December 2011

Green Hill Center for NC Art in Greensboro, NC, Features Annual Winter Art Show & Sale

The Green Hill Center for NC Art at the Greensboro Cultural Center, in Greensboro, NC, opens its Winter Show with one of Greensboro’s most popular holiday events: the Collector’s Choice Fundraiser on Dec. 3, 2011, from 7-11pm.

Collector’s Choice provides a rare opportunity to truly become engaged with the very best art North Carolina has to offer. Participants have an advance opportunity to purchase pieces in the Winter Show exhibition before they are available to the public and to meet and mix with exhibiting artists over food and wine. A must-do for those who love and appreciate fine art and craft. Proceeds from Collector’s Choice benefit Green Hill Center’s exhibition and educational programming.

The remaining works in the 2011 Winter Show will be on view from Dec. 4 through January 15, 2012. An opening reception will be held on Dec. 4, from 2-5pm.

This exhibition brings together over 100 artists each year from across North Carolina and constitutes a comprehensive survey of the finest art and crafts being produced in the state. Since 1979, Green Hill Center’s Winter Show continues to be the best venue for art for the holiday season and experiencing the works of NC artists. Paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry, woodwork, fabric and fiber works, ceramics, are presented in an articulated installation in which hundreds of artworks in multiple mediums may be viewed in a harmonious ensemble.

The following is a list of artists participating in the Winter Show by medium.

Clay artists who are participating include: Gaines Bailey (Raleigh, NC), Natalie Boorman, (Chapel Hill, NC), DirtWorks Pottery (Seagrove, NC), Jeff Dean (Seagrove, NC), Ross Edwards (Burnsville, NC), Brian P. Evans (Wilmington, NC), Jennifer Gardiner (Lansing, NC), Bruce Gholson (Seagrove, NC), Lisa Gluckin (Bakersville, NC), Mark Gordon (Wilson, NC), Sue Grier (Leicester, NC), Deborah Harris (Chapel Hill, NC), Samantha Henneke (Seagrove, NC), Allison McGowan Hermans (Concord, NC), Daniel Johnston (Seagrove, NC), Blake Kennedy (Winston-Salem, NC), Heather Knight (Asheville, NC), Mimi Logothetis (Cedar Grove, NC), Chris Luther (Seagrove, NC), Shaunna Lyons (Bakersville, NC), Stephanie Martin (Seagrove, NC), Brett McDonough (Greensboro, NC), Teresa Pietsch (Bakersville, NC), Ahmad Sabha (Charlotte, NC), Amy Sanders (Charlotte, NC), Siglinda Scarpa (Pittsboro, NC), Pat Scull (Raleigh, NC), Barbara Strassberg (Davidson, NC), Roy Strassberg (Davidson, NC), Betsy Vaden (Chapel Hill, NC), Mark Warren (Penland, NC), Kate Waltman (Seagrove, NC), and Conrad Weiser (Durham, NC).

Fiber artists who are participating include: Elena Bondar (Raleigh, NC), Andrea Donnelly (Richmond, VA), Susan Lenz (Columbia, SC), Tim Lewis (Whittier, NC), Emily Mills Reed (Chapel Hill, NC), Janet Taylor (Spruce Pine, NC), and Teena E. Tuenge (Candler, NC).

Glass artists who are participating include: Aaron Baigelman (Burnsville, NC), Thor & Jennifer Bueno (Green Mountain, NC), Judson Guerard (Bakersville, NC), Jon Kuhn (Winston-Salem, NC), and Emilio Santini (Williamsburg, VA).

Metal artists who are participating include: Joanna Gollberg (Asheville, NC), Sarah Tector (Raleigh, NC), and Julia Woodman (Atlanta, GA).

Photography artists who are participating include: Tim Buchman (Charlotte, NC), Bryce Lankard (Charlotte, NC), and Barbara J. Tyrolean (Chapel Hill, NC).

