barnes - Gallery Submissions 2012” in the subject line.  Sertoma Arts Center, 1400 Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC, 27612.

March 1 Deadline - APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED for membership to Fine Art Carolina Gallery. If you are a local artist or craftsperson in the area of Alamance or Orange county, you may be interested in being a part of a new fine art gallery in Mebane, NC. The vision of the gallery is to promote and sell our art, offer workshops and featured exhibits and operate in an atmosphere of support and encouragement for each other. Download information about membership and the application at  http://FineArtCarolina.com. Deadline, March 1, 2012. 919-455-5965.

 

March 1, 2012 deadline – Call for Artists: Best of Artists and Kennedy Publishing is proud to announce our call for entry for our Best Of Artists Genre art book competitions. Open to all artists. Genre Books Include: Portrait & Figurative, Landscapes, Still Life, Wildlife and Abstract book competitions.  Selected artists will receive a two-page full color layout of their artwork (a total of 2-4 images), and their contact information in a beautiful full color case wrap hardcover Best Of book. Artists also receive preview jpg proofs of their pages and so much more. Entry fee is $55 for 10 images.  Prospectus: http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-artists-worldwide  To see the Best Of Worldwide Wildlife Volume I book: http://www.bestofartists.com/best-of-books/?currentPage=25

 

March 5 Deadline for April 13-15 event -  It’s time for our CALL FOR ARTISTS for the Wilmington Art Association’s Thirtieth Annual Spring Art Show and Sale! Our show is having it’s 30^th Anniversary and we really want the best selection of entries for our juror-judges, Lois Griffel of the Cape Cod School fame (painting/mixed media) and Brownie Harris, noted celebrity and corporate photographer. Let’s show them the diversity, quality and joy that North Carolina artists have in their work. See attached Prospectus to apply. Most of all come to see your work in our show during the Azalea Festival. The colors of Nature and the colors of the Show will be wondrous! Wilmington Art Association; Anita and John Jacques, Co-Presidents 2012

 

 

March 10 Deadline for April 14 event- Earth Action Day – Saturday, April 14th, 2012 Noon 5pm We here at the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation are excited to be presenting the 5th year of Earth Action Day held on Saturday, April 14th from noon to 5pm at Southern Community Park off 15-501 in Chapel Hill.  The setting of this event is outside with the back drop of environmentally inspired works of art that can enhance and be incorporated into the message you will be sending to 3,000+ attendees.  We are also excited to bring back the mARTket, a fair featuring artists who create work fundamentally using recycled and up-cycled materials.  Local artists who follow such a sustainable approach are encouraged to apply to sell their artwork.  Registration deadline is March 10, 2012 and the link to register can be found here. Upon following that link, look to the right in the lime green column to find the other link needed. http://www.townofchapelhill.org/index.aspx?page=1828

March 10 Deadline for March 24 event - Cheap Joes is having the 11th annual art contest.  Submit art to the Outlet store in Boone beginning Feb 20.  Deadline March 10th.  Reception March 24.   Prizes. Check with them for specifics – www.cheapjoes.com

 

March 19 Deadline for March 23 event - see the attached Call to Artists letter regarding your participation in this year's popular ROOTS AND WINGS Event.  Note the change for 2012 in that we invite all genres of art in addition to the birdhouse theme.  Please let us know if you are planning to participate, so we can look forward to working with you. Thank you kindly for your support of this fundraiser for Habitat of Iredell and the Iredell Arts Council. It means so much to us to have your beautiful creations!  Sincerely, Jodi John-Pippin, Executive Director, Iredell Arts Council, The Old Jail, 203 S. Meeting St., Statesville, NC 28677; www.iredellarts.org; iredellarts@bellsouth.net; 704.873.6100

March 24 Deadline for June 1-30 event - 2012 North Carolina Juried Pastel Exhibition - Exhibit Dates:  June 1-30, 2012 The Pastel Society of North Carolina, in conjunction with the Appalachian Pastel Society and the Piedmont Pastel Society, is hosting a statewide exhibit for chalk pastelists. The juror is Marla Bagetta. For Prospectus and information, visit www.pastelsocietyofnc.com. For any additional questions, please contact Patricia Savage, p_savage@bellsouth.net, Chair, 2012 Statewide Pastel Exhibit; Mayapple Studio, 919-859-2789 (h), 919-438-6766 (m)  www.psavageart.com

 

April 3, 2012 deadline for April 6-27 event - Caldwell Arts Council Photography Competition April 2012!  More details to come later this year.  Delivery of framed, ready-to-hang photography April 2-3; judged for awards in various categories on April 5-6; exhibit continues through April 27.

