October Issue 2001
Global Art Project Founder Comes to Western North Carolina
Founder/Director of the Global Art Project, Katherine Josten, will be traveling through the Carolinas in October. She is scheduled to give a 2pm talk and slide show in Tryon, NC, during the town's ArtEscape festival on Oct. 13.
ArtEscape, an arts celebration during the fall foliage season, brings together over a hundred artists and craftsmen, musicians, culinary delights, and a wine tasting from North Carolina vineyards. The event offers an opportunity to view and purchase art from seventeen galleries in downtown Tryon.
The Global Art Project slide show will be in
the Mural Room of the Tryon Fine Arts Center at 34 Melrose Avenue,
in Tryon. The slides are of the art and the people around the
world who created pieces to exchange in previous projects. Josten,
a Tucson-based artist, will explain the development of the Global
Art Project, how people can get involved, and future plans for
the project.
The idea of the Global Art Project is as simple as it is profound
- to spread world peace and global unity through art. Since its
beginning in 1994, the project has joined together over 40,000
participants in a multicultural celebration of peace expressed
through the arts. The next exchange will occur in Mar./Apr., 2002,
with participants on all seven continents, creating, exhibiting,
and giving away art expressing global unity - resulting in thousands
of messages of love and friendship simultaneously encircling the
Earth during the week of April 23-30, 2002.
Another venue for Josten's slide show will
be at a reception in the Arts Center of Henderson County in downtown
Hendersonville, from 7-9pm on Oct. 17. A reception for Josten
is being sponsored by Jessica Claydon of Touchstone Gallery. Claydon
has been responsible for exposing the Carolinas to the Global
Art Project. Other presentations are in the process of being scheduled
around the Asheville area. Check local papers for dates and times.
For more information on the Tryon slide show sponsored by The
Upstairs Gallery, contact Mara or Ford Smith at 828/859-9504.
For information on the Global Art Project, visit its website at
(http://www.global-art.org).
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