Discounted classes at Penland
Penland School of Crafts has open spaces in its upcoming eight-week session available at half tuition to area residents. These long workshops are an unusual opportunity to spend two months working with first-rate instructors in professionally-equpped studios.
The discount is available to residents of the following Western North Carolina counties: Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Graham, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, and Yancey.
The session runs from Sept. 25 through Nov. 18 with openings in clay, metals, printmaking, and wood. The clay workshop, taught by Birdie Boone and Matt Repsher, will cover techniques for wheelthrown and handbuilt pottery. Kristina Glick’s metals workshop will focus on jewelry that includes enameling, electroforming, and found objects, and will cover basic metal fabrication techniques. Students in the print workshop, taught by Georgia Deal, will begin by making paper and then learn a range of monoprint methods to make unique prints on their handmade paper. Asheville artist Daniel Essig will teach a workshop emphasizing wooden sculptures that incorporate bookbinding. In the process he will cover basic woodworking and a range of techniques for creating interesting surfaces on wood.
All of these workshops are open to students of all skill levels: beginners welcome. Complete information is available in the classes section of the Penland website: www.penland.org. To enroll, call the Penland registrar at 828.765.2359, ext 1106.
The Penland Standby Program offers discounts to area residents who take unfilled spaces in Penland classes shortly before the classes begin.
