Kids Age 14–18, Adults  ∙  December 11, 2021  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn how to spindle sand a square piece of wood into a functional rolling pin! Students learn how to safely use the lathe and woodturning tools, such as the roughing gouge and bowl nose gouge. After completing the rolling pin shape, students sand and finish their piece — just in time for all holiday cookie-making.

Instructor  ∙  Naomi David Russo

Naomi David Russo is a woodworker who makes both functional and non-functional objects. Russo is heavily inspired by structures found in playgrounds. She references these forms through her use of shape and movement. In 2019, she received her BFA in woodworking and furniture design from Maine College of Art. She was an Alumni Resident at MECA in 2020. Currently, Russo is an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
naomidavidrusso.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 8–10, Adults  ·  December 11, 2021  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Students will make hand-built ceramic ornaments fit for any holiday. Considering nature and creatures, we will construct unique ceramic characters with kinetic mobility and hanging elements. Each student creates up to three ornaments. Students may come prepared with creature ornament designs.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Vanessa Hartman

Vanessa Hartman makes objects as a way to digest the world around her. Growing up in Jupiter, Florida, the sand, fauna, people, and gift shops provided her with a particular sensibility for the human perspective and the way we interact with our lived-in environment. Hartman received her BA in studio art from Florida State University in 2014 with a focus on multi-media sculpture and ceramics. Her continued desire to learn brought her to Tennessee where she studied and worked at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in 2017. It was there she fell in love with the mountains and community of East Tennessee. Since then Hartman pursued a cohesive balance between working, making, and teaching.
instagram.com/van.hartman

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 12–14, Adults  ∙  December 11, 2021  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of metal stamping words and patterns on soft metals. Students use letters and design stamps to decorate a pre-cut copper or brass holiday ornament. Stamp names and patterns to personalize your own timeless ornament, or create a special gift!

Instructor  ∙  Lynn Straka

Lynn Straka is a Cleveland, Ohio native, avid Buckeye, and proud Arrowmont Volunteer. She received her BSc and DVM at Ohio State University. Straka is a self-taught jewelry artist that enjoys the art of technique and texture. While she has always been a maker, professionally she began making beaded jewelry which led her to explore metal and mixed media jewelry processes. Daily problem solving skills and using small hand tools as a veterinarian has helped her with mastering jewelry fabrication. Straka’s work can be found at the Cliff Dwellers Gallery in Gatlinburg, TN, the Art Market Gallery and Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, TN, the Arrowmont artist showcase gallery, and Etsy.com
facebook.com/SissysPrettiesMixedMediaJewelry

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Parent & Me Option, Kids Age 5–7  ∙  December 11, 2021  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$75 (Parent & Me), $60 Individual  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

It’s almost like magic (plus a little elbow grease), and you create hand-painted or printed ceramic plates and platters to use this holiday season. The possibilities are endless as you roll, cut, paint or print on clay slabs using pottery forms and foam. Press-Press-Presto! Just in time for Holiday Cookie time.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking, but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

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Kids Age 10–12, Adults  ∙  December 11, 2021  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Focus on drawing and painting winter landscapes with watercolor. If the weather is too chilly, the class will create winter-themed still life pieces indoors where it’s cozy. Learn a variety of watercolor techniques while creating a magical winter scene.

Instructor  ∙  Paige Burchell

Paige Burchell has worked in art education in East Tennessee for seven years. In addition to serving as a K-12 art teacher, she is an instructor at Arrowmont and the Knoxville Museum of Art, a mentor to new art teachers in Sevier County, and the 2020 awardee for East Region Tennessee Art Educator of the Year. Burchell earned Associate Degrees in graphic design and studio art from Pellissippi State Community College; a BFA in studio art & art education and an MS in art education from University of Tennessee in Knoxville; and an Educational Specialist Degree in instructional leadership from Lincoln Memorial University. Burchell currently teaches visual art at Seymour High School.
sites.google.com/a/sevier.org/art-with-ms-burchell/meet-ms-paige-burchell

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January 19, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Have you always wanted to dip your toes in the world of blacksmithing and leatherworking? This short, one-night class is perfect for anyone who wants to try it all out! Starting with fire, everyone will learn basic blacksmithing techniques including: bending, flattening, riveting, welding. We will use pre-punched leather belt blanks and rivet them together to secure the hand-forged belt buckles and make them perfectly sized for your waist.

Instructor  ∙  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 19, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Using hand-crafted wooden jigs, basic hand-building techniques, and slab roller, students will make large ceramic platters to enjoy at home. Students will learn how to use the slab-roller and will receive information on how to create their own wooden jigs for future use. Students may come prepared with ideas and materials for surface decoration, however tools will be provided.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Vanessa Hartman

Vanessa Hartman makes objects as a way to digest the world around her. Growing up in Jupiter, Florida, the sand, fauna, people, and gift shops provided her with a particular sensibility for the human perspective and the way we interact with our lived-in environment. Hartman received her BA in studio art from Florida State University in 2014 with a focus on multi-media sculpture and ceramics. Her continued desire to learn brought her to Tennessee where she studied and worked at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in 2017. It was there she fell in love with the mountains and community of East Tennessee. Since then Hartman pursued a cohesive balance between working, making, and teaching.
instagram.com/van.hartman

To register call 865-436-5860

January 19, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn how to spindle sand square pieces of wood into a pair of candlesticks. Students learn how to safely use the lathe and turning tools such as the roughing gouge and bowl nose gouge. Once the desired shapes are created, students sand and finish their pieces. Enjoy a candlelit meal with a pair of handmade candlesticks!

Instructor  ∙  Naomi David Russo

Naomi David Russo is a woodworker who makes both functional and non-functional objects. Russo is heavily inspired by structures found in playgrounds. She references these forms through her use of shape and movement. In 2019, she received her BFA in woodworking and furniture design from Maine College of Art. She was an Alumni Resident at MECA in 2020. Currently, Russo is an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
naomidavidrusso.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 19, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn basic needle felting techniques to create a small, custom felted bird of your choice. Students learn how to build shapes and forms with wool, and how to use felting needles safely. The instructor will discuss how wool fiber is processed and how fibers are blended together to create different textures and colors.

