More than 40 artists, studios and art venues from the BLUE Ridge Parkway at Hwy 70 heading east to BLACK Mountain and beyond will be open to the public.
Studios participating in the Blue to Black Art Weekend Art Stroll & Studio Tour will be open from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, November 16-17.
The two-day event, sponsored by AnTHM Gallery, Greybeard Realty, Seven Sisters Gallery and The Inn on Mill Creek, is a chance to visit working artist studios and downtown Black Mountain art venues. Take part in live demonstrations, workshops, studio tours and musical entertainment throughout the weekend.
Weekend activities are free and open to the public and include an antique spinning wheel in Black Mountain, potters’ studios off Montreat Road, a 3D found-object art sculptor’s studio in East Asheville, a photographer’s studio with demonstrations in Old Fort, and tours of pastel and acrylic painters’ studios in Black Mountain, as well as a fine furniture-maker’s workshop. Spinning wheel demonstrations, handspun yarns, art quilts, earthy ceramics, and Arts & Crafts handmade chairs and bowls can be discovered during the two-day event.
Studio Artists Include:
Dazzle Artworks Studio – Alan Kaufman, 3-D found object folk art; East Asheville
Nancy Clausen – Pastels & acrylics; visiting artist of Dazzle Artworks Studio
Wood & Water Studios – Thomas Whalley, ceramics; Swannanoa
Imagine That! Creations – John Wayne Jackson, botanical sculpture; Black Mountain
Libba Tracy – Abstract ceramic wall art; visiting artist of Imagine That! Creations
Brian Brace – Fine furniture maker; Black Mountain
Ray Mata – Photography; visiting artist at Brian Brace Fine Furniture Maker
Olivers Woodworks – Alan O. Arcand, wood furniture; Black Mountain
Studio 208 – Fred Feldman, mixed media, wood, sculpture, clay, found object art; Black Mountain
Alice Constantine – Fine oil paintings; Black Mountain
David Kaylor – Wood turning; Black Mountain
Barbara Rogers – Clay arts; Black Mountain
Sarah Vekasi – Decorative & functional pottery; Black Mountain
Big Bear Artisans Studio (inside AGS) – Helen Sullivan; fine art, wreaths, scented candles, Old Fort; John Sullivan, wood working, Old Fort
“Our Blue to Black Art Weekend Art Stroll & Studio Tour is a wonderful way to step inside a working studio or downtown art venue and see how works of art are made. Thousands of people have toured the studios since 2006 when the first studio tour started—formerly known as the East of Asheville Studio Tour—and we are pleased to continue this event bi-annually — the first weekend in May, and now, the third weekend in November — to kick-off the holiday gift-giving season,” said Cappi Macsherry, executive director of Blue to Black Art Weekend.
If You Go: An interactive tour map is available at www.bluetoblackartweekend.com, where you will also find driving directions, map markers, web links and contact information for each site. For more details call (828) 707-7615.