The Weave Shed Gallery
The Hambidge Center has a long history of presenting outstanding pottery and ceramics. The Weave Shed Gallery has recently expanded its focus to include sculpture, fiber arts, painting, works on paper, and other interesting artworks from both Hambidge Fellows and outstanding talents from across the region.
Gallery Hours:
Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5pm, or by appointment.
Closed on holidays.
Gallery phone: 706-746-5718
CURRENT SHOW:
Fables of the Eco-Future
March 30-June 8, 2013
Closing reception: Saturday June 8, 3-5pm
Fables of the Eco-Future presents artists who are preoccupied with the natural environment. These artists are storytellers and innovators. Some have preternatural abilities to predict concerns that will soon encroach on our horizons. They might envision an alternative future for the land, making plans and designing prosthetics for a new nature. They might develop spaces and objects in support of a healthy world. They speak of thriving ecosystems or devastated landscapes, expressing themselves through fantasy, reality, or an inventive combination of both.
Fables of the Eco-Future, organized by Lisa Alembik, invited visual artists and writers, all fellows of the Hambidge Center, to present works in a variety of visual media and the written word. Sketches and ceramics, maquettes and models, plans, essays, song lyrics and poetry are included in the exhibition.
In an extension of the exhibition, artist and poet Steve Lautermilch presents his work in the Rabun County Public Library. Residing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the artist often travels to the western United States to capture images and gather inspiration. Lautermilch’s elegant and evocative dialogue between word and image rises from his profound connection with the natural world. Experiential, ephemeral and visual, his words merge with the picture plane.
Artists:
Juliet Araujo, Linda Armstrong, Misty Bennett, Lucinda Bunnen, Marcia R. Cohen, Eilis Crean, Stephanie Dowda, Brent Fogt, Rich Gere, Bryan Hiveley, Cecelia Kane, Judith Berk King, Diana Kingsley, Judy Lampert, Steve Lautermilch, Susan Maakestad, Margaret McCarthy, Donna Mintz, Virginia Parker, Allen Peterson, Julie Püttgen, Ryan Rusinski, Tommye Scanlin, Michele Schuff, Bob Thomas, Marie Weaver, Judy Winograd
Writers:
Gregory Byrd, Carolyn Jackson, Libby Falk Jones, Leatha Kendrick, George Ella Lyon, Mariana McDonald, Donna Mintz, J. Stephen Rhodes, Kelly Wacker, Dana Wildsmith
Visit the Rabun County Public Library at 73 Jo Dotson Circle, Clayton GA 30525
Hours: Mon - Fri: 9am-6pm; Sat: 10am-3pm; Phone: 706-782-3731; Website: rabuncountylibrary.org
Photos of the show:
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PREVIOUS SHOWS:
Autumn 2012
Invitational Show of Pottery & Handmade Objects
October 13 – November 24, 2012
Opening: October 13, 10am-5pm
A combination of old favorites and new names, we are proud to present a superb selection of regional potters & makers of handmade objects. Curated by Judy Lampert.
Artists:
Corinne Adams, Deborah Adornato, Susan Berkowitz, Jennie Berman, Jorie Berman, Rick Berman, Shelia Bradley, Eileen Braun, Lynne Burke, Josh Copus, Peggy Cowan, Glenn Dair, Theresa DuPre, Lynn Durant, TJ Edwards, Tom Egan, Sharon Farrelly, Gwen Fryar, Annette Gates, Jennifer Graff, Barry Gregg, Michael Gregory, Erik Haagensen, Carl Hansen, Matt Henderson, Julie Hillard, Judy Horton, Janice Wilson Hughes, Mark Issenberg, Peggy McBride, Katy McDougal, Peter McIntosh, Ron Meyers, David Morgan, Michael Murrell, Joleen Oh, Lainey Papageorge, Margaret Patterson, Don Penny, Mario Petrirena, Kathy Phelps, Geoff Pickett, Lisa Pickett, Brenda Rehrig, Barry Rhodes, John Roberts, David Robinson, Joan Sauer, Michael Schmidt, Luba Sharapan, Judy Shreve, DeWitt Smith, Vernon Smith, Jean Stewart, John Sumner, Patrick Taylor, Barbara Brown Taylor, Ed Taylor, Priscilla Wilson of The Gourd Place, Minsoo Yuh and more!