Instructor  ∙  Katherine Wagner

Katherine Wagner is a fiber artist currently residing in Knoxville, TN. Originally from Ohio, she graduated from Xavier University with a BFA in studio arts with a concentration in fibers and textiles in 2017. Her needle-felted work draws inspiration from nature and the environment around her. Along with fibers and textiles processes, Katherine enjoys working in bookbinding, illustration and more. She teaches classes at Arrowmont and across the region, most recently at Knoxville Arts and Fine Crafts Center.
instagram.com/woodlandlace

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Kids Age 14–18  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Explore acrylic painting the first week, oil painting the second week, and finish with watercolor techniques during the final week. Students paint on canvas panels and watercolor paper, exploring basic techniques in each medium. Students are challenged to discover their own painting style and encouraged to bring personal ideas and subjects (photos, pictures from magazines, etc.) that they would enjoy learning to paint.

Instructor  ∙  Ed Lockett

Ed Lockett taught painting as a community class instructor at Arrowmont for the past 30 years. He has a BS and MA in Art Education from ETSU. He taught at Tennessee High School in Bristol, TN and is a Career Level III teacher. In 2007 he was awarded Tennessee Art Educator of the Year. Ed is a member of Tennessee Craft and the Foothills Craft Guild. He enjoys en plein air painting and encourages his Arrowmont students to explore the possibilities of oil paint, acrylic, and watercolor as they develop their own creative style.

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 10–14  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create a unique box to hold your special treasures! In this class students learn the necessary steps to construct a slab-construction box or enclosed form. Students have an opportunity to create a non-traditional box from a variety of templates. This workshop covers creating a lid and decorating techniques including pressed texture, carving, and painting.

Instructor  ∙  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Aged 7–10  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Get your fingers inky in this fun three-week camp! Students explore a variety of different types of printmaking including Gelli printing, monoprinting, block printing and collagraphs. We will be on and off the press making multiples and unique monoprints!

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

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Kids Age 14–18  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Use charcoal to draw from observation (the still life and figure), and explore abstraction using sumi ink and additional media. Techniques covered include gesture and contour drawing and working additively and subtractively. Over the course of this three-week class, students create many experimental and exploratory drawings and can expect to leave the class with at least three well-developed drawings.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

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January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

In this three-night class, students use lathes to turn a pedestal side table out of cherry wood. Learn proper lathe and woodworking safety while creating a finished table — a perfect addition to your home!

Instructor  ∙  Heather Ashworth

Heather Ashworth is the studio technician of the Windgate Center for Wood at Arrowmont. She received her BFA in furniture design and utilitarian ceramics at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. Ashworth has been in the woodworking world since high school, where she was originally interested in architecture and construction. By her senior year, she attended a trade school in St. Louis, Missouri where she developed more furniture-based skills. Following graduation, Heather was awarded a residency at Arrowmont before joining the staff. She maintains a small studio practice focusing primarily on Shaker boxes and commissions. Heather enjoys teaching community classes for youth and adults.
instagram.com/madelastnightstudio

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Come and learn some new throwing tricks on the pottery wheel! Students explore techniques and skills for throwing to improve your forms. We’ll also cover decorating with underglaze to create a beautiful, finished piece. Students should have basic centering and pulling skills before taking this class.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Buie Hancock

Buie Hancock has been creating colorful, functional and decorative handmade pottery since 1982. She began throwing pottery at age 17 and has been having fun “slinging mud” ever since. She attended the University of Tennessee where she graduated with a BFA with honors in 1986. She started her own business and gallery, Buie Pottery, in September of 1986. She has been president of the historic Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community (the United States’ largest concentration of artisans and craftspeople since 1941), a member of the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce, and has served on various committees and councils for her city and community. She is currently Vice Chair of the Anna Porter Public Library Board of Directors.
buiepottery.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Torch-fired enameling is fun, easy and affordable. Learn techniques of cutting, filing, cleaning and preparing metal for enameling. Using powdered enamels, experiment with sifting, stencils and sgraffito. Then use a torch to fuse the enamels onto the metal! Finished pieces can be worn as jewelry or larger pieces can be incorporated into multimedia and sculptural work.

Instructor  ∙  Vickie J. Bradshaw

Vickie J. Bradshaw is a Southern Appalachian studio artist who has made art for thirty years in a variety of mediums. Vickie teaches jewelry-making and torched-fired enamel classes. She is especially interested in mixed-media art and the functionality of found objects. She received her BFA from Memphis College of Arts. Vickie most recently exhibited at Gallery 1010 (Knoxville TN), Artfields 2020 (Lake City, SC), the Year of the Woman (Norfork, VA), and Decatur Arts Festival (Atlanta, GA).
vickiejbradshaw.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Explore the realm of abstract sculpture through paper casting. This engaging three-step process begins with constructing a sculpture in solid clay; creating a plaster mold from the clay sculpture; and finally making paper pulp to press into the molds. Students create a finished paper sculpture and a plaster mold for future casting but will also learn about a variety of materials and sculpture techniques.

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Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create a unique wooden tapestry-like artwork of your own design. For beginners and experienced woodworkers alike, students receive individual assistance to construct their fluid wooden piece. Students in this class use woodshop machinery including the table saw, band saw, chop saw, and drill press, and learn necessary woodshop safety techniques. There is an option to paint wood pieces before tying them together utilizing weaving and knot-tying techniques. Students leave with their flexible wooden artwork and a variety of skill sets.

Instructor  ∙  Kyle Cottier

Kyle Cottier is a sculptor from Louisville, KY. He earned a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2015, and attended the New York Studio Residency Program in Brooklyn in 2014. His interdisciplinary practice blends traditional textile and woodworking techniques spanning sculpture, installation, photography, painting, illustration, writing and performance. Kyle creates work informed by the convergence of the natural and made world, exploring the synthesis of personal and social transformations. After working for a time in New York’s Hudson Valley, Kyle is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
kylecottier.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Torch-fired enameling is fun, easy and affordable. Learn techniques of cutting, filing, cleaning and preparing metal for enameling. Using powdered enamels, experiment with sifting, stencils and sgraffito. Then use a torch to fuse the enamels onto the metal! Finished pieces can be worn as jewelry or larger pieces can be incorporated into multimedia and sculptural work.

