Atlanta Fine Craft & Art Auction
The John C. Campbell Folk School is proud to announce its first off-site auction— the Atlanta Fine Craft and Art Auction. This event will be held at the Woodruff Arts Center on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. This auction will feature amazing art from our instructors, resident artists and students. During the month of January 2012, the works in this auction will be featured in an exhibit at the Coca-Cola Headquarters in Atlanta.
We hope you will join us and auctioneer, Tim Ryan, for a wonderful evening of togetherness, art and camaraderie. This auction helps guarantee that the Folk School will continue to be a haven where artists can learn, work and be inspired.
Featured Artist: Susan Hutchinson
Susan produces a variety of contemporary, functional items for the home and garden made from metal (mostly wrought iron), and sometimes mixed media. Her scale ranges the whole gamut, from tiny hooks to large architectural installations. Large pieces are generally one-of-a-kind commissions for private clients, and smaller pieces are often the result of several years development of a particular theme.
While function is always important, line and form referencing an organic emergence of movement and time are the visual subjects of her work. This lends a natural connection to the historical periods of the early 1900′s Arts and Crafts movement, Art Nouveau, and later, Art Deco. Much like the work she produces, her workshop has an eclectic mix of historic blacksmithing tools and modern technology.
Featured Coca-Cola Item: Pam East’s “The Real Thing” Necklace
Since the items featured in this auction will be on display in the Coca-Cola headquarters for the month of January, several artists created Coke inspired items. Pam East’s “The Real Thing” necklace consists of three panels in fine silver and vitreous enamel. Pam states, “When designing the piece I was inspired by the fluid, elegant lines of the Coke logo, which I abstracted to create ribbon-like effects.”
Pam East is an internationally known artist, writer and teacher. Her work and instructional articles have appeared in Art Jewelry Magazine, Metal Clay Artist Magazine, Lapidary Journal, and many others. Her book, ENAMELING ON METAL CLAY, is available in most bookstores and online. Pam is one of only nine Master Art Clay Instructors for Art Clay World, USA. She has been an invited speaker at the Biennial Enamelist Conference and the Metal Clay World Conference. She has appeared on the “Carol Duvall Show” on HGTV and “DIY Jewelry Making” on the DIY Network. You can learn more about Pam and see more examples of her work at www.pameast.net.
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non-commercial resort island, four miles long and a quarter of a mile wide, situated on the coast of South Carolina, twelve miles north of historic
Georgetown and 20 miles south of Myrtle Beach. Pawleys
Island is an historic resort
catering to a relaxed family
atmosphere.
Activities are practically unlimited: golfing, fishing, boating, sailing, nature trips, historic tours, shell
gathering and river cruises. For “bright lights, etc., Myrtle Beach is approximately 20 miles to the north. There is an abundance of good restaurants in the
immediate area, and the local stores offer a complete
variety of food, drugstore, hardware, sporting goods and clothing.
“Bottoms Up” is a 50-year old ocean front cottage in the middle of the Island.Updated 5 years ago, it has central heat and ac, 7 bedrooms ( 3 w/ Q bed, 2 w/ D & S bed in each and2 w/ 2 D beds each ) 4 full baths and 1 half bath, washer/dryer, fully equipped kitchen. Living area has 2 sitting areas overlooking ocean, large flat screen TV (cable),WiFi access , wet barand game table.Large dining table plus table in kitchen.Covered deck area w/ grill, patio furniture, picnic
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creekside.Creekside walkway w/ covered dock.
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