Writers’ Workshops are for any level writer, and meet at 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville. They include a brown-bag lunch break.  Registration is in advance only, by mail or at www.twwoa.org. $75/$70 members. For more info, contact writersw@gmail.com, 828-254-8111.
Sat, Sept 11, 10-4pm: Fiction Writing Workshop with Brenda McClain. Class will explore such elements as story arc, characterization, voice, point of view, and dialogue. Publishing tips will also be given, and students may bring five pages (double-spaced) to the class for discussion.

Photography Workshops  with Kelly Culpepper at Wildacres.
Oct 8-10: Primarily a crash course that functions as a great practical/field experience for beginners, but could also be very beneficial for more advanced photographers who have limited time.
Oct 5-10: 6-day workshop generally for more experienced folks who have a basic competency level and want time to stay in the region. Participants are guided and critiqued by Kelly and on one day they work with a guest photographer. For more info, www.carolinacaptured.com/

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Roots + Wings School of Art in Asheville offers a unique opportunity for children to develop their visual art skills through our monthly art sessions for ages 3-6 and 7-12. 4-week sessions, one hour, once a week. $50 per child/per session. For more info, go to www.rootsandwingsarts.com or contact Ginger Huebner at 828-545-4827

Thurs, Aug 19-Sept 23, 12:30-2:30pm: Art Class with Barbara Kahn at Little Switzerland Books & Beans. Learn to tap into your own artistic self with a variety of techniques and materials. Start an artist’s journal, draw from nature, paint from the imagination, make collages, sketch landscapes, do group art projects and much more. New Journal, pen & pencil paid for at first class: $25. $125 (incl most mat)
Thurs, Aug 19-Sept 23, 3-5pm: Herb & Aromatherapy 101 with Barbara Kahn at Little Switzerland Books & Beans.
HERBS-Learn to identify herbs that grow locally and use them for health and beauty. We will go on nature walks to find herbs, bring some back to the bookstore and craft them into useful products.
AROMATHERAPY-Discover the art of combining botanical essential oils to make your own natural perfumes, therapeutic smelling salts, moisturizing skin drops, spritzers and bath salts. $125 (incl most mat). For more info about either workshop, call 828-765-9070.

FineArtAmerica is very pleased to announce that we’ve been selected to provide artwork for ABC’s television series, Desperate Housewives, as part of a pilot program that’s going to revolutionize the way that artwork is licensed for use on television. For more info about how to participate, go to www.fineartamerica.com

Registration Deadline Sept 17: The NC Arts Council would like to invite you to become a part of Poetry Out Loud, a national poetry recitation competition for high school students, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation and the NC Arts Council.
This year, all across NC, high school students will memorize poetry to recite in front of friends, family, teachers and total strangers, and we’d like you to be part of it. Students can choose from an amazing selection of poetry that can be found at www.ncarts.org/poetryoutloud. This program is open to all high schools: public, private and home schools.

Deadline Sept 3: The Junior League of Raleigh (JLR) and Visual Art Exchange (VAE) present Down Home: Portraits of the Old North State, a juried art exhibition Oct 21-24. This exhibit is a special feature of the JLR’s A Shopping SPREE!, an annual four-day shopping fundraiser that attracts approximately 12,000 shoppers annually from around the country. Artists may enter 2 pieces exploring this year’s theme of Down Home: Portraits of the Old North State. This exhibit is open to all 2D artwork, excluding photography, by living Carolina artists. For full info/entry form, visit www.carolinacolor.wordpress.com/

Part-Time Program Assistant. The Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center in downtown Asheville, is currently looking for a part-time Program Assistant to begin as soon as possible.  Duties include: Grant writing and research; Management of membership program; Interaction with museum visitors; Assistance to Program Director with events, exhibitions, marketing, etc. Hours will consist of 12 hours per week to start and may include occasional weekends &/or evenings depending on events.
Compensation is an hourly wage. Send a cover letter and resume to P.O. Box 18912, Asheville NC, 28814, or e-mail to bmcmac@bellsouth.net

American Art Marketing is inviting artists to apply to our contemporary
fine arts fair in NYC at the Jacob Javits Center for November 19-21.  Open to all contemporary artists creating original work, including but not limited to painting, photography, sculpture and mixed media.  We have display options starting at $585 for a 5′ X 10′wall space and all inclusive booth packages starting at $1880 for a 4′ X 10′ booth. For more information and to apply please visit www.contemporaryartfairnyc.com

Sept 10-11: Calling all 2010 Carolina Mountains Literary Festival Volunteers. It is almost that time again and this will be our 5th year, and we are interested in knowing who might be able to help this year. Volunteers are what help us keep going, in money, or in time, and we appreciate both-session coordinators, people to help at the Welcome Desks, for runners, for help in setting up some tents for Sat storytelling, for help with food for the presenters, audio visual equipment help, selling food with the Rotary club and  generally just help. The title this year is Coming Home. If you can help, call Mike Hoskins, Volunteer coordinator, 828-682-4505