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September Issue 2007
WICKWIRE and Grovewood Galleries Team up for A Month for CERF
WICKWIRE fine art/folk art in Hendersonville, NC, and Grovewood Gallery in Asheville, NC, have joined forces with 70 craft-related businesses nationwide for A Month for CERF, an annual event in September that raises funds for the Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF). All businesses joining A Month for CERF agree to make a contribution to CERF and to share information about CERF with their customers, exhibiting artists, and local community.
For the last several years, participants which include galleries, online markets, show producers, and craft artists, have organized raffles, auctions, special sales, and other creative fundraising activities that have collectively risen between $40,000 to $50,000 for CERF's programs and services. "CERF is incredibly grateful that WICKWIRE fine art/folk art and Grovewood Gallery have (once again) pledged to help craft artists - our primary constituency and their primary source of creative and beautiful objects - via fundraising and outreach activities on our behalf," said Jeanne Kirby, CERF's Communications and Events Coordinator. "We value our partnerships with these businesses who so generously give their time, resources, and heart to serve our constituents."
CERF's mission is to strengthen and sustain the careers of craft artists across the United States. Since its beginnings in 1985, CERF has developed a well known reputation in the craft community for the unique emergency relief assistance it provides to professional artists who have suffered career-threatening emergencies (natural disaster, fire, theft, illness and injury). CERF also offers information services, workshops, and technical assistance geared towards helping craft artists grow their businesses and careers.
This is the first year WICKWIRE fine art/folk art and Grovewood Gallery have collaborated to join A Month for CERF. Over the years, they have individually raised hundreds of dollars for CERF and hope to exceed previous goals by teaming up in partnership for CERF. The galleries plan to each have 2 raffle drawings for chances to win handmade crafts by regional artists and other prizes including $100 gift certificates. The galleries will alternate their Friday afternoon drawings to be held at 5pm. WICKWIRE fine art/folk art will draw Sept. 7 and 21 and Grovewood Gallery will draw Sept. 14 and 28, 2007. Raffle tickets are $10 and all money collected will benefit CERF's nationwide emergency relief efforts.
WICKWIRE will raffle a hand-built, wheel-thrown ceramic bird vessel by Judith Brater-Rose and a light sculptured blown art glass piece by Herman Leonhardt. Grovewood will raffle a mountain scape stained glass panel by Greg Magruder and a Mustang metal sculpture by Elliott Metal Works. Both gallery managers, Shirley Palmer-Hill and Sherry Masters, have chosen work that epitomizes the function and beauty of American craft. Our staffs invite you to visit WICKWIRE at 330 N. Main Street in Historic Downtown, Hendersonville and Grovewood Gallery next to The Grove Park Inn in Asheville, to enter our drawings on these selected works.
For more information check our NC Commercial
Gallery listings, contact WICKWIRE at 828/692-6222 or visit (www.wickwireartgallery.com)
or Grovewood Gallery at 828/253-7651or visit (www.grovewood.com).
For more information regarding the Craft Emergency Relief Fund
and A Month for CERF, contact: Elissa Campbell or Jeanne Kirby
at 802/229-2306 or visit (www.craftemergency.org).
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