Instructor  ∙  Vickie J. Bradshaw

Vickie J. Bradshaw is a Southern Appalachian studio artist who has made art for thirty years in a variety of mediums. Vickie teaches jewelry-making and torched-fired enamel classes. She is especially interested in mixed-media art and the functionality of found objects. She received her BFA from Memphis College of Arts. Vickie most recently exhibited at Gallery 1010 (Knoxville TN), Artfields 2020 (Lake City, SC), the Year of the Woman (Norfork, VA), and Decatur Arts Festival (Atlanta, GA).
vickiejbradshaw.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create a unique wooden tapestry-like artwork of your own design. For beginners and experienced woodworkers alike, students receive individual assistance to construct their fluid wooden piece. Students in this class use woodshop machinery including the table saw, band saw, chop saw, and drill press, and learn necessary woodshop safety techniques. There is an option to paint wood pieces before tying them together utilizing weaving and knot-tying techniques. Students leave with their flexible wooden artwork and a variety of skill sets.

Instructor  ∙  Kyle Cottier

Kyle Cottier is a sculptor from Louisville, KY. He earned a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2015, and attended the New York Studio Residency Program in Brooklyn in 2014. His interdisciplinary practice blends traditional textile and woodworking techniques spanning sculpture, installation, photography, painting, illustration, writing and performance. Kyle creates work informed by the convergence of the natural and made world, exploring the synthesis of personal and social transformations. After working for a time in New York’s Hudson Valley, Kyle is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
kylecottier.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Explore the realm of abstract sculpture through paper casting. This engaging three-step process begins with constructing a sculpture in solid clay; creating a plaster mold from the clay sculpture; and finally making paper pulp to press into the molds. Students create a finished paper sculpture and a plaster mold for future casting but will also learn about a variety of materials and sculpture techniques.

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Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Come and learn some new throwing tricks on the pottery wheel! Students explore techniques and skills for throwing to improve your forms. We’ll also cover decorating with underglaze to create a beautiful, finished piece. Students should have basic centering and pulling skills before taking this class.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Buie Hancock

Buie Hancock has been creating colorful, functional and decorative handmade pottery since 1982. She began throwing pottery at age 17 and has been having fun “slinging mud” ever since. She attended the University of Tennessee where she graduated with a BFA with honors in 1986. She started her own business and gallery, Buie Pottery, in September of 1986. She has been president of the historic Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community (the United States’ largest concentration of artisans and craftspeople since 1941), a member of the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce, and has served on various committees and councils for her city and community. She is currently Vice Chair of the Anna Porter Public Library Board of Directors.
buiepottery.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

In this three-night class, students use lathes to turn a pedestal side table out of cherry wood. Learn proper lathe and woodworking safety while creating a finished table — a perfect addition to your home!

Instructor  ∙  Heather Ashworth

Heather Ashworth is the studio technician of the Windgate Center for Wood at Arrowmont. She received her BFA in furniture design and utilitarian ceramics at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. Ashworth has been in the woodworking world since high school, where she was originally interested in architecture and construction. By her senior year, she attended a trade school in St. Louis, Missouri where she developed more furniture-based skills. Following graduation, Heather was awarded a residency at Arrowmont before joining the staff. She maintains a small studio practice focusing primarily on Shaker boxes and commissions. Heather enjoys teaching community classes for youth and adults.
instagram.com/madelastnightstudio

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create a unique wooden tapestry-like artwork of your own design. For beginners and experienced woodworkers alike, students receive individual assistance to construct their fluid wooden piece. Students in this class use woodshop machinery including the table saw, band saw, chop saw, and drill press, and learn necessary woodshop safety techniques. There is an option to paint wood pieces before tying them together utilizing weaving and knot-tying techniques. Students leave with their flexible wooden artwork and a variety of skill sets.

Instructor  ∙  Kyle Cottier

Kyle Cottier is a sculptor from Louisville, KY. He earned a BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 2015, and attended the New York Studio Residency Program in Brooklyn in 2014. His interdisciplinary practice blends traditional textile and woodworking techniques spanning sculpture, installation, photography, painting, illustration, writing and performance. Kyle creates work informed by the convergence of the natural and made world, exploring the synthesis of personal and social transformations. After working for a time in New York’s Hudson Valley, Kyle is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
kylecottier.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

In this three-night class, students use lathes to turn a pedestal side table out of cherry wood. Learn proper lathe and woodworking safety while creating a finished table — a perfect addition to your home!

Instructor  ∙  Heather Ashworth

Heather Ashworth is the studio technician of the Windgate Center for Wood at Arrowmont. She received her BFA in furniture design and utilitarian ceramics at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. Ashworth has been in the woodworking world since high school, where she was originally interested in architecture and construction. By her senior year, she attended a trade school in St. Louis, Missouri where she developed more furniture-based skills. Following graduation, Heather was awarded a residency at Arrowmont before joining the staff. She maintains a small studio practice focusing primarily on Shaker boxes and commissions. Heather enjoys teaching community classes for youth and adults.
instagram.com/madelastnightstudio

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Torch-fired enameling is fun, easy and affordable. Learn techniques of cutting, filing, cleaning and preparing metal for enameling. Using powdered enamels, experiment with sifting, stencils and sgraffito. Then use a torch to fuse the enamels onto the metal! Finished pieces can be worn as jewelry or larger pieces can be incorporated into multimedia and sculptural work.

Instructor  ∙  Vickie J. Bradshaw

Vickie J. Bradshaw is a Southern Appalachian studio artist who has made art for thirty years in a variety of mediums. Vickie teaches jewelry-making and torched-fired enamel classes. She is especially interested in mixed-media art and the functionality of found objects. She received her BFA from Memphis College of Arts. Vickie most recently exhibited at Gallery 1010 (Knoxville TN), Artfields 2020 (Lake City, SC), the Year of the Woman (Norfork, VA), and Decatur Arts Festival (Atlanta, GA).
vickiejbradshaw.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Come and learn some new throwing tricks on the pottery wheel! Students explore techniques and skills for throwing to improve your forms. We’ll also cover decorating with underglaze to create a beautiful, finished piece. Students should have basic centering and pulling skills before taking this class.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Buie Hancock

Buie Hancock has been creating colorful, functional and decorative handmade pottery since 1982. She began throwing pottery at age 17 and has been having fun “slinging mud” ever since. She attended the University of Tennessee where she graduated with a BFA with honors in 1986. She started her own business and gallery, Buie Pottery, in September of 1986. She has been president of the historic Great Smoky Arts & Crafts Community (the United States’ largest concentration of artisans and craftspeople since 1941), a member of the Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce, and has served on various committees and councils for her city and community. She is currently Vice Chair of the Anna Porter Public Library Board of Directors.
buiepottery.com

To register call 865-436-5860

January 24–26, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Explore the realm of abstract sculpture through paper casting. This engaging three-step process begins with constructing a sculpture in solid clay; creating a plaster mold from the clay sculpture; and finally making paper pulp to press into the molds. Students create a finished paper sculpture and a plaster mold for future casting but will also learn about a variety of materials and sculpture techniques.