 

April 15 Deadline for May 17 event– The Hickory Downtown Development Association is seeking artists interested in participating in the Thursday, May 17, 2012 Downtown Hickory Art Crawl.   The Downtown Hickory Art Crawl is a Juried Show.  Artists will be selected by a committee.  Based on the medium of art and the style of the work, artists will be either placed in participating businesses to complement the merchandise of the business or placed in the Union Square Farmers Market Pavilion. A participation fee for each artist is $25.00.  Artists will not be required to pay any commissions for work that is sold during the Art Crawl. The Art Crawl is planned from 5:30 to 8:00 pm, with a kick off party at Full Circle Arts at 5:00 pm.

There will be room for up to 30 artists. HDDA reserves the right to determine where the artists are located. The committee strives to place artists in a business that will complement both the artist and the business, so please follow the application process closely.  To apply, please send photos of your artwork, a short bio and any other relevant information to:  HDDA, PO Box 9086, Hickory, NC 28603

or email to blsinclair@bellsouth.net or info@downtownhickory.com. Please include your name, address, email address and phone number. Incomplete applications will not be accepted or considered.  Deadline for the May 17 Downtown Hickory Art Crawl is April 15.

 

April 15 Deadline for May 17 event - The Downtown Hickory Art Crawl is also looking for musicians to play during the above event. This is a non-paying venue, but CD sales are permitted during the hours of the Art Crawl. To apply, send a tape or CD with your band's music, bio on the band members, photograph of the band and any other relevant information to the above address. You may include a website link that has music clips to send the information by email. Again, incomplete applications will not be accepted or considered.  The Downtown Hickory Art Crawls are sponsored by the Hickory Downtown Development Association and the United Arts Council of Catawba County. The United Arts Council of Catawba County is committed to advancing the cultural life of Catawba County through grants, marketing, fundraising and facilities management. The council strives to provide awareness of the cultural activities in our area, as well as grant and contribution opportunities. http://www.artscatawba.org/  For more information on The HDDA, membership, businesses, other events and downtown Hickory, please call 828 322 1121 or email info@downtownhickory.com. Please visit the website, www.downtownhickory.com.

 

 

April 20 Deadline for April 21 event – 9^th Annual World’s Largest Recycled Art Show to be held at the ReSource Warehouse, 205 Forsythe Street, Fayetteville NC - click here for submission form:  http://worldslargestrecycledartshow.com/images/Recycled_ArtSubmissionForm_2012.pdf  or visit http://worldslargestrecycledartshow.com/ for details

 

April 28 Deadline (or until all art/craft vendor spaces fill up) for April 28 event – Artists & Crafter 10x10 booth spaces are $45 for the Mid-South Custom Rod & Antique Car Show and Bazaar – While the husbands shop cars, the wives & girlfriends want to shop.  The location is the old Clayton-Marcus Furniture Factory, 166 Teague Town Road, Hickory (Bethlehem township).  This year’s concert will feature “Jumpin Jack Flash” which will bring a huge crowd.  For details and a vendor registration link, visit the website: www.center-pointclassics.com or call Ed Mattson at 630-440-7912

 

