Angel Vite

Pho­tos from Angel’s recep­tion. A big thanks to Brooks But­ler for the tunes and a shout out to every­one who attended. Pho­tos by John Payne.

Ricky Need­ham

Some pics from Ricky’s fab­u­lous show. Pho­tos by John Payne. Thanks to the Secret Alpha­bets for the music and the man behind the cur­tain for the lights!

Tim Barn­well

Pho­tos from Tim Barnwell’s recep­tion. A big shout out to Tim for doing what he does best, take amaz­ing pho­tos. Also thanks to Tim Peeler and Ted Pope for the poetry and harass­ing our patrons in such a delight­ful way.

 

Art Of Choco­late 2011

Pho­tos from the 2011 Art of Choco­late Meet The Artists Recep­tion. Thanks to Geor­gia & Options Inc. for help­ing us throw another great party, Frances for hang­ing the show & the tire­less art patrons of Mor­gan­ton who really make the scene. All pho­tos were

taken by John Payne. Peace!

Oak Hill Iron: Ironol­ogy

Our biggest recep­tion yet with over 200 in atten­dance. The space has never looked bet­ter. Thanks to Oak Hill Iron and the Burke County arts com­mu­nity for mak­ing it pos­si­ble. With­out the artists and patrons it’s just a big empty room. Also lots of thanks to Moun­tain Bur­rito, Sour Grapes Wine Dis­tri­b­u­tion, Graciela’s Cakes and the Moolah Tem­ple $tringband.

Sig­na­ture Stu­dio: reEMERGENCE

Another won­der­ful evening thanks to the robust arts com­mu­nity in Burke County. Thanks to all who attended! The show will hang through Fri­day Feb. 11th so there is still plenty of time to come see the amaz­ing art cre­ated by the Mas­ter Artists at Sig­na­ture Studio.

Priscilla Wal­lace: Images of Thought & Memory

Mind­ful of the prin­ci­ples of design, Priscilla’s “Crafted Paint­ings” are part col­lage, part mixed media paint­ings, part con­struc­tions. They are likely to run off in any of these direc­tions, or oth­ers, as the spirit moves them. That spirit expands most suc­cess­fully when it is beau­ti­ful, whim­si­cal, col­or­ful, and rich. These pieces cel­e­brate life in one aspect or another, and they seek to cre­ate joy in the heart of the viewer.

“For me, thoughts can be given color and form. ‘Images of Thought’ is a visual pre­sen­ta­tion of our ideas and our get­ting them. ‘Mem­ory’ refers to past thoughts now refor­mat­ted and re-membered. What we feel can be given color and form as well. Although ‘real­is­tic’ images of peo­ple, pets, and land­scapes top the list of favorite sub­jects, there remains an impor­tant place in art for the intan­gi­ble forces in our lives: our thoughts, pas­sions, and mem­o­ries. I hope I have painted them, but the view­ers must fill in the blanks. It is in the blank spaces that we find our­selves.” – Priscilla Wal­lace

Mark Poteat: Com­par­isons & Similarities

This exhi­bi­tion fea­tured two bod­ies of work that were com­pleted ten years apart. From the fall of 1999 to the win­ter of 2002, Mark com­pleted a series of 20 paint­ings titled “Raft”, each with a num­ber and in many cases a sub­ti­tle that relates to a work or fig­ure in Art His­tory. The imagery is com­posed of ship­ping pal­lets and many imple­ments found in golf course main­te­nance build­ings. For 4 years after return­ing to Mor­gan­ton, NC, Mark worked part time on the grounds crew at Mimosa Hills Golf and Coun­try Club while teach­ing as an adjunct fac­ulty mem­ber at West­ern Pied­mont Com­mu­nity Col­lege. The “Raft” series comes from these experiences.

From 2003 thru 2008, the prob­lem of for­mal pic­to­r­ial space occu­pied Mark’s work. In the fall of 2008, he began a series of paint­ings titled “Fac­to­ries”. The sub­jects of these works are fac­to­ries rep­re­sent­ing the decline of man­u­fac­tur­ing. These works express a feel­ing of being alive with move­ment and a will­ing­ness to not be defeated.

“Both of these series rely on ref­er­ences to art his­tory for some of their com­po­si­tions and at times added mean­ing. Look­ing back, I see both series as expres­sions of per­sonal expe­ri­ence, for­mal inves­ti­ga­tions into art, and a homage to my blue col­lar back­ground.” — Mark Poteat

Foun­da­tions & Explo­rations: An Exi­bi­tion of Fiber & Clay

Thir­teen fiber artists includ­ing Beth Bai­ley, Nancy Bai­ley, Jane Bradley, Norma Bradley, Linda Cost­ner, Sally Dixon, Son­dra Dorn, Vyvyan Emery, Susan Fretz, Patri­cia Lackey, Joanne Seng, Kris­ten Steiner and Jackie Williams cre­ate cloth­ing, weav­ing, purses and art quilts. Through orig­i­nal pat­terns, expres­sive land­scapes and nar­ra­tive works, these arti­sans break out of tra­di­tional sym­met­ri­cal grids mak­ing works more expres­sive and contemporary.

Inves­ti­ga­tions of other tac­tile mate­ri­als may be viewed in pot­tery works of West­ern Pied­mont Com­mu­nity Col­lege Pot­tery Fac­ulty. Court­ney Long, Shane Mickey and Andrew Stephen­son seek to ele­vate rou­tine daily tasks through thought­fully designed, util­i­tar­ian wares.

Secret Alpha­bets Secret Show recorded dur­ing HMF 2010

Know It All Man Video

Dan Smith: Col­ored by Nature

The Crit­ters Live at MESH Video

Tim Peeler & Chall Gray Poetry Read­ing Hosted by Ted Pope

The Poetry Bomb

Jan Alms: Art 4 Life

Video from Jan’s Reception