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Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Aged 7–10  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Get your fingers inky in this fun three-week camp! Students explore a variety of different types of printmaking including Gelli printing, monoprinting, block printing and collagraphs. We will be on and off the press making multiples and unique monoprints!

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 14–18  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Explore acrylic painting the first week, oil painting the second week, and finish with watercolor techniques during the final week. Students paint on canvas panels and watercolor paper, exploring basic techniques in each medium. Students are challenged to discover their own painting style and encouraged to bring personal ideas and subjects (photos, pictures from magazines, etc.) that they would enjoy learning to paint.

Instructor  ∙  Ed Lockett

Ed Lockett taught painting as a community class instructor at Arrowmont for the past 30 years. He has a BS and MA in Art Education from ETSU. He taught at Tennessee High School in Bristol, TN and is a Career Level III teacher. In 2007 he was awarded Tennessee Art Educator of the Year. Ed is a member of Tennessee Craft and the Foothills Craft Guild. He enjoys en plein air painting and encourages his Arrowmont students to explore the possibilities of oil paint, acrylic, and watercolor as they develop their own creative style.

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 10–14  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create a unique box to hold your special treasures! In this class students learn the necessary steps to construct a slab-construction box or enclosed form. Students have an opportunity to create a non-traditional box from a variety of templates. This workshop covers creating a lid and decorating techniques including pressed texture, carving, and painting.

Instructor  ∙  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 14–18  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Use charcoal to draw from observation (the still life and figure), and explore abstraction using sumi ink and additional media. Techniques covered include gesture and contour drawing and working additively and subtractively. Over the course of this three-week class, students create many experimental and exploratory drawings and can expect to leave the class with at least three well-developed drawings.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 14–18  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Use charcoal to draw from observation (the still life and figure), and explore abstraction using sumi ink and additional media. Techniques covered include gesture and contour drawing and working additively and subtractively. Over the course of this three-week class, students create many experimental and exploratory drawings and can expect to leave the class with at least three well-developed drawings.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Aged 7–10  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Get your fingers inky in this fun three-week camp! Students explore a variety of different types of printmaking including Gelli printing, monoprinting, block printing and collagraphs. We will be on and off the press making multiples and unique monoprints!

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 10–14  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create a unique box to hold your special treasures! In this class students learn the necessary steps to construct a slab-construction box or enclosed form. Students have an opportunity to create a non-traditional box from a variety of templates. This workshop covers creating a lid and decorating techniques including pressed texture, carving, and painting.

Instructor  ∙  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Kids Age 14–18  ∙  January 22, January 29, February 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$85  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Explore acrylic painting the first week, oil painting the second week, and finish with watercolor techniques during the final week. Students paint on canvas panels and watercolor paper, exploring basic techniques in each medium. Students are challenged to discover their own painting style and encouraged to bring personal ideas and subjects (photos, pictures from magazines, etc.) that they would enjoy learning to paint.

Instructor  ∙  Ed Lockett

Ed Lockett taught painting as a community class instructor at Arrowmont for the past 30 years. He has a BS and MA in Art Education from ETSU. He taught at Tennessee High School in Bristol, TN and is a Career Level III teacher. In 2007 he was awarded Tennessee Art Educator of the Year. Ed is a member of Tennessee Craft and the Foothills Craft Guild. He enjoys en plein air painting and encourages his Arrowmont students to explore the possibilities of oil paint, acrylic, and watercolor as they develop their own creative style.

To register call 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create hand-bound photo albums with purpose. Students are encouraged to bring family photographs, old letters, and other personal ephemera to create a unique photo album to house them. Students learn basic bookbinding techniques, focusing on the look and function of each album based on what they will hold inside. We will discuss the importance of the physical family photo album and resurrect the practice of maintaining them with an artful and intentional eye.

Instructor  ∙  Kelsey Dillow

Kelsey Dillow is from Huntington, West Virginia. She received her BFA in photography & integrated media from Ohio University in 2016, and a minor in women’s, gender & sexuality studies and museum studies. Utilizing traditional and alternative photographic processes, Dillow’s studio practice explores connecting and dividing lines between religion, the occult and Appalachian identity. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Appalachian region. Kelsey is a co-founder of Whistlepig Farms, a collective of makers raising plants and making art in the hollers outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. She has a darkroom there where she develops film and makes traditional and alternative photographic prints and tintypes.
kelseytdillow.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of painting on silk using both synthetic and natural resists. Over the course of the class, students translate their own drawings and designs into silk paintings. Learn how to apply dyed resists to create colored lines and texture, and use fluid dyes in a variety of direct applications. Pieces will be steam set at the end of the class to produce vivid silk paintings.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

To register call 865-436-5860

February 7–9, 2022  ·  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ·  Call 865-436-5860 To Register  ·  Para Inscribirse Llama 865-436-5860

In this workshop students will create their own clay reliquary. A reliquary is a container for holy relics – whether in a religious context or a secular one we all have things that we revere as relics. Students should come to class prepared with personal items they want to make a reliquary for, such as a photo, a piece of jewelry, something belonging to a loved one who has passed, or other special object.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

En esta clase los estudiantes crearán un relicario de arcilla. Un relicario es un contenedor de reliquias sagradas; ya sea en un contexto religioso o secular, todos tenemos cosas que veneramos como reliquias. Los estudiantes deben venir a clase preparados con artículos personales para los que quieran hacer un relicario, como una foto, una joya, algo que pertenezca a alguien que amas y que haya fallecido, o otro objeto especial.
*Las piezas serán horneadas en un horno por el personal de Arrowmont y estarán listas para recoger en una fecha posterior.

Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.

Hiracio Casillas nació en Chandler, Arizona y se crió en Jalisco, México durante la mayor parte de su infancia antes de que su familia se mudara de regreso a los Estados Unidos a San Angelo, TX. En 2013 recibió su licenciatura en cerámica de Angelo State University y su maestría de la Universidad de North Texas en 2018. El trabajo más reciente de Horacio está tallado para representar ventanas y arcos de las catedrales basadas en la arquitectura gótica y las iglesias de su ciudad natal de Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Enfocar mi trabajo a través del lente de mi fe católica me ha dado un aprecio por las tradiciones que se encuentran en la Iglesia, incluida su influencia en la arquitectura”. Horacio es actualmente un Artista en Residencia de Arrowmont 2021-22.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860  ∙  Para inscribirse llama 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of restoring and re-hanging axe heads. This three-day workshop runs students through the process of refinishing, hanging, and sharpening axe heads along with outfitting them with a leather sheath. Each student receives an old hatchet head on the first night and leaves with a finished camp hatchet ready to work for many years.

Instructor  ∙  Michael France

Michael France is an artist originally from Huntington, West Virginia, and currently living on a farm in Union County, Tennessee. Focusing on utilitarian objects and how we interact with them daily, Michael hopes to provide people with simple and thoughtfully made tools that will outlive and outshine their mass-produced counterparts. In this quest for quality, as an instructor he imparts the value of handmade tools and the skills and time required to produce objects that will serve the user well for years to come.
mikefranceart.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create hand-bound photo albums with purpose. Students are encouraged to bring family photographs, old letters, and other personal ephemera to create a unique photo album to house them. Students learn basic bookbinding techniques, focusing on the look and function of each album based on what they will hold inside. We will discuss the importance of the physical family photo album and resurrect the practice of maintaining them with an artful and intentional eye.

Instructor  ∙  Kelsey Dillow

Kelsey Dillow is from Huntington, West Virginia. She received her BFA in photography & integrated media from Ohio University in 2016, and a minor in women’s, gender & sexuality studies and museum studies. Utilizing traditional and alternative photographic processes, Dillow’s studio practice explores connecting and dividing lines between religion, the occult and Appalachian identity. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Appalachian region. Kelsey is a co-founder of Whistlepig Farms, a collective of makers raising plants and making art in the hollers outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. She has a darkroom there where she develops film and makes traditional and alternative photographic prints and tintypes.
kelseytdillow.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of painting on silk using both synthetic and natural resists. Over the course of the class, students translate their own drawings and designs into silk paintings. Learn how to apply dyed resists to create colored lines and texture, and use fluid dyes in a variety of direct applications. Pieces will be steam set at the end of the class to produce vivid silk paintings.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of restoring and re-hanging axe heads. This three-day workshop runs students through the process of refinishing, hanging, and sharpening axe heads along with outfitting them with a leather sheath. Each student receives an old hatchet head on the first night and leaves with a finished camp hatchet ready to work for many years.

Instructor  ∙  Michael France

Michael France is an artist originally from Huntington, West Virginia, and currently living on a farm in Union County, Tennessee. Focusing on utilitarian objects and how we interact with them daily, Michael hopes to provide people with simple and thoughtfully made tools that will outlive and outshine their mass-produced counterparts. In this quest for quality, as an instructor he imparts the value of handmade tools and the skills and time required to produce objects that will serve the user well for years to come.
mikefranceart.com

To register call 865-436-5860

February 7–9, 2022  ·  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ·  Call 865-436-5860 To Register  ·  Para Inscribirse Llama 865-436-5860

In this workshop students will create their own clay reliquary. A reliquary is a container for holy relics – whether in a religious context or a secular one we all have things that we revere as relics. Students should come to class prepared with personal items they want to make a reliquary for, such as a photo, a piece of jewelry, something belonging to a loved one who has passed, or other special object.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

En esta clase los estudiantes crearán un relicario de arcilla. Un relicario es un contenedor de reliquias sagradas; ya sea en un contexto religioso o secular, todos tenemos cosas que veneramos como reliquias. Los estudiantes deben venir a clase preparados con artículos personales para los que quieran hacer un relicario, como una foto, una joya, algo que pertenezca a alguien que amas y que haya fallecido, o otro objeto especial.
*Las piezas serán horneadas en un horno por el personal de Arrowmont y estarán listas para recoger en una fecha posterior.

Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.

Hiracio Casillas nació en Chandler, Arizona y se crió en Jalisco, México durante la mayor parte de su infancia antes de que su familia se mudara de regreso a los Estados Unidos a San Angelo, TX. En 2013 recibió su licenciatura en cerámica de Angelo State University y su maestría de la Universidad de North Texas en 2018. El trabajo más reciente de Horacio está tallado para representar ventanas y arcos de las catedrales basadas en la arquitectura gótica y las iglesias de su ciudad natal de Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Enfocar mi trabajo a través del lente de mi fe católica me ha dado un aprecio por las tradiciones que se encuentran en la Iglesia, incluida su influencia en la arquitectura”. Horacio es actualmente un Artista en Residencia de Arrowmont 2021-22.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860  ∙  Para inscribirse llama 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Create hand-bound photo albums with purpose. Students are encouraged to bring family photographs, old letters, and other personal ephemera to create a unique photo album to house them. Students learn basic bookbinding techniques, focusing on the look and function of each album based on what they will hold inside. We will discuss the importance of the physical family photo album and resurrect the practice of maintaining them with an artful and intentional eye.