Wood artists who are participating include: Alan Hollar (Newland, NC), Stuart Ryan Kent (Greenville, NC), Tom Shields (Penland, NC), and Jason Van Duyn (Raleigh, NC).

Painting, drawing, and printmaking artists who are participating include: Isabelle P. Abbot (Charlottesville, VA), Tamie Beldue (Black Mountain, NC), Becca Bellamy (Charlotte, NC), Deneé Black (Raleigh, NC), Maria Britton (Ridgewood, NY) Ashlynn Browning (Raleigh, NC), Keith Buckner (Greensboro, NC), Joyce Cambron (Beaufort, NC), Sylvia Chung (Cary, NC), Katie Claiborne (Chattanooga, TN), Julia Clift (Carrboro, NC), Steven M. Cozart (Greensboro, NC), Stacy Crabill (Hillsborough, NC), Jason Craighead (Raleigh, NC), Jenifer Crowell (Beaufort, NC), Jessica DeHart (Mooresville, NC), Richard Fennell (Whitsett, NC), Nancy Fletcher (Morehead City, NC), Joshua Flint (Portland, OR), Joanne Q. Geisel (Leland, NC), Will Goodyear (Raleigh, NC), Heather Gordon (Durham, NC), Sharon Hardin (Winston-Salem, NC), Jayne Johnson (Charlotte, NC), Carroll Lassiter (Chapel Hill, NC), Alexis Lavine (Greensboro, NC), Gayle Stott Lowry (Raleigh, NC), Daniel Marinelli (Penland, NC), Catherine Martin (Apex, NC), Cheryl McGraw (Wilmington, NC), Jeremiah Miller (Belews Creek, NC), Emmy Mills (Liberty, NC), Mary Rountree Moore (Chapel Hill, NC), Allan Nance (Wilmington, NC), Richard Christian Nelson (Tryon, NC), Julie Niskanen (Raleigh, NC), Janet Oliver (Erie, CO), Alberto Ortega (Raleigh, NC), Carl Peverall (Burnsville, NC), Lucy D. Phillips (High Point, NC), Scott Michael Raynor (High Point, NC), Chrys Riviere-Blalock (Shelby, NC), John W. Sagartz (Indian Trail, NC), Terry Schupbach-Gordon (Tobaccoville, NC), Travis Seymour (Morehead City, NC), R. Bruce Shores (Greensboro, NC), Randy Shull (Asheville, NC), Keith Spencer (Tryon, NC), Mark Stephenson (Misenheimer, NC), Margie Stewart (Durham, NC), Mary Lou Sussman (Charlotte, NC), Pamela Toll (Wilmington, NC), Cindy Walton (Asheville, NC), James Williams (Greensboro, NC), K. Wolf Webb (Wilmington, NC), Lisa Woods (Greensboro, NC), Lauren Jones Worth (Greensboro, NC), and Matt Zigler (Raleigh, NC).

Sculpture artists who are participating include: Leah Foushee-Waller (Hillsborough, NC), Leo K. Gaev (Carrboro, NC), Billy Lee (Greensboro, NC), Alexis Joyner (Elizabeth City, NC), Jim Kransberger (Asheville, NC), Mary-Ann Prack (Jefferson, NC), and Michael E. Waller (Hillsborough, NC).

Related programming includes: On Dec. 7, from 5-7pm - Wish List Wednesday. Get exactly the gift you want at The Shop @ Green Hill Center’s Wine and Gift Registry. You make your list, we’ll check it twice and tell those closest to you what you want this holiday season.

On Dec, 8, from 12:30-1:30pm - Talk & Tour with Edie Carpenter. An introduction to the new artists of Winter Show 2011 with curator, Edie Carpenter.

On Dec, 14, from 5:30-6:30pm - The Art of Collecting. Long time Green Hill Center supporter, volunteer and board member Susan Veazey talks about how she began collecting art and what inspires her to collect.

For further information check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Center at 336/333-7460 or visit (www.greenhillcenter.org).

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