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October Issue 2004
Transylvania Arts Council in Brevard, NC, Offers Third Annual ArtSpeak Program Series
ArtSpeak opens its third season at Transylvania
Arts Council in Brevard, NC, on Oct. 21, 2004, at 7pm with the
program, Form in Metal, presenting three Transylvania County
sculptors who will discuss their lives and work. The five-part
series of conversations with local artists will feature artists
in five different art forms - furniture, fabric, folk art, film
and form in metal.
"I'm calling this year's series 'The Fifth Dimension.' I
hope you can guess why," muses Jinks Ramsey, host of the
series. "By presenting several artists who work in the same
medium at each program, the dynamic of the ArtSpeak will be somewhat
changed and enlivened."
Initiating the series, Form in Metal, presents guest artists Aaron
Alderman, Richard Merrill and Chris Worley. These young artists
all grew up in Transylvania County and have pursued their artistic
professions locally. Each of them was especially chosen to take
part in the Downtown Brevard Sculpture Project. Their works have
been recently installed, dedicated and are on display for the
public to enjoy.
Richard Merrill is the creator of the "famous" Red Wolf
now positioned on one corner of the Court House lawn. The Black
Bear located on the corner of Main and Caldwell also is Merrill's
work. He was one of the original artists represented in #7 Arts
Cooperative and now owns and operates his blacksmith studio on
family land where he forges commissioned work.
On the other corner of the Court House lawn stands Aaron Alderman's
Elk with its once damaged antler back in perfect shape. A graduate
of Brevard College with a degree in art, Alderman chose to develop
his career in his own home town. He is represented in several
area galleries including The Red Wolf Gallery on Main Street.
The huge diseased and dangerous tree in front to the Community
Art Center on Caldwell Street recently had to come down. Now in
its place, situated majestically, poised and ready for flight
rests the golden eagle, designed and crafted by Chris Worley.
Worley is self-taught and has shares studio space with Richard
Merrill.
Friends who grew up with Merrill, Worley and Alderman remember
well their affinity for the natural floral and fauna of the area.
Hap and Doris Reeves, regular audience members of ArtSpeak for
the last two years, say they are eager to learn about the plans
these young artists have for the future and what led them to their
present success. Slides of the artists' lives and work will accompany
the discussion. A display of their artwork also will be presented
on stage.
The format of ArtSpeak is similar to the Actor's Studio on Bravo
and provides time for audience participation. ArtSpeak 2004-2005
is scheduled as follows: Oct, 21, Form in Metal, with Aaron
Alderman, Richard Merrill, and Chris Worley; Nov. 18, Folk
Art, with Karen Dittman and Bonnie Jean Bertlshofer; Feb.
17, 2005, Furniture, with Ken Ayers and Gary Wells; Mar.
17, 2005, Film with Elizabeth D'Onofrio and James Suttles;
and Apr. 14, 2005, Fabric, with Barbara Miller, Jeanne
Smith and Karen Swing.
ArtSpeak is free to the public. The programs will take place at
Transylvania Community Arts Center, 321 South Caldwell Street,
Brevard, just three blocks south of Main Street. On view in the
gallery before and after the program will be a display of two-dimensional
works by regional artists entitled Focus on Art.
For more information, call the Transylvania
Arts Council at 828/884-2787.
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