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April Issue 2009
Cabarrus Arts
Council in Concord, NC, Features Exhibit of Decorative and Functional
Works
Marie Helene-Grabman
A new exhibition entitled, Generation to Generation: Folk Art Collectibles and Fine-Crafted Heirlooms, featuring decorative and functional works, from quilts to dulcimers to floor cloths to clay animals, will be on display Apr. 13 through June 4, 2009, at the Arts Council Galleries in Concord, NC.
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The exhibition includes artwork created by 15 artists: Kings Pottery of North Carolina's well-known Seagrove community, featuring face jugs, wood-fired salt-glazed works, grape and dogwood vases and colorful functional pottery made by Terry and Anna King; Crystal King Pottery of Seagrove including religious political and animal themes, by Terry and Anna King's daughter; Bill Hickman of Raleigh, NC, including welded steel masks, animals and people; Elia Bizzari of Pittsboro, NC, featuring chairs crafted using only hand tools and centuries-old techniques; Michael Brown of Grantsboro, NC, including the classic British stick chair, the Windsor, as interpreted by a native Brit; Brad Smith of Pennsylvania, featuring ax handle stools and pitchfork tables; Archie Smith of Mount Pleasant, NC, including musical instruments including Appalachian dulcimers, bowed psalteries and plucked psalteries; Charles Farrar of Concord with turned wood vessels by the artist whose work has been displayed in the US Embassy in Madagascar; Kathy Cooper of Winston-Salem, NC, featuring handcrafted floor cloths by the artist whose work is owned by Joanne Woodward, Henry Winkler and Jim Palmer; Susan Webb Lee of Asheville, NC, with one-of-a-kind quilts featuring bold use of color and intuitive design; Marie-Helene Lawler Grabman of Alexandria, VA, featuring traditional Swiss-German scherenschnitte (scissor cuttings) with elements of collage; Kathrin Weber with hand-woven and dyed blankets, throws and bags; Jerry Jackson of Rocky Mount, NC, including assemblages constructed with found objects depicting the historical preservation of childhood memories in the rural South; and Ginger Spangler of Liberty, NC, featuring collages and mixed media compositions that reflect the stories often found in families and the importance of oral history in the rural South.
For further information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the galleries
at 704-920-2787 or visit (www.CabarrusArtsCouncil.org).
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