Instructor  ∙  Kelsey Dillow

Kelsey Dillow is from Huntington, West Virginia. She received her BFA in photography & integrated media from Ohio University in 2016, and a minor in women’s, gender & sexuality studies and museum studies. Utilizing traditional and alternative photographic processes, Dillow’s studio practice explores connecting and dividing lines between religion, the occult and Appalachian identity. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Appalachian region. Kelsey is a co-founder of Whistlepig Farms, a collective of makers raising plants and making art in the hollers outside of Knoxville, Tennessee. She has a darkroom there where she develops film and makes traditional and alternative photographic prints and tintypes.
kelseytdillow.com

To register call 865-436-5860

February 7–9, 2022  ·  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ·  Call 865-436-5860 To Register  ·  Para Inscribirse Llama 865-436-5860

In this workshop students will create their own clay reliquary. A reliquary is a container for holy relics – whether in a religious context or a secular one we all have things that we revere as relics. Students should come to class prepared with personal items they want to make a reliquary for, such as a photo, a piece of jewelry, something belonging to a loved one who has passed, or other special object.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

En este clase los estudiantes crearán un relicario de arcilla. Un relicario es un contenedor de reliquias sagradas; ya sea en un contexto religioso o secular, todos tenemos cosas que veneramos como reliquias. Los estudiantes deben venir a clase preparados con artículos personales para los que quieran hacer un relicario, como una foto, una joya, algo que pertenezca a alguien que amas y que haya fallecido, o otro objeto especial.
*Las piezas serán cocidas en un horno por el personal de Arrowmont y estarán listas para recoger en una fecha posterior.

Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.

Horacio Casillas nació en Chandler, Arizona y se crió en Jalisco, México durante la mayor parte de su infancia, antes de que su familia regresará a los Estados Unidos a San Angelo, TX. En 2013 recibió su BFA en cerámica de Angelo State University y su MFA de University de North Texas en 2018. El trabajo más reciente de Horacio está tallado para representar ventanas y entradas de catedral inspiradas en la arquitectura gótica y las iglesias de su ciudad natal de Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Enfocar mi trabajo a través de la lente de mi fe católica me ha dado un aprecio por las tradiciones que se encuentran en la Iglesia, incluida su influencia en la arquitectura”. Horacio es un Artista en Residencia en Arrowmont 2021-22.
horaciocasillas.com

To register call 865-436-5860  ∙  Para inscribirse llama 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of painting on silk using both synthetic and natural resists. Over the course of the class, students translate their own drawings and designs into silk paintings. Learn how to apply dyed resists to create colored lines and texture, and use fluid dyes in a variety of direct applications. Pieces will be steam set at the end of the class to produce vivid silk paintings.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

To register call 865-436-5860

Adults  ∙  February 7–9, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn the basics of restoring and re-hanging axe heads. This three-day workshop runs students through the process of refinishing, hanging, and sharpening axe heads along with outfitting them with a leather sheath. Each student receives an old hatchet head on the first night and leaves with a finished camp hatchet ready to work for many years.

Instructor  ∙  Michael France

Michael France is an artist originally from Huntington, West Virginia, and currently living on a farm in Union County, Tennessee. Focusing on utilitarian objects and how we interact with them daily, Michael hopes to provide people with simple and thoughtfully made tools that will outlive and outshine their mass-produced counterparts. In this quest for quality, as an instructor he imparts the value of handmade tools and the skills and time required to produce objects that will serve the user well for years to come.
mikefranceart.com

To register call 865-436-5860

February 12, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Wax on, wax on and wax on again. Layers are what make encaustic painting so rich and fun! In this one-day workshop learn to layer paper between layers of wax and create an interesting piece of art with lots of depth! The instructor will share several encaustic techniques. No experience needed, just bring your imagination.

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking, but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

To register call 865-436-5860

February 12, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Kitchen knives are an important tool that we interact with almost daily, but it can be easy to neglect them. They are sharp enough to cut through almost anything when new but they don’t stay that sharp for long. Instead of replacing them, they just need some attention! This one-day crash-course on kitchen knife care will give you the tools and knowledge to sharpen your kitchen knives and keep ’em sharp.

Instructor  ∙  Michael France

Michael France is an artist originally from Huntington, West Virginia, and currently living on a farm in Union County, Tennessee. Focusing on utilitarian objects and how we interact with them daily, Michael hopes to provide people with simple and thoughtfully made tools that will outlive and outshine their mass-produced counterparts. In this quest for quality, as an instructor he imparts the value of handmade tools and the skills and time required to produce objects that will serve the user well for years to come.
mikefranceart.com

To register call 865-436-5860

February 12, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

This class covers the key components necessary to construct a clay slab box or other enclosed form. Students create a non-traditional box choosing from a variety of templates, learn how to construct a lid, and different decorating techniques including pressed texture, carving, and painting.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ·  Horacio Casillas

Horacio Casillas was born in Chandler, Arizona and raised in Jalisco, Mexico for most of his childhood before his family moved back to the United States to San Angelo, TX. In 2013 he received his BFA in ceramics from Angelo State University and his MFA from the University of North Texas in 2018. Horacio’s most recent work is carved to represent cathedral windows and entryways inspired by Gothic architecture and the churches of his hometown of Tepatitlan, Jalisco. “Focusing my work through the lens of my Catholic faith has given me an appreciation for the traditions found in the Church including her influence on architecture.” Horacio is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
horaciocasillas.com

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February 12, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Have you always wanted to try welding but have been intimidated? Take this three-hour class to get your feet wet in the world of steel welding. This workshop, taught by a female smith as an opportunity to provide a safe space for other women, will go over what welding is, how MIG (Metal Inert Gas) welders work, different joints and simple troubleshooting, all while getting hands-on experience.

Instructor  ∙  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

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February 16, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Have you always wanted to make cookies shaped like your cat? Now you can in this three-hour virtual class! Students will receive kits prior to the class night that include everything you need to make a few personalized cookie cutters. The kit will include one design we do together in class, and students are then encouraged to branch out and use some of your own photos for inspiration.

Instructor  ·  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

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February 16, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Turn any picture or drawing into a paper collage! In this online class learn how to use a “trace and transfer” method to create a fun collage to affix onto a wood panel. Celebrate your style by choosing your paper and imagery. Use this “trace and transfer” process to make your collage come together! This simple technique can be used to create any unique composition.

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking, but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

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February 18, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn how to join two pieces of metal together without soldering. We quickly cover rivets, jump rings, stitching and folding. Students then use their new skills to create an original copper and brass pendant or necklace.

