Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
Interested in adding an event to our calendar? Please click the green “Post Your Event” button below.
The Craft Futures Fund will fund up to $30,000 each month from May 2020 – October 2020 to support craft-based education projects. These one-time, unrestricted grants of $5,000 will be disbursed to craft-based education projects that envision and build new futures for craft.
As an advocate for the arts in our community, Haywood County Arts Council develops partnerships with schools, other nonprofits, county governments, schools, city revitalization boards, economic development councils, chambers of commerce, and tourism bureaus. These partnerships are often the catalyst for sustainable economic and community development using the arts and can lead to programs that connect diverse parts of the county through shared arts experiences.
With the assistance and support of the North Carolina Arts Council, the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) has an important role in sustaining, growing, and advocating for the arts in Haywood County. The HCAC is a Designated County Partner (DCP) for the North Carolina Arts Council, and administers the Grassroots Arts Program subgrant process as well as the Artist Support Grant for Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties.
The Battery Park end of the Grove Arcade is home to the Makers Market, an outdoor bazaar with a dozen stalls filled by artisans selling their craft directly to the public. The market is now accepting vendor applications for local artist to sell their wares, and the application fee is currently waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the process and vendor regulations, as well as how to apply, here.
This form has been a signature piece in Sarah’s body of work for years. The award winning Dancing Pitcher celebrates gracefulness, soft lines, and movement. The process making this unique form is inspiring and challenging.
This workshop is designed to push our limits as potters and push the limits of clay. We will cover many techniques. The goal is to stretch our thinking when making and designing pots. Creating designs where the flow of line and space are key. The making of this sectional graceful pot is perfect for discussion about design and training our eye to see.
We will cover:
- Throwing w/excellence
- Throwing in Sections
- Throwing with larger volumes of clay
- Darting
- Fluid Handles
- Pulling a large handle off the pot
- How to glaze this 24″ tall form and not ruin it
- Art that functions and why it matters
I will have several Pitchers in the different stages so we can all see this pot made to completion in the set 2 hours.
Hang on to you potters stool because you are in for a beautiful ride!
The video workshop is available for 30 days after purchase.
Sarah Wells Rolland will share how she throws a 6 lb. bowl form and from that shape creates 2 very different, unique pots. In this 2 hour demonstration Sarah will share how she throws a wide open bowl form creating and canvas for very different pieces. These pots will challenge you to take one form and push your design skills to another level. We will discuss why function, when is functional pots also art. Why? What makes your work unique, easily recognized as your work? How do you discover, unearth and create what is uniquely you? This should be a lively chat. Come prepared to share one or two images in the chat forum so we can discover together. Yes, beginners you too. I will share 2 very early pieces of mine as we have the conversation. What fun! What inspiration! Join me!
Join us at AR Workshop for a Specialty Succulent Box Workshop! In this workshop, we will help you create an 8″ or 16″ Mini Centerpiece Box, and then we will teach you how to fill it and care for a selection of beautiful succulents!
The registration fee includes all materials to create a custom DIY Centerpiece Box, and the planting materials to create a one-of-a-kind custom planter! If you would like to add handles to your project, they can be purchased separately at the workshop.
Join us on August 1st for a night of poetry, music and truth to benefit BeLoved Asheville!! We have an amazing lineup of poets joining us to speak truth to power! Join the LIVESTREAM event at 7pm!!
Join this amazing chorus of poetic voices:
Nickole Brown
Kevin Evans
Keith Flynn
Jaki Shelton Green
Luke Hankins
Jessica Jacobs
Sebastian Matthews
Eric Tran
Jacinta White
“The folks at BeLoved are truly inspiring, as is the work they do in combating gentrification and homelessness through building deeply affordable housing with equity, creating food scarcity through neighborhood free farmers markets and community gardens, in countering the ravishing effects of the coronavirus and attendant economic hardship, in standing up to racial intolerance, inequity, and injustice. In everything they do, BeLoved Asheville builds community.”
–Sebastian Matthews
The mission of BeLoved Asheville is to cultivate a transformational way of life through creativity, community and equity. We bring people together from all walks of life and together work to create innovative solutions to our toughest community challenges. We are working to create racial healing, home, health, and opportunity for all in our community!
