2020 Arrowmont Roundtable: ART OUTSIDE

In a new conversation series, Instructor Roundtables, Arrowmont brings together instructors originally scheduled to teach in 2020 for live discussions about the themes uniting their work.

October’s Instructor Roundtable features

• Anne K. Beyer, woodfire ceramics
• Mark Hendry, broom & basketry artist
• Anna Johnson, jewelry & mixed media artist
• Kenya Miles, natural dye & fibers artist 

Special thanks to 2020 instructor Heinrich Toh who helped conceive and shape this new conversation series.

ANNE K. BEYER Anne K. Beyer is an adjunct professor of Ceramics at the Paducah School of Art and Design. She earned her BFA from Albion College and an MFA from Indiana University. Beyer spent the years in between firing a variety of wood kilns. She is currently designing and building an anagama at her home studio in the countryside. annekbeyer.com

MARK HENDRY Mark Hendry is a full-time artisan specializing in historic handcraft with a focus on using natural materials. With over 30 years of experience as a professional teacher of fine and performing arts, both in private, public, and magnet schools, Mark travels throughout the country teaching all levels and ages. He teaches regularly for the John C. Campbell Folk School, is a member of the Southern Highland Craft Guild, and is the director and resident artist for Mountain Heritage Handcraft, located in Blue Ridge, Georgia. www.MHcrafted.com

ANNA JOHNSON Anna Johnson is a studio artist living in Asheville, North Carolina. Her work is exhibited internationally and has appeared in numerous publications, including American Craft Magazine, Metalsmith Magazine, and CAST: Art and Objects. Johnson has taught at Penland School of Craft, Arrowmont and Haywood Community College. www.annajohnsonjewelry.com

KENYA MILES Kenya Miles is a lead gardener at the Natural Dye Initiative in Baltimore City and is the artist and alchemist at Traveling Miles Studio, a one-woman textile and fine art studio utilizing sustainable materials from earth pigments to natural dyes. Her work honors ancient practices while drawing on a distinctive contemporary voice. Miles has traveled the valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico to the red clay roads of Ntonso, Ghana to develop her process with years of wandering and apprenticing around the globe. She currently runs Blue Light Junction, a community natural dye studio in Baltimore, MD. travelingmilesstudio.bigcartel.com