Sat-Sun, Feb 13-14, 9 to 5 pm: Pulp to Paper, a weekend papermaking class for the novice and those with some previous experience. You’ll learn techniques for forming sheets of handmade paper and how handmade papers are used in artwork, book arts, printmaking, cards and envelopes. Instructor Frank Brannan. $203+ $20 materials fee. For more info contact Laura Ladendorf at info@ashevillebookworks.com.
One-Day Focus Workshops at the SVFAL Studio in Black
Mountain. $50, 2/$90, 3/$125 10am -4:30 pm each day.
Tues, Feb 2, 10-4:30pm: Design and Composition with Cheryl Keefer. This
workshop will be focused on using value patterns to create more exciting
realistic or abstract compositions. Level-Beginner+, Medium-Any
Tues, Feb 16, 10-4:30pm: Color-Spontaneous, Bright and Joyful with Karen
Chambers. This workshop is designed for those who want to gain new insights into the application of color. Level-All; Medium-Any
Tues, Mar 16, 10-4:30pm: Painting “What’s Not There” with Ron
Maffett. Learn how to layer negative shapes to get more depth in your paintings; lose some of the hard negative edges to keep things loose and paint a landscape from foreground to the background.
Level-Beginner; Medium-Watercolor. For registration or more information: email: svfal.info@gmail.com or call: Karen Paquette, 828-357-8129
Words of Love Contest. Deadline: Postmarked by Feb 20. Prizes-$300/$200/$100/10 Honorable Mentions. Send in a creative letter, poem or story of 3,500 words or less. Your name, address, email and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet. The entry fee per submission is $20 (or $15 for Workshop members). Multiple entries are accepted.
Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners.
Make check/MO payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to: WOL Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Rd, Asheville, NC 28805, or email to WritersW@gmail.com, with WOL Contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org
The Arts & Culture Alliance is pleased to announce availability of the next Betsy Worden Memorial Artist Residency at the Emporium Center, 100 S Gay St in downtown Knoxville. Deadline for receipt of application is Fri, March 19. Available to college students and other young and emerging artists. Resident artist is required to occupy the studio and be present to show new work each First Fri of the month, spend a significant amount of time creating work in the Emporium studio, and help hang monthly changing exhibits in the Emporium galleries if necessary. Artist may also offer curatorial input and be eligible for curatorial opportunities in programming gallery space. For more info re: what residency includes, contact the Arts & Culture Alliance at (865) 523-7543 or e-mail sc@knoxalliance.com. App may be downloaded at www.knoxalliance.com
Clay Residency Opening at Energy Xchange. Apply as soon as possible. Applications reviewed at months’ end until slot is filled. The monthly rent is $460 for glass and $230 for clay. The residency is for up to three years with annual renewals. Rent incl: Studio space, hot equipment, free methane, individual office space and computer, internet access, fax, copier, business classes, a gallery on the premises, and individual web page on EnergyXchange site. Does not incl: Studio electric, supplies, long distance telephone, or lodging. Appl info: www.energyxchange.org/application.html
The Chatham Arts Gallery, 115 Hillsboro Street, Pittsboro, NC, is now accepting artists from across NC. You can find more information at www.chathamarts.org/gallery/gallery.html. Artists are required to submit 3 pieces of work for each medium they wish to show. Application Fees: $25.00. Annual Fee: $100.00. Commissions: 40% and 25% for those who volunteer in the Gallery or on a committee. Contact Gallery Mgr, Rosemarie Hoffman at ChathamArts.GalleryManager@gmail.com or call 919-542-4144
Call for artists: TC Arts Council in Brevard is looking for artwork that fits the theme “Body & Soul.” Artwork and application due on Feb 9-10. Exhibit runs Feb 12-Mar 12. Email tcarts@citcom.net, or call 828-884-2787
The Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition accepts one-poem submissions. The contest awards the winner publication in the Crucible literary journal and $200. Questions may be directed to Terry Kennedy at tlkenned@uncg.edu. Deadline: Feb 15.
The Doris Betts Fiction Prize awards the first-prize winner $250 and publication in the North Carolina Literary Review. Finalists will be considered for publication in the NCLR. The competition is open to any writer who is a legal resident of NC or a member of the NC Writers’ Network. For submission guidelines, go to http://www.ncwriters.org/programs-and-services/competitions/25-doris-betts-fiction-prize
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The Applachian Artists Society (TAAS), or the TAAS Gallery, located in Old Fort is planning on a “booknook,” complete with bookshelves, an easy chair, reading lamp and works of local authors. For more information, contact Dru Heldman at 828-668-1070 or e-mail dru@pinwilz.com. Future plans include author events and online selling.