April 30, 2012 Deadline for June 23-24 event - Call for Artists/Vendors/Musicians - 2nd Annual Bridgeton RiverFest Fine Arts & Crafts Festival - Bridgeton Harbor Marina on the Neuse River is the stunning venue of the exciting 2nd Annual BRIDGETON RIVERFEST FINE ARTS & FINE CRAFTS FESTIVAL on the 23rd and 24th of June, 2012. The 1st Annual RiverFest was included in the top three area festivals by the Sun Journal’s “Best Of 2011 People’s Poll,” drawing in, according to police estimates, up to 6000 visitors! And in its FIRST YEAR! Not bad.  Bridgeton RiverFest, a juried show, is designed to draw an intelligent and discriminating crowd with attractions such as student art exhibits, strolling Great Masters, antique car displays, marine vendors, great music, food, and BLUEBERRIES … we’re famous for them!  Artists, marine and food vendors and musicians are encouraged to apply to this wonderful event. We’re still offering numerous "perks," inexpensive booth fees, oversize spaces, next to booth parking, artist awards, VIP preview party, artist-friendly volunteers to provide snacks, meals & much more.  The organizers are doing their utmost to provide their artists the best possible venue to in these tough financial times. Application deadline is 4/30/2012. Visit  http://www.bridgetonriverfest.com/art-show-application.html to apply or call 252.646.2725 for more information. All net proceeds go to the Bridgeton Improvement Committee, a non-profit organization that provides cultural enrichment to the community of Bridgeton.  

 

May 11 deadline for May 19 event– Caldwell Arts Council and City of Lenoir Parks & Recreation hosting 3^rd Annual Festival in the Park at the Mulberry Recreation Center on Saturday May 19^th, 12noon-5pm – Call Zack Carter at City of Lenoir P&R at 828-757-2187 or email zcarter@ci.lenoir.nc.us for art/craft vendor application.  No fee for art/craft vendors to participate; must register.

 

June 15 Deadline for May 10-13 or October 18-21 events - Lake Eden Arts Festival, Black Mountain. The Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is calling all handcraft artists to apply for the 2012 festivals. The spring festival will be held Thursday, May 10, through Sunday, May 13, and the fall festival will be held Thursday, Oct. 18, through Sunday, Oct. 21. Fifty-five exhibitors per festival will be chosen by jury. Open to all media. Booth fee applies. Deadline: January 30 (spring festival), June 15 (fall festival). For more information: http://theleaf.org/index.php/thefestival/arts/handcrafts-a-folk-arts

June 30, 2012 deadline for July 6-7 event - Caldwell Arts Council 1-day Porch Sale coming in July 2012 – Don’t throw any of your art/craft away!  Save those art pieces you don’t really want anymore, clean out your studio for a fresh start, and participate in our porch sale!  Let us know you’ll participate, and we’ll send you all the details.  info@caldwellarts.com or 828-754-2486

 

 

 

3.  ARTS PUBLICATIONS

 

Artsee Magazine is a publication devoted entirely to the arts in the Carolinas.  Visit their website at http://artseemagazine.com to view a current issue.  Many Carolina artist calls are included in this publication.

 

Ashe County Arts Council Artist Opportunities:  www.ashecountyarts.org

 

Asheville Area Arts Council News:  http://ashevillearts.com

 

Carolina Arts E-magazine is available at (http://www.carolinaarts.com/212/212carolinaarts.pdf) - it is filled with art events and artist calls in the Carolinas.

 

Mooresville Artist Guild : www.mooresvilleartistguild.com    

 

Turchin Center for Visual Arts:  www.turchincenter.org

 

Visual Art Exchange (VAE) in Raleigh has many calls for artists: www.visualartexchange.org

 

Yadkin Arts Council Events & Classes Newsletter:  www.yadkinarts.org

 

Let Caldwell Arts Council know of any art supplies you’d like to barter/sell/give away and we’ll add them to our e-blast.  info@caldwellarts.com or 818-754-2486.  ALSO – local schools need your un-needed art supplies (anything, even scrap yarns...)  Drop them off to the arts council and we’ll get them in to local art teachers!

 

4.  ART VENUES (LIVE THEATRE, MUSIC, MUSEUMS)

 

Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame  in The Wilkes Heritage Museum, 100 East Main Street, Wilkesboro.  Visit the website www.wilkesheritagemuseum.com.