How the fundraiser will work:
These amazing poets will share their work and during their performance there will be a donate button on the event Livestream where you can donate to BeLoved’s powerful work You can donate anytime during the performance. You may also donate before or after the performance in any of these ways:
Website: www.belovedasheville.com
Venmo: @BeLoved-Asheville
Ca$happ: $BeLovedAsheville
Mail: PO Box 6386, Asheville, NC 28816
Your generous support will make a huge difference to bring racial healing, home, health, and opportunity to our neighbors right now.
Thank you to our media Sponsor WPVM FM 103.7!!
The “SAY THEIR NAMES” display at The Oak Street Gallery lists the names of more than 60 Black Americans killed by police officers and the circumstances surrounding their deaths.
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Artists Collective | Spartanburg 2020 Juried Exhibition4 state exhibit – SC, NC, TN, GA We have struggled with whether to cancel this exhibit or not. We know that artists need this type of exhibit more than ever so we are continuing as planned. The dates are Sept. 15 – Oct. 17. There will not be an awards reception this year, but we will make the awards announcements online at a given time. The exhibit can be viewed during normal business hours. Last year this was a very successful event and prizes totaled $4500. We plan the same this year. |
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Black Lives Matter mural around Vance Monument completed |
| This week, 3 local Asheville artists completed a Black Lives Matter mural in Pack Square downtown. The mural wraps around the now-shrouded Vance Monument.
The mural was approved by Asheville City Council, and coordinated via the Asheville Area Arts Council. The push for the mural comes on the heels of weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd, heated debate over the Vance Monument and the memorial to Confederate soldiers in front of the Buncombe County Courthouse, and Asheville’s recent commitment to reparations. Each artist took the lead on a different word in the mural. Joseph Pearson was the lead artist for the word Black, Jenny Pickens for the word Lives, and Marie T. Cochran for the word Matter. |
As an advocate for the arts in our community, Haywood County Arts Council develops partnerships with schools, other nonprofits, county governments, schools, city revitalization boards, economic development councils, chambers of commerce, and tourism bureaus. These partnerships are often the catalyst for sustainable economic and community development using the arts and can lead to programs that connect diverse parts of the county through shared arts experiences.
With the assistance and support of the North Carolina Arts Council, the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) has an important role in sustaining, growing, and advocating for the arts in Haywood County. The HCAC is a Designated County Partner (DCP) for the North Carolina Arts Council, and administers the Grassroots Arts Program subgrant process as well as the Artist Support Grant for Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties.
The Battery Park end of the Grove Arcade is home to the Makers Market, an outdoor bazaar with a dozen stalls filled by artisans selling their craft directly to the public. The market is now accepting vendor applications for local artist to sell their wares, and the application fee is currently waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the process and vendor regulations, as well as how to apply, here.
This form has been a signature piece in Sarah’s body of work for years. The award winning Dancing Pitcher celebrates gracefulness, soft lines, and movement. The process making this unique form is inspiring and challenging.
This workshop is designed to push our limits as potters and push the limits of clay. We will cover many techniques. The goal is to stretch our thinking when making and designing pots. Creating designs where the flow of line and space are key. The making of this sectional graceful pot is perfect for discussion about design and training our eye to see.
We will cover:
- Throwing w/excellence
- Throwing in Sections
- Throwing with larger volumes of clay
- Darting
- Fluid Handles
- Pulling a large handle off the pot
- How to glaze this 24″ tall form and not ruin it
- Art that functions and why it matters
I will have several Pitchers in the different stages so we can all see this pot made to completion in the set 2 hours.
Hang on to you potters stool because you are in for a beautiful ride!
The video workshop is available for 30 days after purchase.
🕉LIVE STREAM WITH ME!:
The Zoom link will be posted in the event prior to class start time!
Contributions can be made here:
➡️PayPal: [email protected]
➡️Venmo: CeiaraCartony
I’m offering my classes to create space for self-care & support for the mind/body/soul. Don’t hesitate to connect!
Live Stream Yoga
Join me
for a 75 minute live yoga class:
Wednesday
April 29th @ 7:00 a.m.
Rise n’ Shine Mindful Wake-up Flow
(all-levels)
Friday
May 1st @ 12:00 p.m.