Above image by Ron Meyers. Photo courtesy of Signature Gallery.
Summer 2012
FLOW
June 23 – September 8, 2012
Opening reception: June 23rd, 6-9pm
Come celebrate the art of printmaking at Hambidge! In connection with
the Chattooga River Festival and with an appreciation for the natural
resources in the area, artists from the Atlanta Printmakers Studio
explore the flow of water, nature, energy, and time. The printmakers
featured in this exhibit are also fellows of the Hambidge Center for
Creative Arts and Sciences. Though they work in a variety of media and
styles, each artist incorporates some form of printmaking in the work.
Exhibitors:
Terri Dilling, Rich Gere, Joey Hannaford, Tim
Hunter, Susan Ker-Seymer, Eleanor Neal, Debrah Santini, Stephanie Smith,
Marie Weaver, Judy Winograd
You can find out more about the Atlanta Printmakers Studio by clicking here.
Spring 2012
North, South, East…NEST
Showcasing artists of North Georgia & Southern Appalachia
who gain inspiration from our Eastern birds.
March 31 through June 2
Opening Reception: March 31, 6-8pm
Curator and Artist, Peggy McBride, of Globe Studio in Clayton, Georgia,
has gathered an inspiring flock of artists, featuring:
Ivy Arrends ~ Pat Calderone ~ Cedar Chan ~ Dexter
Dockery ~ Lynn Durant ~ Vicki Essig ~ Lauren Finley ~ Charles Gandy ~
Dietrich Hoecht ~ Bryant Holsenbeck ~ Angelique Jackson ~ King Kudzu ~
Eric Legge ~ Jim Mason ~ Bob Meadows ~ Christie Moody ~ Michael Murrell ~
Libby Mathews ~ Junco Sato Pollack ~ Wolfgang Pries ~ Tommye McClure
Scanlin ~ Andrew Hunter Smith ~ Julia Speer ~ Jean Stewart ~ Suzanne
Stryk ~ Peter Rose ~ Sandy Webster ~ Peggie Wilcox ~ and more!
During the gallery reception, Hambidge Fellow Lisa Ezzard will perform a
West African dance piece to live African drumming at a special
installation on the lawn. Inside, she and Thomas Rain Crowe will give a
short poetry reading with music. Join us from 6-8 pm at the Hambidge
Center’s reception for this multi-media exhibit showcasing
avian-inspired contemporary craft and fine art. Works by over 30 artists
include sculpture, paintings, basketry, book arts and creations in
glass, clay, metal wood and textiles.
LISA EZZARD is a Hambidge Fellow and
published poet currently splitting time between San Diego, CA and nearby
Tiger, GA while learning the workings of her family’s winery, Tiger
Mountain Vineyards. Lisa has studied West African dance for 18 years
with master dancers and has been teaching traditional West African
dances from Guinea, Mali, and Senegal for the past eight years in San
Diego, California while performing with Monette Marino Keita’s ensemble.
THOMAS RAIN CROWE is an
internationally-published poet and the author of thirty books. He was a
founding editor of Katuah Journal: A Bioregional Journal of the Southern
Appalachians and is founder-publisher of New Native Press. His
award-winning memoir Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods, is
based on four years of self-sufficient living in a wilderness
environment in the woods of western North Carolina.
Reception sponsored by Tiger Mountain Vineyards.
Images: Messenger of Hope by Pat Calderone and Raven and Boat by Sandy Webstererman
Photos of the Opening Reception:
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2011
Fellows and Friends Invitational
Pottery Show & Sale, Wood & Textiles, too!
Through November, 2011
We’ve asked for the best pieces from several of our Fellows,
as well as from artists that have previously exhibited with us, whom we
are now happy to call our friends. Come see a variety of work, from
useful & beautiful pots to fun & whimsical ceramics, plus a
selection of expertly crafted wooden objects and textiles. All the work
is for sale, so it’s a wonderful opportunity to buy a gift for someone
special – even if that special someone is yourself!
Images: Work by Margaret Patterson, Julie Hilliard, Barry Gregg, Rick Berman