April Issue 2002
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC, Features UNC-Asheville Fine Art Department Exhibition
Painting, printmaking, sculpture, pottery and
photography created by the UNC-Asheville Fine Art Faculty and
Selected Students is the focus of the current exhibit at the UNC
Center for Craft, Creativity and Design in Hendersonville, NC.
The exhibit will be on view until Apr. 5, 2002.
The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design (CCCD) is a regional
inter-institutional center of the University of North Carolina
and UNC-Asheville is one of the institutions served by the Center.
Throughout the year work by the fine art faculty and students
ofthe three UNC mountain universities have been included in exhibitions
with professional craft artists from the region. This is the first
exhibit that focuses on the work from one campus.
Each UNC-Asheville Fine Art Faculty selected two students to participate
in the exhibit.
Megan Wolfe is a new comer to both the Western North Carolina
area, and a new faculty member of the UNC-Asheville Art Department.
Her life-size organic sculptures are based on her reactions to
the environment, including the interplay of society and nature.
"I believe everything is related to everything else, and
how we respond to our surroundings is what shapes our society."
Having lived in Southern Florida for most of her life, her work
is often inspired by the vivid colors forms that grow there. "I
feel my sculptures are most successful when these animated organic
forms merge with a more colorful, subtle surface. My intention
is to set up a situation that invites private encounters, engendering
responses on both visceral and imaginary levels." Wolfe received
her BFA from both the University of Miami and the Kansas City
Art Institute, an MA from the University of South Carolina, and
an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University.
Her work was most recently covered in "Ceramics Monthly Magazine".
Students selected by Wolfe for this exhibit are: Amelia Daniel,
a senior in ceramics, and Laura Aultman, a ceramics student experimenting
with crystalline glazes.
Larry White is an Adjunct Professor teaching basic and advanced
photography, as well as exhibitions. He studied photography at
the University of Georgia, and has taught at Apeiron Workshops
in Millerton New York. He has also been an artist-in-residence
at many arts programs throughout the Carolinas. The recipient
of a National Endowment for the Arts Survey Grant, White has photographed
numerous private and public collections, including working with
the George Eastman House. He has been a Professor of Art at the
University since 1988. Students selected by White for this exhibit
are: Melissa Smith who makes multiple exposure silver gelatin
prints, and Charity Anderson who has created a photographic collage.
Virginia Derryberry received her BA from Vanderbilt University
and her MFA from the University of Knoxville. An Assistant Professor
in the Art Department, she has been an actively exhibiting painter
for the past 18 years. Numerous galleries throughout the Southeast,
including the Cumberland Gallery in Nashville, represent her work.
She is most recently working on a group exhibition with four other
artists called Convergence, which will travel to a series of museums
across the US. Derryberry's paintings are in public collections
such as the Carnegie Museum, the Tennessee State Museum, the Morris
Museum and the Asheville Museum, as well as in corporate holdings
such as South Central Bell, HBO and the Nashville International
Airport. Recently she has received two Individual Artists Grants
in painting from the Georgia Council for the Arts and several
research University grants.
Derryberry selected the following students for the exhibit: Lillian
Bailey who created an altar installation, and Lauren Gibbes who
paints on built up surfaces to create textural pieces.
Robert Dunning is an Associate Professor of Art at UNC-Asheville.
He joined the faculty in 1990 after three years as Printmaking
Instructor at Indiana University. Dunning received his BFA in
painting and drawing from East Carolina University and his MFA
in printmaking from Indiana University. His current body of work
"addresses the theme of fertility and growth and the private
spiritual world and psychological forces which influence this
growth . . . The process of constructing these compositions with
their multiple layers of printmaking, drawing, painting and relief
work is meant to mimic the process of growth and the effects of
weathering and aging." The student selected by Dunning for
the exhibit: Anna Toth contributed two large linocuts for display.
S. Tucker Cooke, Chair of the Fine Art Department, has been a
member of the UNC-Asheville faculty since 1967. He teaches courses
in painting, life drawing, advanced drawing, watercolor and other
Special Topics Courses, as well as the Arts and Ideas Laboratory.
His own work revolves around the figure, and is exhibited in many
public and private collections throughout the United States, including
the Mint Museum in Charlotte, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art in Winston-Salem and the Asheville Art Museum. In 1997, Tucker
was awarded the UNC Board off Governor's Award for Excellence
in Teaching. He received his BFA from Stetson University and his
MFA from the University of Georgia. Students selected by Cooke
for this exhibit: Jason Weatherspoon created a large paper clay
figure, and Hunter Stamps who created sculptural clay work in
the UNCA Anagama kiln.
Dan Millspaugh has been a faculty member since 1981. He currently
teaches sculpture courses, as well as being the Director of the
Arts and Idea Program, and the Interdisciplinary Arts Course at
the University. In 1996, he was awarded the Distinguished Teacher
Award. Millspaugh has completed sculpture commissions for the
city of Asheville, the Wright-Patterson Air Force base in Dayton,
Ohio, and the Tennessee Valley Authority in Huntsville, Alabama.
His works are on display in many corporate, public and private
collections in the Eastern United States. He received is BFA in
Ceramics, and his MFA in sculpture from the University of Miami.
Students selected by Millspaugh for the exhibit include: Kellie
Berns who created a metal sculpture and Christine Bednarek who
works organic mixed media sculptural forms.
Robert Tynes received his BA with Honors and Distinctions in Art
from Rhodes College in 1975. He earned his MFA in painting from
East Carolina University in 1981. His work has been exhibited
in over fifteen solo exhibitions including, The Contemporary Museum
in Honolulu, the Fay Gold Gallery in Atlanta, the Asheville Art
Museum, the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico, and The
Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina. He has also participated
in over sixty group shows from all across the United States. Tynes
is the recipient of several artist-in-residence grants including
two from the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico in 1985
and 1991, and one in 1986 from the Uncross Foundation in Wyoming.
He has also completed several large-scale commissions. Tynes has
been a faculty member of the UNC-Asheville Art Department since
1987, prior to which he taught at East Carolina University, Humboldt
State University in California, and the University of Hawaii in
Honolulu. Students selected by Tynes are: Jeremy Russel and Paul
Jeanes, who both create oil works on canvas.
The Center is located at 11 Broyles Road between South Rugby and Hwy 64 in Hendersonville. All shows are free to the public. For a full listing of exhibits and Tea Time Talks, contact the Center directly at 828-890-2050 or please visit our website at (www.craftcreativitydesign.org). The Center is open from 1-5pm, Mon.-Fri.
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