 

Caldwell Heritage Museum – www.caldwellheritagemuseum.com

 

Check out Lenoir’s live art venues on  http://lenoirlivearts.weebly.com 

 

Ensemble Stage at Blowing Rock School Auditorium, 160 Sunset Street – Performance Schedule http://www.ensemblestage.com/On-Stage.html

 

Foothills Performing Arts Theatre at CCC&TI in Lenoir: www.fpatheatre.org

 

Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock Performances, click here: http://www.hayescenter.org/

 

Hickory Community Theatre:  www.hct.org

 

Hickory Museum of Art Exhibits & Events:  http://www.hickorymuseumofart.org/home.php

 

J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Lenoir Events, click here:  http://www.broyhillcenter.com/index2.asp

 

Main Street Theatre – Action Theatrics -  Main Street, Lenoir NC – www.actiontheatrics.com

 

5.  ART SCHOOLS & TEACHERS

 

Pottery Classes At Old Lenoir High School - A new hobby in one of Lenoir's landmark buildings!

Monday is the day to do pottery!  Continuous pottery classes are on Mondays at Old Lenoir High School in the fully equipped pottery studio.  Two classes are held: Mondays from 12 to 3 during the day and 5:30 to 8:30 in the evening. Adult beginners and advanced students welcome; start any time.  Ceramic artist Caron Baker Wike will take you through the easy steps to creating traditional, contemporary or your own style of pottery.  Mugs, plates, bowls, vases, boxes, animals, pitchers, wall pockets, toothbrush holders, sculptures, ornaments, and bird houses are just a few things that can be made out of clay.  WHO CAN DO POTTERY? Anyone can do pottery!  Clay can be a relaxing time to get away from the grind of everyday life and bring out creative talents you never knew you had. You don’t have to be artistic to make pots.  Just come to class and see what you can do.  What do you need?  All you need to bring to class is yourself in work clothes (clay can be messy). No preregistration required. Just show up during studio hours. Classes are $45 per month plus clay at $15 a 25lb bag.  Where is the pottery studio?  The City of Lenoir pottery studio is in the basement of the Old Lenoir High Gymnasium which is located on College Avenue in Lenoir.  To get to the pottery studio enter through the gate to the soccer field and follow the signs.  For more Information please call Caron Baker Wike at 758-5520  or 758-0897

 

 

Monday Evening Pottery Classes - at the Hiddenite Center's Educational Complex  from 7 - 9 pm with instructor, Sally Warren. Hand building for beginners and advanced. $45 for six week series ($40 with Friends discount) includes instruction, use of pottery room and tools, bisque firing and glaze firing.  Additional cost of $15 for 25 lb bag of clay.  To register call (828) 632-6966 or email info@hiddenitecenter.com.

 

Tuesday "Children's Art After School"  at the Hiddenite Center's Educational Complex  from 10 am -noon with instructor, Martha Burgin. To register call (828) 632-6966 or email info@hiddenitecenter.com. 

 

Wednesday Adult Oil Painting Classes at the Hiddenite Center's Educational Complex  from 10 am -noon with instructor, Martha Burgin. To register call (828) 632-6966 or email info@hiddenitecenter.com.

 

Catawba Valley Community College offers art & craft classes – visit this page of their website for details - http://www.cvcc.edu/Learning_and_Personal_Enrichment/CEIC/Comm_SVC/Art_and_Crafts.cfm#Pottery  

 

Outlaw Pottery School Announces Winter Pottery Classes for Kids & Teens: Outlaw Pottery School is now taking registrations for the winter sessions of pottery classes for kids and teens that will begin in January. During the five-week session of the youth pottery classes, pottery students will learn a variety of hand-building pottery techniques, including slab, pinch, coil and sculpture.  Previous

Pre-payment is required to confirm all class registrations.  To register, mail a check to Outlaw Pottery, 1447 C Highland Avenue NE, Hickory, NC 28601 or drop by during studio hours.  www.outlawpottery.com

 

Caldwell Senior Center offers art and craft lessons each week; check out their website at www.caldwellseniorcenter.org or call 828-758-2883 for class schedules.