Vinyasa Pick-Me-Up Hour
(some experience recommended)
Sunday
May 3rd @ 9:00 a.m.
Mindful Wake-up Flow
(all-levels)
Monday
May 4th @ 7:30 p.m.
Vinyasa n’ Yin Yoga
(some experience recommended)
(More classes to be added, join my facebook page for current event listings: https://www.facebook.com/ceceyogini/ )
All live streams are suggested
$5
Send me an email to receive a free zoom link or connect with me on facebook to follow along with on-going class events. zoom links will be posted in class events on facebook.
The Battery Park end of the Grove Arcade is home to the Makers Market, an outdoor bazaar with a dozen stalls filled by artisans selling their craft directly to the public. The market is now accepting vendor applications for local artist to sell their wares, and the application fee is currently waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the process and vendor regulations, as well as how to apply, here.
This workshop is for the potter who wants to go bigger. Whether it’s 12″ taller or 24″ this 2 hour demonstration will set you on your way to making bigger pots. Tori will share techniques she uses to make bigger pots. For the intermediate to advanced potter this workshop can challenge you to add new skills and stimulate new ideas. For the beginner this demonstration will inspire you to push your skill set and motivate you to become an excellent potter.
Tori will create a contemporary form throwing in sections. She will share her techniques and challenges she has discovered while making bigger pots. This workshop is sure to be fun and engaging!
Details and Format:
We will use Zoom for this workshop. We will use chat for questions and comments. Tori will have an assistant who will monitor the questions so Tori can answer them in real time.
The link to this workshop will be available to registrants for one month.
When you purchase your ticket to this event you will receive an email that will include the link to register for this Workshop.
Refund policy:
We will not issue refunds. However you can view this workshop for a month after the live demonstration.
The Battery Park end of the Grove Arcade is home to the Makers Market, an outdoor bazaar with a dozen stalls filled by artisans selling their craft directly to the public. The market is now accepting vendor applications for local artist to sell their wares, and the application fee is currently waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the process and vendor regulations, as well as how to apply, here.
Reopening on the week of August 3 under limited hours, the Center is offering free, unguided visits and affordable tours of its exhibitions to the public. Guests can pre-register for a 30-minute visit to explore the current exhibitions, learn more about the Center’s national impact in their Craft Research Fund Study Collection, and enjoy interactive activities.
The Computer Pays its Debt: Women, Textiles, and Technology, 1965-1985, illuminates the direct connection between computing technology and weaving, and is now on view at the Center for Craft following a three-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Viewable by pre-registration starting August 4, the show positions women who worked with technology and textiles at the heart of the information age. Kayleigh Perkov, 2020 Curatorial Fellow, drew the exhibition’s title and theme from a 1966 New York Times interview with IBM computer scientist and weaver Janice Lourie, creator of the Textile Graphics software, in which she argues that it was “about time that [computing’s] debt to the weaving trade was paid back.”
The statement links computers to the nineteenth-century Jacquard Loom, which used punch cards as proto-programming. The loom directly influenced Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, considered the first programmer, when they invented the analytical engine – the precursor to our modern computers – in the nineteenth century. Perkov and the ten renowned artists in the exhibition, including Lourie, Sonia Sheridan, Sonya Rapoport, and Lia Cook, recenter the role of women in technology by elevating other voices and histories beyond Lovelace, offering up new ways of seeing the relationship between identity, creativity, and technology.
This is the first exhibition from this year’s 2020 Curatorial Fellowship recipients. Each year, the Curatorial Fellowship recognizes up-and-coming curators working at the cutting edge of craft. Three recipients organize shows at the Center for Craft to Asheville as part of the Center’s larger conversation around craft and its evolution.
Center for Craft is monitoring the effects of COVID-19 on the community and following the instruction of federal, state, and local health departments. Our top priority is always the health and safety of our staff, coworkers, and visitors. At this time, the Center will only allow a maximum of five guests in its public space at a time and will require the use of masks or face coverings by all visitors.
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We’re excited to now offer curbside pickup on Monday and Saturday afternoons and Thursday mornings for your purchases from the Museum Store! Browse the selection of apparel, books, handcrafted jewelry and art, inspiring toys, and more online. Simply select “pickup” at checkout, and we’ll contact you to find a time that fits your schedule.
