ArtReach 2024: Harlan & Hazard
May 06, 2024
ARTREACH was founded in 1992 with the mission to bring traditional Appalachian crafts and culture to underserved communities where funding in arts education is limited. Central Appalachian students, 4th-12th grade, receive immersive instruction from artists through in-person and virtual learning opportunities. ARTREACH ON THE ROAD directly connects rural communities with arts and crafts artists for... Read More
Questioning Home, Curated by Joetta Maue
May 03, 2024
May 3 – June 2, 2024 | Knoxville Gallery Questioning Home represents the open and generous spirit of the home that Arrowmont creates for artists and craftspeople while simultaneously asking deep questions about the future, past and present of what home means to us individually and collectively in the present time. The exhibiting artists are... Read More
2024-2025 Artists-in-Residence Announcement
April 23, 2024
For over 30 years, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts has welcomed the next generation of great artists to campus through our Artists-in-Residence program. Each year the program offers five early-career artists the time, space and support needed to develop new work. Learn more about the AIR program here. We are thrilled to announce our... Read More
2023-2024 Artists-in-Residence Exhibition: Souvenirs
April 03, 2024
March 18 – May 17, 2024 | Sandra J. Blain Galleries For their final exhibition as the Arrowmont Artists-in-Residence, our 2023-2024 artists worked with Megan Adams, 2023-2024 Kenneth R. Trapp Craft Assistant/Curatorial Fellow, to create a show that spans medium, meaning and style. Exhibition Statement Souvenirs features artwork created by the 2023-2024 cohort of Artists-in-Residence during... Read More
Turned & Carved: Woodworks by Rick Cannon
April 03, 2024
March 25 – May 24, 2024 | Jerry Drown Gallery ARTIST BIO I have worked with wood most of my life. When I was young if something wooden in our home broke, we repaired it. This was done mostly out of necessity, but I remember using the tools and process. When I discovered that woodworking... Read More
Spring Wildflower Pilgramage
April 03, 2024
April 1 – May 24, 2024 | Geoffrey A. Wolpert Gallery Artist Statement Anchored in the dynamics of human-plant relationships, Becs makes research-based ceramics, performance, painting, and installation. She creates imagery that is assertive and dreamlike by combining ceramics and digital technology. Her performance uses her history to tell stories of non-human entanglements. She creates rules... Read More
2024-2025 Kenneth R. Trapp Fellow: Mathilde Frances Lind
April 03, 2024
Arrowmont is excited to announce our 2024-2025 Kenneth R. Trapp Fellow, Mathilde Frances Lind! The Trapp Fellowship is designed to provide the fellow with the opportunity, resources, and collection to utilize and hone the skills they gained through their graduate/doctoral education. Each fellow has the opportunity to work with the gallery and program team to... Read More
Arrowmont Welcomes Bio Artist Maria Schechter’s Mycelium Sculpture The Gatekeepers to Campus
January 24, 2024
Arrowmont Welcomes Bio Artist Maria Schechter’s Mycelium Sculpture The Gatekeepers to Campus ... Read More
Courtney Martin: 2023 Fall Studio Intern
November 14, 2023
An interview with Courtney Martin, Arrowmont’s 2023 Fall Studio Intern, and Kelly Hider, Director of National Programs at Arrowmont. KH: Courtney, tell us a little bit more about yourself! Where are you from, and how did you get into the arts? CM: I grew up in Athens, OH and currently live in Pittsburgh,... Read More
Janet Link and Josie Vogel
October 06, 2023
October 6 – October 29, 2023 | Arrowmont Gallery in Knoxville Join us on First Friday for October’s Featured Gallery Artists, Janet Link and Josie Vogel. On display is an ongoing series of 100 drawings, titled Migrations by Janet Link. This body of work is derived from four photographs of shadows collected with her cell phone and... Read More