Penland Gallery 2008 Season

March 1, 2008

Penland Gallery 2008 Season

The Penland Gallery, which features work by artists affiliated with Penland School of Crafts is open for the 2008 season. Located on the Penland campus in Mitchell County, North Carolina (52 miles north of Asheville), the gallery has a sales area with work in clay, glass, metals, textiles, wood, books, paper, painting, printmaking, photography, letterpress, and other media. In addition to the sales area, the gallery presents work made by each session’s instructors and the following invitational exhibitions:

New 2008
Work by instructors teaching at Penland for the first time in summer, 2008
March 18–May 18
Opening reception: Friday, March 21, 7:00–8:30 PM

Either Side of the Skin
Work inspired by or responding to the human body
May 27-July 20
Opening reception: Friday, May 30, 7:00–8:30 PM

Is That Supposed to Be Funny?
Wit, sarcasm, and humor, in craft
July 29–September 21
Reception: Friday, August 1, 7:00–8:30 PM

Core Show 2008
Work by Penland’s current core fellowship students
September 30-November 16
Reception: Friday, October 3, 7:00–8:30 PM

Gallery hours are 10–5, Monday through Saturday; 12–5 on Sunday; closed on Mondays. For more information call 828-765-6211 or visit our gallery page.

Penland School of Crafts is a national center for craft education located in Western North Carolina. Penland offers workshops in books and paper, clay, drawing, glass, iron, metals, printmaking, photography, textiles, and wood. The school also sponsors artists’ residencies, an outreach program, and a craft gallery open to the public. Penland is a nonprofit, tax-exempt institution which receives support from the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.