Craft Your Commerce is a Mountain BizWorks entrepreneurial program designed to connect, elevate and advance creative and craft-centered companies through a series of business training workshops and classes designed by makers for makers. The program is offered in partnership with Center for Craft, UNC Asheville, and area creative entrepreneurs.
The 2020 Summer Workshop Series: Creative Shifts will focus on adapting your craft business to thrive in a drastically changed market.
We will start with a speaker panel of leading WNC based craft business entrepreneurs to hear how they’ve adjusted their business model and operations to meet the challenges of COVID-19. We will then learn from a Portland-based craft manufacturing entrepreneur about the innovative techniques and leadership strategies that have helped him to successfully scale his business and continue to weather these challenging market conditions. Finally, we will open a window into the realm of commercial projects and buyers, which is a customer and revenue segment that remains untapped for many craft entrepreneurs.
Throughout the series, an integrative cohort-based learning program will help weave together lessons from the workshops and guide entrepreneurs in developing their own goals and actionable plans.
As an advocate for the arts in our community, Haywood County Arts Council develops partnerships with schools, other nonprofits, county governments, schools, city revitalization boards, economic development councils, chambers of commerce, and tourism bureaus. These partnerships are often the catalyst for sustainable economic and community development using the arts and can lead to programs that connect diverse parts of the county through shared arts experiences.
With the assistance and support of the North Carolina Arts Council, the Haywood County Arts Council (HCAC) has an important role in sustaining, growing, and advocating for the arts in Haywood County. The HCAC is a Designated County Partner (DCP) for the North Carolina Arts Council, and administers the Grassroots Arts Program subgrant process as well as the Artist Support Grant for Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania Counties.
The Battery Park end of the Grove Arcade is home to the Makers Market, an outdoor bazaar with a dozen stalls filled by artisans selling their craft directly to the public. The market is now accepting vendor applications for local artist to sell their wares, and the application fee is currently waived due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learn more about the process and vendor regulations, as well as how to apply, here.
“As we continue to press into Hope, we continue to hear from supporters, and the message is loud and clear – they also feel the Hope connected to our mission, and want to keep supporting us.” Discovering new ways to sustain The Village Potters Clay Center during this season is the primary job now for the resident potters at TVPCC. As Sarah continues to apply for loans and grants, other potters are choosing hope each day by taking the torch from her to carry on the mission with a second “chapter” of Vessels of Hope.
The Village Potters are Sarah Wells Rolland, George Rolland, Judi Harwood, Lori Theriault, Julia Mann, Christine Henry, and Tori Motyl. They comprise an intentional Collective of potters who share a commitment to nurture creative exploration through education, experience, and community. The Village Potters includes a fine craft gallery, a Teaching Center offering ongoing classes in wheel and hand building for adults, an Advanced Ceramic Studies Program, and online demonstration and workshops. The Village Potters Clay Center is an educational member of The Craft Guild of the Southern Highlands, and is an official distributor for Laguna Clays.
Virtually enjoy the process of marbling, the antique process of floating paint on a thickened water surface. Watch as Pam Granger Gale drops paint onto the surface and each drop expands. More and more paint drops push others around without mixing. Then combs and rakes are used to create both historical and freeform patterns. Paper is placed on the surface and captures this monoprint forever.
FIRST WEDNESDAYS
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Artists Collective | Spartanburg 2020 Juried Exhibition4 state exhibit – SC, NC, TN, GA We have struggled with whether to cancel this exhibit or not. We know that artists need this type of exhibit more than ever so we are continuing as planned. The dates are Sept. 15 – Oct. 17. There will not be an awards reception this year, but we will make the awards announcements online at a given time. The exhibit can be viewed during normal business hours. Last year this was a very successful event and prizes totaled $4500. We plan the same this year. |
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We’re excited to now offer curbside pickup on Monday and Saturday afternoons and Thursday mornings for your purchases from the Museum Store! Browse the selection of apparel, books, handcrafted jewelry and art, inspiring toys, and more online. Simply select “pickup” at checkout, and we’ll contact you to find a time that fits your schedule.