Instructor  ∙  Vickie J. Bradshaw

Vickie J. Bradshaw is a Southern Appalachian studio artist who has made art for thirty years in a variety of mediums. Vickie teaches jewelry-making and torched-fired enamel classes. She is especially interested in mixed-media art and the functionality of found objects. She received her BFA from Memphis College of Arts. Vickie most recently exhibited at Gallery 1010 (Knoxville TN), Artfields 2020 (Lake City, SC), the Year of the Woman (Norfork, VA), and Decatur Arts Festival (Atlanta, GA).
vickiejbradshaw.com

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February 18, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Collaging is not just for paper – replace the glue with thread, the paper with fabric, and the options open up! Learn simple stitches to create a unique collage wall hanging! Use thread like you would any drawing implement to create texture, line and color. We will also talk about ways to display these scrap collages. No experience necessary.

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

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February 18, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$65  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Winter blues have you down? Come try your hand at making small hand brooms that will be sure to come in handy for spring cleaning. Students make up to two hand brooms and learn tying and stitching techniques to create beautiful and useful tools for your home.

Instructor  ∙  Rebecca Buglio

Rebecca Buglio was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She has an MFA in ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design (’16) and a BA in art with concentrations in K-12 art education and studio art, ceramics from Berry College (’13). She enjoys teaching children and adult ceramic and broom making courses that use a variety of techniques while exploring nature for inspiration. She has shown in galleries across the United States and was a 2021 Hambidge Fellow. Rebecca currently resides in the Smoky Mountain region of Tennessee. She is program and studio manager at Arrowmont.
rebeccajbuglio.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

With Jacquard acid dyes, transform white wool into beautiful and unique hand painted roving using a spontaneous dying process. Students learn different techniques to prepare the fiber for spinning. You will learn to spin your own yarn on the spinning wheel. Beginners to intermediate spinners are encouraged and no fiber knowledge is required. Students will leave class with 2-3+ skeins of finished yarn ready for any project!

Instructor  ∙  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Make a jig for small scale wood bending. We discuss ways you can bend your wood without steaming each strip, and the benefits of using open grain wood for this process. Each student learns how to safely use the table saw while creating their own jig to make their desired bend. Each student leaves with at least one wood bending jig and one bent piece of wood they’ve manipulated.

Instructor  ∙  Naomi David Russo

Naomi David Russo is a woodworker who makes both functional and non-functional objects. Russo is heavily inspired by structures found in playgrounds. She references these forms through her use of shape and movement. In 2019, she received her BFA in woodworking and furniture design from Maine College of Art. She was an Alumni Resident at MECA in 2020. Currently, Russo is an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
naomidavidrusso.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Interested in abstraction but you don’t know where to start? Or are you looking to expand your existing language of abstraction? This class is for you! Use both dry and wet media on paper to experiment with a variety of techniques and approaches. Explore and develop a personal language through abstraction. Topics covered include the use of symbolism, mark-making, pattern and texture, abstraction from observation, psychological landscapes, the sociological meanings of color, and history of abstraction.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Focus on drawing and translating sketches to clay surfaces with ceramic underglazes. We start by making small clay slabs; discuss imagery, content, and surface design; and finish with fully decorated slabs. A variety of techniques will be demonstrated for students to implement in their own projects.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Sam Chumley

Sam Chumley received his BFA in ceramics from Indiana University Southeast in 2017 and his MFA in ceramics from Ball State University in 2020. Sam’s work focuses on functional ceramics and he has exhibited across the United States and Canada including exhibitions with the National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). His work is represented by Plough Gallery in Tifton, GA. Sam currently maintains his studio practice and works as studio technician for Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
instagram.com/xchumleyx

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Interested in abstraction but you don’t know where to start? Or are you looking to expand your existing language of abstraction? This class is for you! Use both dry and wet media on paper to experiment with a variety of techniques and approaches. Explore and develop a personal language through abstraction. Topics covered include the use of symbolism, mark-making, pattern and texture, abstraction from observation, psychological landscapes, the sociological meanings of color, and history of abstraction.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Focus on drawing and translating sketches to clay surfaces with ceramic underglazes. We start by making small clay slabs; discuss imagery, content, and surface design; and finish with fully decorated slabs. A variety of techniques will be demonstrated for students to implement in their own projects.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Sam Chumley

Sam Chumley received his BFA in ceramics from Indiana University Southeast in 2017 and his MFA in ceramics from Ball State University in 2020. Sam’s work focuses on functional ceramics and he has exhibited across the United States and Canada including exhibitions with the National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). His work is represented by Plough Gallery in Tifton, GA. Sam currently maintains his studio practice and works as studio technician for Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
instagram.com/xchumleyx

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

With Jacquard acid dyes, transform white wool into beautiful and unique hand painted roving using a spontaneous dying process. Students learn different techniques to prepare the fiber for spinning. You will learn to spin your own yarn on the spinning wheel. Beginners to intermediate spinners are encouraged and no fiber knowledge is required. Students will leave class with 2-3+ skeins of finished yarn ready for any project!

Instructor  ∙  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Make a jig for small scale wood bending. We discuss ways you can bend your wood without steaming each strip, and the benefits of using open grain wood for this process. Each student learns how to safely use the table saw while creating their own jig to make their desired bend. Each student leaves with at least one wood bending jig and one bent piece of wood they’ve manipulated.

Instructor  ∙  Naomi David Russo

Naomi David Russo is a woodworker who makes both functional and non-functional objects. Russo is heavily inspired by structures found in playgrounds. She references these forms through her use of shape and movement. In 2019, she received her BFA in woodworking and furniture design from Maine College of Art. She was an Alumni Resident at MECA in 2020. Currently, Russo is an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
naomidavidrusso.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Focus on drawing and translating sketches to clay surfaces with ceramic underglazes. We start by making small clay slabs; discuss imagery, content, and surface design; and finish with fully decorated slabs. A variety of techniques will be demonstrated for students to implement in their own projects.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Instructor  ∙  Sam Chumley

Sam Chumley received his BFA in ceramics from Indiana University Southeast in 2017 and his MFA in ceramics from Ball State University in 2020. Sam’s work focuses on functional ceramics and he has exhibited across the United States and Canada including exhibitions with the National Council for Education of the Ceramic Arts (NCECA). His work is represented by Plough Gallery in Tifton, GA. Sam currently maintains his studio practice and works as studio technician for Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts.
instagram.com/xchumleyx

To register call 865-436-5860

February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

With Jacquard acid dyes, transform white wool into beautiful and unique hand painted roving using a spontaneous dying process. Students learn different techniques to prepare the fiber for spinning. You will learn to spin your own yarn on the spinning wheel. Beginners to intermediate spinners are encouraged and no fiber knowledge is required. Students will leave class with 2-3+ skeins of finished yarn ready for any project!

