Summer is in full swing and the Waynesville Gallery Association announces the July edition of Art After Dark! Art and music beckon you to join in on the art stroll, Friday, July 1.
Galleries and restaurants stay open late, including working studios. On Main Street and Hazelwood festive Art After Dark flags denote participating galleries, such as the Haywood County Arts Council’s Gallery 86, Twigs and Leaves Gallery, Burr Studios, Earthworks, The Jeweler’s Workbench, TPennington Art Gallery, Cedar Hill Studios and The Village Framer.
Don’t miss the historic Hazelwood, with the beauty of Studio SG. With over 11 participating galleries, everyone is sure to find inspiration through the beauty of art. Visit www.waynesvillegalleryassociation.com.
Oil Painter Sarah Sneeden will be demonstrating in Twigs and Leaves Gallery during Art After Dark Friday evening, July 1, 6-9PM. Her works of “Captured Sunshine” will be featured all month in the gallery. Sarah herself is a burst of sunshine as her paint brush fills the canvas with vibrant color and light. Friday evening, as you stroll through the gallery’s 150+ primarily regional artists, enjoy piano music by Waynesville’s Diane Wolfe and delight in the savory hors d’eurves.
Twigs and Leaves Gallery, 98 North Main St. Open Monday – Saturday 10-5:30pm, Sunday 1-4pm (828) 456-1940 www.twigsandleaves.com Find and “Like” us on Facebook.
Burr Studio will feature noted local artist, Tanya Collier, at Art After Dark, on Fri. July 1. Collier works in glass mosaics, making beautiful garden step stones. Enjoy refreshments and meet Tanya from 6-9pm. For more information, call (828) 456-7400
The Jewelers Workbench will feature Linda Azar. Azar is a jewelry artist and metal smith living in the mountains of WNC. She grew up in Saint Petersburg, Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in Gainesville with a BA in Architecture. While in school, she honed her design skills and fell in love with crafting things with her hands. She experimented with a wide range of materials used for making models: plaster, fiberglass, wood and found objects. But it was in metal where she found her true passion.
She moved to Asheville to continue her career in architecture but quickly realized she had stronger interests elsewhere. She continued to develop her artistic sensibilities through a variety of creative outlets—filmmaking, printmaking, graphic design, painting- until finally, in 2011, she rediscovered her love for metalworking when she enrolled in the Professional Crafts program for Jewelry at Haywood Community College. Linda was accepted into the Southern Highland Craft Guild in 2014.
Cory Plott will be demonstrating with clay at The Village Framer. Plott’s clay sculptures are amazing in detail, form and color, and is amazing and entertaining to watch. The Village Framer will be open for framing needs or questions and the gallery also represents many fine artists and craftspeople. All framing is done on-site. Reach us at (828)452-0823.