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Tom Shields, “Mediation,” cast iron, 60 x 18 x 39 inches (photo courtesy of John Michael Kohler Arts Center) The year’s first exhibition at the Penland Gallery is a collection of work by artists who,...
View ArticlePersonal | Universal
The new exhibition at the Penland Gallery has stories to tell. Titled “Personal | Universal: Narrative Work in Craft,” the show includes pieces by eleven artists working in a variety of media who have...
View ArticleCloud Observatory
There’s this intriguing structure outside the Penland Gallery that is labeled “Cloud Observatory.” It is the imaginative work of Penland instructor Meredith Brickell. We’ve been meaning to write...
View ArticleSculpture and Sound at the Penland Gallery
Installation view of Eleanor Annand’s sculptures in the new exhibition “Compose | Decompose” “Compose | Decompose,” a new exhibition of mixed-media sculpture and sound installations, opens today at the...
View ArticleNatural Dyes at the Penland Gallery
For most of human history, the colors used in art, craft, and materials of all sorts were derived from plants, minerals, and insects. Since the industrial revolution, however, synthetic dyes and...
View ArticleHoss Haley | Correction Line
When visitors walk into the new exhibition at the Penland Gallery, they may feel a bit overshadowed. The six large steel sculptures by Hoss Haley are almost out of scale with the room, and their...
View ArticleJapanese Metalworking Techniques at the Penland Gallery
Over hundreds or thousands of years, cultures across the globe have developed their own ways of working with basic materials such as clay, fiber, and metal. This global nature of craft is brought to...
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