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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 for the BLUE To BLACK Art Weekend Art Stroll &
Studio Tour, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. (studios), 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, and to take part in demonstrations,
workshops, studio tours, children’s crafts and live entertainment throughout
the weekend.
Weekend activities are free
and open to the public and include an antique spinning wheel in Black Mountain,
a glass blowing studio in Fairview, a 3D
found-object art sculptor’s studio in East Asheville, a photographer’s studio
with demonstrations in Old Fort, and tours of acrylic and pastel painters’
studios in Black Mountain as well as a Blacksmith’s
workshop. Spinning wheel demonstrations, handspun yarns, art quilts, earthy
ceramics and Arts & Crafts handmade chairs can be discovered during the two-day
event.
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Event destinations include east
Asheville, Black
Mountain, Swannanoa, Fairview,
Ridgecrest, and
Old Fort.
An interactive tour map has
been posted at www.bluetoblackartweekend,com,
with driving directions, map markers, Web links and contact information for
each site. A list of art demonstrations offered during the BLUE To BLACK Art
Weekend also has been posted. Printed 2013 weekend brochures listing all
participants may be obtained at the Black Mountain-Swannanoa Chamber, AnTHM,
throughout Buncombe County, Hendersonville,
or at participating sites.
“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 E.A.S.T—East of Asheville Studio Tour), and we are pleased to continue
this event bi-annually — always 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.
“In May,
participants sold artwork, took commissions for custom works, introduced
community members to a “Taste of Black Mountain” with May’s annual Chamber
fundraiser and Painted Rocking Chair debut, talked shop and made some
long-lasting contacts. This is a great way to get to know our BLUE To BLACK
artists, art venue retailers, and historic arts area.” “This November’s BLUE To
BLACK Art Weekend fundraiser will benefit Black
Mountain’s Community Garden. Check the website for further details on this
artsy and organic event.”
While the BLUE To BLACK Art
Weekend is the time when visitors know participating studios and venues will be
open 10 a.m.-6 p.m., a map listing the multiple BLUE To BLACK studios and art
venues is available for visits all year long on a “best-to-call-ahead” basis
for studios.
Macsherry said the art scene
is hot in the Black
Mountain region and
includes artists working with fabric, collage, thread, paint, paper, wood,
glass, metal, photography, fiber, wood turning and clay. These artists paint
quilts, stitch books, coil baskets, mold found-art sculpture, build fine
furniture, throw bowls, design & make fine jewelry, carve wood and knit
sculpture. Curious travelers can find one-of-a-kinds from handspun yarns, blown
glass ornaments, handmade sterling earrings, hand-molded ceramic mugs to fine,
folk and outsider style art, along with other handmade collectibles in addition
to experiencing craft demonstrations, working studios, or art venue offerings
firsthand.
BLUE To BLACK Art Weekend is
made possible by a group of committed community artists and arts advocates in
addition to multiple area sponsors.
In addition to the weekend’s
events and Community
Garden fundraiser, on
view at the Monte Vista Hotel November 1-December 31 is “Fabulous Fakes”:
Interpretive Paintings from the Swannanoa Valley Fine Arts League of Master’s
works—a favorite annual show put on by the art league. A ‘Meet the Artists’ reception will take
place 5-8 p.m., Friday, November 15, along with a sampling of artworks and
handmades being shown on the BLUE To BLACK Art Weekend Art Stroll & Studio
Tour. The public is invited to attend and to help kick off our big weekend.
For information, call 828.707.7615,
e-mail bluetoblackartweekend.com or visit www.bluetoblackartweekend.com
Contact: Cappi Macsherry, 828.707.7615, bluetoblackartweekend@gmail.com
WWW.BLUETOBLACKARTWEEKEND.COM
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