Instructor  ∙  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Interested in abstraction but you don’t know where to start? Or are you looking to expand your existing language of abstraction? This class is for you! Use both dry and wet media on paper to experiment with a variety of techniques and approaches. Explore and develop a personal language through abstraction. Topics covered include the use of symbolism, mark-making, pattern and texture, abstraction from observation, psychological landscapes, the sociological meanings of color, and history of abstraction.

Instructor  ∙  Lena Schmid

Lena Schmid’s paintings explore how time functions as a physical force, especially how its poetics and physics relate to the confounding experience of chronic pain. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well-known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena’s work has been included in exhibitions at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, and she has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project (NY), and The TIDES Institute (ME). In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Lena is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
schmidlena.com

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February 23–25, 2022  ∙  6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

$100  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Make a jig for small scale wood bending. We discuss ways you can bend your wood without steaming each strip, and the benefits of using open grain wood for this process. Each student learns how to safely use the table saw while creating their own jig to make their desired bend. Each student leaves with at least one wood bending jig and one bent piece of wood they’ve manipulated.

Instructor  ∙  Naomi David Russo

Naomi David Russo is a woodworker who makes both functional and non-functional objects. Russo is heavily inspired by structures found in playgrounds. She references these forms through her use of shape and movement. In 2019, she received her BFA in woodworking and furniture design from Maine College of Art. She was an Alumni Resident at MECA in 2020. Currently, Russo is an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist in Residence.
naomidavidrusso.com

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Kids Aged 10–12, Adults  ∙  March 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Design, print, stitch and sew fun and handmade decorative pillow covers. Don’t know how to sew? Not to worry, we will learn to sew straight lines and use our thread as a decorative element with some hand-stitching too! Students can make their own printmaking blocks or choose from a variety provided by the instructor.

Instructor  ∙  Kelly Sullivan

Kelly Sullivan graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a BFA in studio art with a concentration in printmaking, but considers herself a mixed media artist. She lived in South Florida, Atlanta, Syracuse, New York and currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee. Regardless of where she lives she finds a community where she can make art, learn new processes and teach what she is most passionate about. Kelly moved to East Tennessee to follow a dream and work at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she worked for two and a half years. Kelly is currently director of Knoxville Arts & Fine Crafts Center where she creates community arts programming. She teaches a wide variety of art classes at KAFCC, Arrowmont, CSCET and Mighty Mud.
instagram.com/ksullivan1971

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Kids Age 12–14, Adults  ∙  March 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Personalizing jewelry with a name or quote can make for wonderful gifts or treasures to wear. Learn how to stamp letters and decorative symbols into metal. Then, form the metal into a bracelet, ring or other decorative object.

Instructor  ∙  Lynn Straka

Lynn Straka is a Cleveland, Ohio native, avid Buckeye, and proud Arrowmont Volunteer. She received her BSc and DVM at Ohio State University. Straka is a self-taught jewelry artist that enjoys the art of technique and texture. While she has always been a maker, professionally she began making beaded jewelry which led her to explore metal and mixed media jewelry processes. Daily problem solving skills and using small hand tools as a veterinarian has helped her with mastering jewelry fabrication. Straka’s work can be found at the Cliff Dwellers Gallery in Gatlinburg, TN, the Art Market Gallery and Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, TN, the Arrowmont artist showcase gallery, and Etsy.com
facebook.com/SissysPrettiesMixedMediaJewelry

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Kids Age 7–10, Adults  ∙  March 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Using hand-building techniques and the slab-roller, students create hanging planters with unique flares just in time for spring! Considering form and function, students design and decorate planters with pattern rollers or creative designs all their own. Students may come prepared with ideas or materials for surface decoration, however tools will be provided.
*Pieces will be fired by Arrowmont staff and available for pickup at a later date.

Vanessa Hartman makes objects as a way to digest the world around her. Growing up in Jupiter, Florida, the sand, fauna, people, and gift shops provided her with a particular sensibility for the human perspective and the way we interact with our lived-in environment. Hartman received her BA in studio art from Florida State University in 2014 with a focus on multi-media sculpture and ceramics. Her continued desire to learn brought her to Tennessee where she studied and worked at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in 2017. It was there she fell in love with the mountains and community of East Tennessee. Since then Hartman pursued a cohesive balance between working, making, and teaching.
instagram.com/van.hartman

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Kids Age 14–18, Adults  ∙  March 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

This spring, make a forever flower that will never wilt! In this one-day workshop students learn simple metal working techniques including: forming, texturing, bending, riveting and finishing. The instructor provides a variety of flower patterns to choose from. You will leave with at least one fully finished metal flower.

Instructor  ∙  Elizabeth Belz

Elizabeth Belz is a blacksmith, educator and the owner of Black Widow Forge, LLC. She was the blacksmithing apprentice at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN for two years where she trained under master metalsmith Jim Masterson. Elizabeth was a craft education intern at North House Folk School, Grand Marais in 2016, and a resident artist with the Science Museum of Minnesota in 2017. Belz has exhibited her work, competed and taught blacksmithing throughout the United States and internationally. She is currently an Arrowmont 2021-22 Artist-in-Residence.
elizabethbelz.com

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Kids Age 5–7, Parent & Me  ∙  March 5, 2022  ∙  9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

$60, $75 (Parent & Me)  ∙  Call 865-436-5860 To Register

Learn basic woodworking and assembling techniques to make a birdhouse. Parents and kids will work together to build a wooden birdhouse to hang in their yards to house their feathered friends.

Instructor  ∙  Heather Ashworth

Heather Ashworth is the studio technician of the Windgate Center for Wood at Arrowmont. She received her BFA in furniture design and utilitarian ceramics at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky. Ashworth has been in the woodworking world since high school, where she was originally interested in architecture and construction. By her senior year, she attended a trade school in St. Louis, Missouri where she developed more furniture-based skills. Following graduation, Heather was awarded a residency at Arrowmont before joining the staff. She maintains a small studio practice focusing primarily on Shaker boxes and commissions. Heather enjoys teaching community classes for youth and adults.
instagram.com/madelastnightstudio

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