Mystery Photo

Ok, folks. Here's a fun game for you--and it's an easy one. This is a scene from a popular Gatlinburg location. Who can be the first to name the location where this beauty resides?

First person to answer correctly will receive high praise and recognition. Best of luck!

Fundraising

It's a great week at Arrowmont. The dining hall is full and the energy is high. We are fundraising again this week, this time with cups, prints, a bracelet and a jar. $5 lets you have a chance at one of these fabulous items. $20 buys you 5 chances. Hurry and buy your tickets because it will be all over before you know it. We'll be announcing the lucky winners on Friday.

Come see us on Wednesdays

Every Wednesday from 4:30 to 5:30 pm we open our studios and invite anyone in Gatlinburg to come and see what we are working on. Please join us for drinks, popcorn, and great art. We would love to see you.

Sign UP

This has been a very special week for the resident artists, as we birthed our first collaborative project: a brand-new studio sign. The sign takes the shape of a super-jumbo sized notebook paper: complete with spiral binding and a post-it note! It also can be raised and lowered on a pulley system. How smokin' hot is that?

As awesome as the sign looks now, we realize that it is not quite complete. After all, how can you have a notebook without any doodles? We are all going to work on adding some wacky doodle embellishments within the next week or so. We'll keep ya posted. (Anyone know where we can get a giant thumb tack?)

R-r-r-r affle!

This week we held our first raffle to raise money for the resident artist fund. We are so appreciative of all the support from the folks on campus who bought tickets. Four lucky winners were announced today during lunch.

Congratulations to: Nick DeFord, Textiles instructor who won Dustin Farnsworth's four prints (2 stone litho and 2 letterpress); Sarah West, Educational Assistant and metalsmith who won Lisa Johnson's Knob Ring; Jim Norton, Glass student who won Chandra DeBuse's Swimming Pool Salt and Pepper Set; and Steve Hewitt, Glass student who won Phil Haralam's large bowl. Winners are pictured with their prizes. Thanks everybody!

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