Puppy

Bears! Bears! Bears!

We have a new studio mate named Puppy. He is a 300 pound black bear that visits out studio every couple days. Hopefully we can get a photo in the following weeks and share it on the blog.

The following is some great info on bears here in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Enjoy!

Black Bears

www.nps.gov

Arrowmont Residents 2011-2012: Glamour Shots

With a huge 'thank you' to our photographer Jill, we will soon have photos on the Arrowmont web site. Keep your eyes peeled under the 'current residents' tab on the Arrowmont site for the coming changes including biographies, work photos, and website links. We are so happy to be here, and maybe soon we will take you on a virtual tour of our studios as we dive hands first (har har) into the first month of our residency!

Best-

Lisa, Phil, Dustin, and Chandra

Blue Spiral One: New Exhibitions

Hello Friends!

I wanted to let everyone know that three of my pieces (never before seen!) are currently being shown at Blue Spiral One in Asheville in the Exhibition WOOD Moving Forward. The Exhibition will be on display through September 30th and features the work of Hunt Clark, Gail Fredell, Robin Horn, Stoney Lamar, Simon Levy, Robert F. Lyon, Philip Moulthrop, Matt Moulthrop, George Peterson, Sylvie Rosenthal <3, Norm Sartorius, David Sengel, and Bob Trotman. All exhibits have been changed throughout the gallery with some very wonderful work. For full details on the Artists showing, check out the show card here.

Hope you can make it out to the show!

Dustin

The Clay Studio, Philadelphia: The Sixth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition

For all you Arrowmont followers in the Philly area, current resident Phil Haralam is included in the The Eighth Annual Marge Brown Kalodner Graduate Student Exhibition at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia. The opening is Friday June 3rd from 5:00 to 9:00pm and the show runs until until July 24th. Go meet Phil at the opening and see the work. Trust us, it's worth it!

Millipede: Journey of One Thousand Legs

We, the 2011 - 2012 Resident Artists: Chandra, Dustin, Lisa and Phil are settling into our new house and studios. One of our first visitors was this snazzy-looking millipede. Watch his legs form waves as he makes his way across a table in the resident artist studios.

From Wikipedia: The name "millipede" is a compound word formed from the Latin roots mille ("thousand") and pes("foot"). Despite their name, millipedes do not have 1,000 legs. Common species have between 36 and 400 legs.

A final farewell to everyone who has seen us through this amazing and memorable year! We are all off to other adventures out in the big wide scary world.. and let me tell you, leaving the Arrowmont is not an easy task. So here is one last picture, now hung above the TV at the Smoky Mountain Brewery. Thank you!

The reception was amazing, let me just tell you! We ate, we drank, we partied with all our friends and families. Everyone was lucky enough to have family members come to town. The resident house was packed with parents inhabiting the front porch on a 24 hour schedule. It was a great weekend, and we now have bags of chicken in the freezer! The food was over ordered just a bit, but it was delicious! Thank you El Primo II!! We were also lucky enough to have the dazzling talents of Sir Kevin McGuire providing us with lovely musical entertainment. The hokie pokie was rocked out at the end of the evening, for the tiny guest.

This past weekend, Shawn, Andy and Jenn all traveled to Chattanooga for the Four Bridges Art Festival. Friday was rainy, Saturday was windy, but Sunday was just right! We met many fabulous people and of course could never say enough wonderful things about AVA and everyone working with/for them. Pictures to come of both the reception and Four Bridges!