Mondays 9:30-11:30 – Knitting with Susan Helton

Mondays 10-12 – Oil Painting with Marilyn Gragg

Tuesdays 10:30-12 – Crafting with Marie Kirby & Betty Pritchard

Wednesdays 1-3 – Wood carving with Larry Roberts

Thursdays 1:30-3:30 – Quilting & needlework with Jeanne Enloe

 

Charlie Frye Art Studio, West Avenue, Lenoir offers classes for elementary students through adults – call 320-7819 or visit his website at www.fryeartstudio.com for more information:

 

Cheap Joe’s Art Supply in Boone offers week-long and week-end classes in various art forms – visit their website www.cheapjoes.com for class schedule and other offerings.

 

Florence Thomas Art School www.florencethomas.org

 

Foothills Visual Artists Guild members are available for private lessons in painting (watercolor, acrylic, oil), drawing, and other media.  Contact Shirley Story at 828-754-5171 for details

 

Handmade in America:  www.handmadeinamerica.org

 

Home School Art Classes – Burke Arts Council will be offering a series of art classes for home-schooled students with instructor Ryan Young; call 828-433-7282 for details.

 

John C. Campbell Folk School offers hundreds of art classes – visit their website at http://FolkSchool.org  - classes range from weaving & dyeing to woodcarving, photography to folk harp, drawing to doll/bear making, needlework to paper art and so much more.

 

Lenoir School of Visual Arts (across West Avenue from the Lenoir Post Office) offers lessons for children from 4-5pm and for teens/adults 5:10-6:10pm.  For more information, call Margaret Martine at 754-3047.

 

Penland School of Crafts – http://penland.org

 

Potters Jason & Rosalie Outlaw of Outlaw Pottery offer small classes and hands-on instruction in a fun, tropical studio environment!  828-896-3298, 1447-C Highland Avenue NE, Hickory NC.  Visit their website at http://outlawpottery.com for class schedules.

 

Please visit our website www.caldwellarts.com and click on the tab “For and About Artists” and scroll down to find artists willing to teach individuals or groups.

 

6.  WHERE TO FIND LOCALLY HANDCRAFTED ITEMS IN CALDWELL COUNTY

 

Bolick & Traditions Pottery – Blackberry Road in northern Lenoir.  Visit their website www.traditionspottery.com or call 828-295-5099

 

Caldwell Arts Council’s Satie’s Gift Shop (year-round gift shop featuring about 40 local and a few regional artists and crafters):  jewelry, pottery, knitted baby sets, blankets, paintings, hand-painted original cards, locally authored books, pickles/relishes/jams, bread mixes, equal/free-trade coffee, bookmarks, hand-woven scarves, seasonings and salsas, locally produced non-pasteurized honey, fused glass, mugs, teapots, cookbooks, wooden toys, quilted items, soaps/lotions/body products, wine gifting decor, collage, handmade finely hemmed cocktail & dinner napkins, CDs by local musicians, and the gift shop takes over the entire house during the month of December!  Visit the website www.caldwellarts.com or call 828-754-2486.

 

Charlie Frye’s Art Studio (904 West Avenue, Lenoir) – Charlie teaches art classes, paints and sells his work and the work of local potters, and jewelry makers.  Frye Art Studio is open during the week and on Saturday for special downtown events.  Contact charlie@fryeartstudio.com or call 828-320-7819 & visit his website www.fryeartstudio.com .

 

Gigi’s Fine Resale Apparel (Harper Avenue, Lenoir) – features local jewelry artisans: Sanctimonious Sadie, Kristy Le, Willow & Quinn, T. Collins, and Scmetterling Steampunk.

 

Hand-drawn portraits of adults & children:  Judy Greene Prevost, 828-758-8583, Nancy Crawford, 828-758-4233

 

Hand-drawn portraits of pets and people:  Aaron Freeman, 828-758-1968 or 704-775-0039

 

Venti’s Casa (West Avenue, Lenoir) carries books by local authors in addition to best-sellers

 

Wishful Thinking Studio (College Avenue, basement of Old Lenoir High School) – pottery by Caron Baker Wike and students.  Call 828-758-0897 (studio) or visit the website at http://wishfulthinkingstudio.com