"Summertime Memories

Western North Carolina Treasures"

July 10 - October 4, 2009

Opening Reception

Friday, July 10th

5:00 to 7:00 P.M.

Participating Artists:

Jeff Miller, Hendersonville, NC - color images of Carl Sandburg Home NHS

Susan Stanton, Horse Shoe, NC - color images on Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Blue Ridge Parkway

Curt Goodfellow, Brevard, NC - color images of area waterfalls

Brent Fleury, Hendersonville, NC - infrared images of Henderson County farms

Robin Smith, Columbia, SC - color panarama photography of Blue Ridge Parkway

Cynthia Wilson, Hendersonville, NC - acrylic paintings of Carl Sandburg Home, NHS

Michael Gilboy, Hendersonville, NC - acrylic paintings of Carl Sandburg Home NHS

Costanza Knight, Hendersonville, NC - mono prints of  endagered vistas in Henderson County

Jane Voorhees, Asheville, NC - watercolors of Carl Sandburg Home NHS

Roger Bansemer, Flat Rock, NC - oil paintings of Carl Sandburg Home NHS and Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Don Stevenson, Marion, NC - mixed media replica birdhouses of historic WNC buidings

Henry Mitchell, Greenville, SC - carved wood sculpture

Journel Thomas, Waynesville, NC - turned and carved southern hardwood bowls

Caryl Brt, Waynesville, NC - turned and painted southern hardwood bowls and utensils

Alvin Thomas, Waynesville, NC - hand gouged southern hardwood dough bowls

Arthur Willey, Flat Rock, NC - southern hardwood furniture

Ronno Cooke, Rutherfordton, NC - southern hardwood furniture

Arnold Adams, Leicester, NC - southern hardwood contemporary furniture

LaRue Downing, Hendersonville, NC - furniture

Matt Christie, Asheville, NC - furniture

Home

Western North Carolina is endowed with many diverse and naturally beautiful places.  Artist living in our region respond in meaningful ways to their surroundings.  We have invited a few of our favorites to show us how they see, capture and express views of their homeland.

This exhibition will feature a special focus on our regions's National Parks to coincide with the release of Ken Burn's new documentary "The National Parks:  America's Best Idea".  This six-episode television event about the creation of the national park system will air on PBS, UNC-TV beginning on September 27, 2009.  Artwork with this focus will include photography, paintings and mixed-media birdhouses and feeders of historical buildings.

Woodworkers using southern hardwoods in their work will also be featured, including a family of wood turners and bowl carvers, a wood sculptor and several furniture makers.

"Sandburg Front Lake"

by Jeff Miller

"Looking Glass Rock in Afternoon Sun"

by Susan Stanton

"Bearwallow Mountain"

monoprint by Costanza Knight

"Paula Steichen Sandburg Billy Kid Goat Barn"

mixed media replica birdfeeder

by Don Stevenson

"Spirit Grove 2"

by Henry Mitchell

"The National Parks:  America's Best Idea" - Ken Burns' new documentary about the formation of our national park system.  Six episode series begins airing September 27, 2009.  Click here for info and preview.

National Park System sites in Western North Carolina:

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Blue Ridge Parkway

Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail

Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

Film maker

Ken Burns

"Apple Blossoms"

infrared photography

by Brent Fleury

Turned and carved cherry salad bowl

by Journel Thomas

"Upper Falls,

Graveyard Fields"

by Robin Smith

"Connemara"

by Jane Voorhees

Cherry and Pine Bark Panel

Coffee Table by LaRue Downing

Maple Hall Table

by Arnold Adams

Focus on Furniture 2009 link here